collected in Dutch New Guinea. 67 



b, c. ? . Launch Camp, Setakwa River, 29th & 30th Oct. 

 1912. [A. F. R. W.'\ 



d. ? . Canoe Camp, Setakwa River, 28th Nov. 1912. 

 [C.B.K.] 



This species and its ally P. a. sharpei are easily recognised 

 from those already mentioned by the following characters. 

 The elongate rump-feathers form a very dense cushion, and 

 are dark smoky-brown, the longer upper ones being tipped 

 with olive-green, and the shorter under ones with silvery 

 white, which is concealed till the upper feathers are raised. 

 It will thus be seen that P. amends is a very distinct form. 

 It has the auricular tuft of pale sulphur-yellow feathers 

 short and rounded posteriorly, while in the allied form, 

 P. a. sharpei, the tuft is much brighter yellow and the 

 feathers are considerably lengthened posteriorly. 



Ftilotis notata miinik£e. 



Piilotis? Roths. & Hartert, N. Z.- xiv. p. 482 (1907) 

 [Aroa River, 4000-0000 ft.]. 



Ptilvtis mimikce Ogilvie-Grant, Bull. B. 0. C. xxix. p. 27 

 (1911) [Mimika River] ; Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. xx. p. 517 

 (1913). 



a. $ . Upper Mimika River, Ifith Feb. 1910. [No. 1064, 

 G. C. S.] ( (^ Ti/pe of the subspecies.) 



b-i. (J ? et $ imm. White Water Camp, Kapare River, 

 30th Oct.-lOth Nov. 1910. [Nos. 393, 398, 399, 440-2, 

 469, 470, G. H. B. G.'] 



k-m. cJ ? et imm. Wataikwa River, 25th Sept.-6th Oct. 

 1910. [Nos. 1246, 1291, 1310, G. C. S.] 



n-q. S ? • Iwaka River, 24th Jan.-5th Feb. 1911. 

 [Nos. 908, 976*, 992, 993, C. H.B. G-l (* ? Type of the 

 species.) 



r. S imm. Launch Camp, Setakwa River, 14th Oct. 

 1912. [C.B.K.'] 



s. (J. Canoe Camp, Setakwa River, 25th Nov. 1912. 

 [C.B.K.'\ 

 t-v. (J ? . Camp 3, Utakwa River, 2g00 ft., 23rd Dec. 



1912-9th Jan. 1913. [C. B. X..] 



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