70 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on Birds 



q, r. c? ? . Wataikwa River, Aug. & 20th Sept. 1910. 

 IW.G.& No. 1204, G. C. S.'\ 



s. <?. Canoe Camp, Setakwa River, 14th Nov. 1912. 



[a B. K.-] 



t. S- Camp 3, Utakwa River, 2500 ft., 21st Nov. 1912. 

 [C.B.K.] 



Iris raw-sienna or dark brown ; bill black ; feet slate- 

 colour or bluish. 



The British Museum possessed a single female example 

 of this distinct species from the Mambare River, presented 

 by Mr. C. A. W. Monckton. In the Tring Museum there is 

 a specimen from the Aicora River, near the frontier of 

 British New Guinea, and a pair collected by A. S. Meek on 

 the Setakwa. Our birds agree well with the original des- 

 cription and with the specimen from the Mambare River. 



A young male (No. 714) differs from the adult in having 

 the crown and back uniform olive, without any trace of dark 

 middles to the feathers, and the rump and upper tail-coverts 

 brownish, as is the case with most young birds of this genus. 



The males are rather larger than the females. 



9 males. 8 females. 



Wing 88-95 mm. Wing 82-85 mm. 



Xanthotis chlorolcema Reichenow, J. f. 0. 1915, p. 127 

 [Sepik District] is almost certainly referable to this species 

 described from British New Guinea. 



A nest with two eggs was taken at Parimau on the 

 31st of August, 1910, and the female parent (No. 59) was 

 secured. ~ 



The eggs are of an ordinary oval shape, one being rather 

 longer and more pointed at the smaller end than the other, 

 smooth and slightly glossy. The ground is pinkish-white 

 with a few small scattered spots and markings of pale reddish- 

 brown of two shades, most numerous round the larger end. 

 They measure respectively 23 x 16 and 22 x 16 mm. 



"The Yellow-throated Honey-eater was quite as plentiful 

 as P. n. mimikce, from which it could only be distinguished 

 by its rather larger size and at close quarters by its yellow 

 and white ears. It has the same habits as P. n. mimikcr, 



