collected in Dutch New Guinea. 73 



q\ ? imm. Iwaka River, 28fch Jan. 1911. [No. 951, 

 C. H. B. G.] 



r'-(P. 1^ ? et J iiinn. Launch Camp, Setakwa River, 

 5tli Oct.-5th Nov. 1912. [ C. B. K.'\ 



e^-g'^' $ et imm. Canoe Camp, Setakwa River, 17th- 

 28th Nov. 1912. IC.B.K.'] 



h\ ^2. c? ? ■ Camp 3, Utakwa River, 2500 ft., 26th Nov. 

 & 22nd Dec. 1912. [C.B.K.'] 



P. S- Camp Oa, Utakwa River, 2900 ft., 12th Jan. 

 1913. \_C.B.K.'] 



Iris dark brown; bill black; feet bluish-slate-colour. 



The very large series of this Honey-eater before me sho^s 

 clearly that it is separable from P. c. Jiligera from Australia, 

 with which it has been united by Dr. van Oort. The upper- 

 parts are much darker brown, and the underparts darker 

 and more rufous ; moreover, the pale grey spotting on the 

 occiput and nape, which is always present and conspicuous 

 in P. c. jiligera, is seldom present in birds from New Guinea, 

 though usually indicated in those from the Aru Islands. 

 Quite young birds resemble the adult, but on the underparts 

 the grey bases of the feathers show to a greater or less 

 extent among the rufous, and the rust-red margins of the 

 wing-coverts are very strongly marked. 



The British Museum has recently received two specimens 

 of P. c. nieyeri from Humboldt Bay, collected by Mr. W. 

 Goodfellow, but does not possess examples of P. c. madaraszi 

 Roths. & Hartert, which also inhabits the North coast of New 

 Guinea about Huon Gulf. 



" The Rufous-breasted Honey-eater was an extremely 

 plentiful bird everywhere, except on the coast. It was 

 usually observed singly in the lower branches of the large 

 trees. Though similar in its actions to the other species of 

 Honey-eaters it was not quite so quick or active. It has 

 rather a loud call-note." — C.H. B. G. 



Ptilotis marmorata. 



Ptilotis marmorata Sharpe ; id. in Gould's Birds N. Guinea, 

 iii. pi. 48 (1883) ; Gadow, Cat. ix. p. 247, pi. iv. (1884). 



