collected in Dutch New Guinea. 79 



*Tinieliopsis flavigula meyeri. 



Timeliopsis flavigula meyeri (Salvad.) ; Roths. & Hartert, 

 N. Z. XX. p. 515 (1913). 



Three males were collected by A. S. Meek on Mt. Groliath. 



Pycnopygius stictocephalus. (PL II. fig. 2.) 

 Pycnopygius stictocephalus Salvad.; id. 0. P. ii. p. 340 

 (1881) ; aadoi^% Cat. ix. p. 290 (1884) ; Roths. & Hartert, 

 N. Z. x. p. 451 (1903) ; van Oort, p. 98 (1909). 



a. ? . Parimau, Mimika River, 16th Nov. 1910. [No. 496, 

 C.B.B.G.] 



Iris hazel ; bill dark purplish-brown ; base o£ the lower 

 mandible purple ; feet dark slate-colour, darker on the 

 tarsi. 



The rare Spangle-crowned Honey-eater is new to the 

 British Museum Collection. Mr. Lorentz procured a pair on 

 the Noord River, and the present specimen, so far as I am 

 aware, is only the seventh example that has been obtained. 

 Its range is known to extend from Salawatti through 

 Southern New Guinea as far east as the Groldie River. 



The specimen figured is the female listed above. 



*Oreornis chrysogenys. 



Oreornis chrysogenys van Oort, Notes, xxxii. p. 215 (1910) 

 [Sdow Mountains, 13,850 ft.]. 



This new genus and species is based on a single male 

 specimen procured by Mr. H. A. Lorentz on the Snow 

 Mountains at about 13,850 ft. 



Family NECTARINIID^. 



Cinnyris aspasia. 



Ilermotimia aspasia Lesson ; Salvad. 0. P. ii. p. 247 

 (1881). 



Cinnyris aspasia Gadow, Cat. ix. p. Q^ (1884) [part.]; 

 van Oort, p. 94 (1909) ; Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. x. p. 211 

 (1903), xiv. p. 475 (1907), xx. p. 513 (1913). ' 



