82 Mr. W. E. Ogilvie-Grant on Birds 



c-s. ^ ? et (^ $ imm. Parimku, Mimika River, SOth Aug.- 

 10th Dec. 1910. [Nos. 39, 110, 132, 220, 257, 556, 557, 

 600, 601, 613, 640, 654, 655, 701, C.H.B. G. ; 1477, 1520, 

 G-CS.] 



t. S- Kamura River, 16th Sept. 1910. [No. 1172, 

 G. C. S.] 



u. $ imm. White Water Camp, Kapare River, 8th Nov. 

 1910. [C.H.B.G.] 



v-z. (? ? . Wataikwa River, 22nd Sept.-28th Oct. 1910 

 & 10th Feb. 1911. [Nos. 1221, 1369, 1370, 1448, G. C. S.'\ 



a'. (J . Launch Camp, iSetakwa River, 4th Nov. 1912. 

 [C.B.K.] 



h'-e' . ($ . Canoe Camp, Setakwa River, 28th Oct.- 

 12th Dec. 1912. [C.B.K.'] 



/. S' Camp 3, Utakwa River, 18th Dec. 1912. 

 [C.B.K.] 



Adult. Iris brown ; bill black ; feet purple-brown or 

 black. 



In describing D. geelvinkianum, Meyer stated that this 

 species was found on the islands of Jobi, Misore, and Mafoor 

 in Geelvink Bay [c/'. Sitz. Ak, Wien, Ixx. Heft i. p. 120 

 (1874)]; but, as a matter of fact, his type-specimens (^ and 

 ? came from the Island of Jobi. These were lent to Grould 

 and figured by him in the ' Birds of New Guinea,' iv. pi. 6 

 (1879). In 1875 Count Salvadori pointed out that the birds 

 from Misore and Mafoor differed, not only inter se, but also 

 from that found on Jobi, and named all three. It is obvious, 

 however, that D. geelvinkianum Meyer must be retained for 

 the Jobi bird, D. johiense Salvad. becoming a synonym. 



There is no example of the Jobi bird in the British 

 Museum, but D.mysoriense Salvad. and D. maforense Salvad, 

 are both represented. 



D. diversum, first described from the Ambernoh River, has 

 also been recorded from Humboldt Bay on the north coast of 

 Dutch New Guinea, and in the south from the Setakwa and 

 Noord Rivers. Some of the males in our large series have a 

 good deal of bluish metallic colour on the back and wings, 



