84 Mr. W; R. Ogilvie-Grant on Birds 



Melanocharis cMoroptera. 



Melanocliaris chloroptera Salvad. : id. 0. P. ii. p. 284 

 (1881) ; Sharpe, Cat. x. p. 80 (1885). 



Melanocharis nigra chloroptera Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. x. 

 p. 216 (1903), xiv. p. 477 (1907), xx. p. 511 (1913). 



a. cJ imm. Wakatimi, Mimika River, 28tli Dec. 1910. 

 [No. 190, C.H.B.G.] 



h-c' . c? ? et c? imm. Parimau, Mimika River, 31st Aug.- 

 25th Dec. 1910. [Nos. 72, 84, 120, 246, 482-4, 513, 535-7, 

 558-60, 567, 577, 580, 595, 597, 625, 662, 670, 723, 737, 

 798, 799,827, C.H.B.G.] 



d! . ? juv. White Water Camp, Kapare River, 500 ft., 

 15th Oct. 1910. [No. 312, C. H, B. G.] 



e'. S. Wataikvva River, 22nd Oct. 1910. [No. 1420, 

 G. C. 5.] 



f—k'. $ ? . Launch Camp, Setakwa River, 4th Oct.- 

 5th Nov. 1912. [^. F. R. W. ; C. B. K.] 



/'-?-'. c? ? . Canoe Camp, Setakwa River, 14th Nov. 1912- 

 3rd Jan. 1913. [C.B.K.] 



Adult. Iris dark brown ; bill black ; base of the lower 

 mandible slaty ; feet dark slate-colour. 



Juv. Similar, but gape yellow. 



The type of M. chloroptera Salvad., which came from the 

 Aru Islands, differs in no way from those in the large series 

 from Southern Dutch New Guinea. 



The only examples of M. nigra (Lesson) in the British 

 Museum are from Waigiu and Misol ; the type-locality is 

 Dorei. 



The young female is more olive on the upperparts than 

 the adult. 



*' The Green-winged Black Flower-pecker was common 

 everywhere and inhabited the lower trees and the under- 

 growth, except on the coast. It had a sharp call-note and 

 was very active in its movements. It was observed both 

 singly and in pairs. Numbers used to frequent the trees 

 and bushes in the large clearing around the camp at 

 Fiinmkii.''—C.H.B.G. 



