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



Family SITTID^. 

 Neositta albifrons. 



Neositta albifrons (Ramsay) ; Hellmayr, Tierreich, Sittidce, 

 p. 230 (1903) ; Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. xiv. p. 474 (1907). 



a. S . Camp 9, Utakwa River, 5500 £t., 27th Jan. 1912. 

 IC.B.K.-] 



This specimen is in full moult as regards the wings and 

 tail, but it appears to agree closely with Ramsaj^'s descrip- 

 tion. 



It was described from the Astrolabe Mts., and has been 

 recorded from the Angabunga River by Messrs. Rothschild 

 and Hartert {op. cit.). 



The species is new to the British Museum, and appears 

 to be a very rare bird. 



*Daplisenositta miranda frontalis. 



Dapluenositta tnirartda frontalis van Oort, Notes, xxxii. 

 p. 214 (1910) [Hellvvig Mts., 8700 ft.]. 



Three males of this remarkable Nuthatch were procured 

 in the Hellwig Mountains at about 8700 ft., two being adult 

 and one a young bird. Dr. van Oort does not consider that 

 these birds are likely to be the males of D. miranda De Yis, 

 which was described from a single female example procured 

 on Mt. Scratchley, 12,000 It. (c/. Salvadori, Ibis, 1898, 

 p. 208, pi. iv.). The present form differs chiefly in having 

 a broad band on the forehead and the sides of the face 

 crimson, while the feathers of the throat are crimson with 

 white bases. 



Family PARID^. 



Oreocharis arfaki. 



Oreocharis arfaki (Meyer) ; Sharpe, Oat. x. p. 53 (1885) ; 

 Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. x. p. 479 (1903), xx. p. 512 (1913). 



a,b. c? ? . Camp 9, Utakwa River, 5500 ft., 30th Jan. 

 & 2nd Feb. 1913. [C. B. K] 



c. c? . Camp 11, Utakwa River, 8000 ft., 6th Feb. 1913. 

 [C.B.X.'] 



This beautiful species, originally described by Meyer as 



