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



Family PRIONOPID^. 



Pinarolestes megarhynchiis. 



Pinarolestes megarhynchus (Quoy & Graim.) ; Sharpe, Cat. 

 iii. p. 295 (1877) ; van Oort, p. 94 (1909) ; Roths. & Hartert, 

 N. Z. X. p. 99 (1903), XX. p. 507 (1913). 



a. S "iiin- Wakatimi, Mimika River, 26th Aug. 1910. 

 [No. 22, C. H. B. G.-] 



h. (? imm. Upper Mimika River, 21st Feb. 1910. 

 [No. 1082, G. C.S.'] 



c-h. cJ et ? imm. Parimku, Mimika River, 1st Sept.- 

 21st Dec. 1910. [Nos. 75, 137, 296, 534, 543, 783, 

 C.H.B.G.^ 



i-o. $ ^ Qi S imm. White Water Camp, Kapare River, 

 15th Oct.-30th Nov. 1910. [Nos. 309, 310, 337, 370, 425, 

 428, CH.B.G,] 



p-y^^ J ? et ? imm. Wataikwa River, 18th Sept.-9th 

 Oct. 1910. [Nos. 1178, 1212, 1253, 128,1, 1283, 1294, 

 1311, & 1336, G.C.S.] 



x-z. ^ ? . Iwaka River, 23rd Jan.-4th Feb. 1911. 

 [Nos. 907, 907 a, 987, C. H, B. G.] 



a'. ? . Launch Camp, Setalcwa River, 18th Oct. 1912. 

 [C.B.K.-] 



h'-g'. (J ? et (J imm. Canoe Camp, Setakwa River, 

 23rd Oct.-2nd Dec. 1912. [ C. B. K.] 



h'-l', ^ ^ et (? ? imm. Camp 3, Utakwa River, 2500 ft., 

 10th Dec. 1912-llth Jan. 1913. [ C. B. K] 



m'. ? . Camp 6 A, Utakwa River, 2900 £t., 11th Jan. 

 1913. [C.B.K] 



Adult. Iris brown ; bill brown or sooty-brown ; lower 

 mandible paler ; feet light slate-colour or bluish-ash. 



The sexes are quite similar in plumage. 



Younger birds have the feathers surrounding the eyes and 

 the sides of the occiput dark chestnut ; the wing-coverts 

 and secondary quills fringed and washed on the outer web 

 with the same colour^ 



In both adult and young the colour of the upperparts 

 varies somewhat in different individuals, some inclining to 



