collected in Dutch Neio Guinea. 101 



back darker chestnut and the underparts rufous-chestnut 

 instead of cinnamon-rufous. There are, however, in the 

 British Museum three examples from Collingwood Bay, two 

 of which closely resemble the specimen from Humboldt Bay^ 

 while the third is paler, like the birds from the Aroa River ; 

 even among birds from the Aroa District and Astrolabe 

 Mountains there is one individual which is of a much 

 darker chestnut than the remaining nine. 



Pitohui aruensis nigripectus. 



Fitoliui aruensis nigripectus \an Oort, p. 93 (1909) ; Roths. 

 & Hartert, N. Z. xx. p. 506 (1913). 



a-e. c? et cJ $ imm, Wakatimi, Mimika River, 23rd 

 Aug. 1910-4th March, 1911. [Nos. 15, 191, 192, 197, 1091, 

 C.B.B. G.] 



f-i. S ? • Upper Mimika River, 2nd-19th Feb. 1910. 

 [Nos. 1016, 1020, 1070, 1074, G. C. S.'] 



k-t. c? ? et (J imm. Parimau, Mimika River, 28th Aug.- 

 30th Dec. 1910. [Nos. 30, 149, 509, 629,632,779,837, 

 844, 845, 873, C.B.B. G.] 



n, V. ($ et ($ imm. White Water Camp, Kapare River, 

 16th & 21st Oct. 1900. [Nos. 315, 357, C. B. B. G.] 



w-y. S ' Wataikwa River, 16th-31st Oct. 1910. [Nos. 

 1383, 1428, 1463, G. C. S.] 



z, a', c? et c? imm. Launch Camp, Setakwa River, 16th 

 & 17th Oct. 1912. [C.B.K.'] 



b'. S' Canoe Camp, Setakwa River, 28th Dec. 1912. 

 [C.B.K.]^ 



c-e . $ imm. Camp 3, Utakwa River, 2500 ft., 8th 

 Dec. 1912. \_C.B.K.'\ 



/'. $ vix ad. Camp 6 A, Utakwa River, 2900 ft., 19th 

 Jan. 1913. ^C.B.K.'l 



Adult male and female. Iris deep crimson or claret-red ; 

 bill black ; feet dark slate or sooty-black. 



Of this recently described form we have received a fine 

 series. 



This subspecies' is new to the British Museum., 



The males differ only in size from those of P. aruensis 



