104 Mr. W. R. Ooilvie-arant on Birds 



Pitohui ferrugineus. 



Pseudorectes ferrugineus Bonap. ; Sharpe, Cat. iii. p. 287 

 (1877). 



Pitohui ferrugineus van Oort, p. 94 (1909) ; Roths. & 

 Hartert, N. Z. x. p. 97 (1903), xx. p. 506 (1913). 



a, ?>. J et ? imm. Mouth of the Mimika River, 2nd & 

 12th Dec. 1910. [Nos. 31, 123, C. H. B, G.'] 



c-g. c? ? et cJ imm. Upper Mimika River, 27th Jan.- 

 19th Feb. 1910. [Nos. 1011, 1014, 1027, 1057, 1076, 

 G.C.S.-] 



h-q. S ? • Parimku, Mimika River, 28th Aug.-22nd 

 Dec. 1910. [Nos. 31, 36, 136, 162, 604, 605, 682, 710, 

 797, C.H.B.G.'] 



r, s. S ^ ' White Water Camp, Kapare River, 12th & 

 17th Oct. 1910. [Nos. 301, 321, C. H. B. G.'] 



t-v. ? . Wataikwa River, 23rd Sept.-4th Oct. 1910. 

 [Nos. 1232, 1268, 1295, G. C. S.'] 



" wj. ? . Iwaka River, 27th Jan. 1911. [No. 925, 

 C.H.B. G.] 



w. S . Launch Camp, Setakwa River, 7th Oct. 1912. 

 [C.B.K.'] 



y-a' . S ? • Canoe Camp, Setakwa River, 15th Nov.-lth 

 Dec. 1912. [C.B.K.I 



h'. ? . Camp 3, UtakAva River, 2500 ft., 9th Dec. 1912. 

 [C.B.K.] 



Iris pale Naples-yellow or v.'liite ; bill black ; feet slate- 

 colour or bluish-ash. 



Total length in the flesh 279-305 mm. (=11-12 ins.). 

 Almost all the birds in the above series arp in moult. 

 A quite young female (No. 31) hardly differs from the 

 adult in colour, but the texture of the plumage is much softer. 

 The bill in this specimen is brownish in the dried skin, but 

 the soft-parts are not recorded ; ina y^oung male (No. 1011) 

 the iris is dull white, the bill dark brown, and the feet 

 slate-blue, 



The females are somewhat smaller than the males, as will 

 be seen by the following measurements : — 



Males : wing 136-146 mm. Females : wing 129-141 mm. 



