collected in Dutch New Guinea. 105 



" The Ferruginous Wood-Shrike was common throughout 

 all the country traversed. It was generally met with in 

 pairs and had much the same hahits as P. a. nigripectus." — 

 C, H. B. G. 



*Pitohui incertus. 



Pitohui incertus van Oort, p. 94 (1909). 



This new species, said to be allied to P. ferrugineus, but 

 nmch smaller, was procured on the Noord River by Mr. H. 

 A. Lorentz. 



Pitohui meeki. 



Pitohui meeki Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. xx. p. 507 (1913). 



a. c? . Camp 6 a, Utakwa River, 2900 £t., 10th Jan. 1913. 

 [C.B.K.-] 



h-d. c? ? et c? imm. Camp 6 b, Utakwa River, 4200 £t., 

 1st Feb. 1913. [C. B. /l.] [s Type of the species.) 



This species was described from a single female example 

 procured by A. S. Meek on Mt. Goliath. The female speci- 

 men c of the pair collected by the Wollaston Expedition 

 agrees well with the original description. The male, hitherto 

 uuknovVn, appears to differ from the male of P. nigrescens 

 (Schleg.) in the following points, but, unfortunately, the 

 Museum does not possess examples of the latter species from 

 Arfak. 



The crown is slaty-black like the back, not jet-black; the 

 underparts are also slaty-black, but rather paler than the 

 back and not black, inclining to slaty-black on the flanks 

 and under tail-coverts. Wing 126 mm. 

 ■ From the male type of P. schistaceus (Reichenow) from 

 the Area River, which is in the British Museum, the male 

 of P. meeki differs in being more slate-coloured, especially 

 on the underparts. 



■■ A quite young male, specimen d, is blackish above, most 

 of the feathers being widely fringed with chestnut ; the 

 underparts are a mixture of grey and chestnut, with some 

 rusty-buff feathers on the middle of the abdomen. 



This species is new to the British Museum. 



