collected in Dutch New Guinea. Ill 



Sericornis olivacea. 



Sericornis olivacea Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. xxxvi. 

 p. 100 (1896) [Moroka] ; Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. xiv. 

 p. 4.m (1907), XX. p. 502 (1913). 



Sericornis pusilla Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. x. p. 228 (1903) 

 [Mt. Gayata, Richardson Range]. 



a-c. S ? • Camp 3, Utakwa River, 2500 ft., 21st & 23rd 

 Nov. 1912 & 12th Jan. 1913. [ C. B. iT.] 



d. ?. Camp 6 a, Utakwa River, 2900 ft., 12th Jan. 

 1913. {C.B.K.'] 



e. S- Camp 6 b, Utakwa River, 4200 ft., 28th Jan. 

 1913. [C.B.K.'] 



The British Museum possesses a typical example of this 

 species from Moroka : specimen c (No. 303) of Salvadori's 

 list, op, cit. 



Our specimens from the Utakwa River, though very 

 similar to typical examples from British New Guinea, seem 

 to differ constantly in having the throat and the middle of 

 the beliy distinctly whiter. Dr. Hartert, however, assures 

 me that a specimen in the Tring Museum, from the Utakwa 

 River, 30th Oct. 1910, procured by A. S. Meek, differs in 

 no way from typical S. olivacea. I have therefore refrained 

 from separating the present specimens, as the difference may 

 be due to season. 



Sericornis perspicillata. 



Sericornis perspicillata Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. 

 xxxvi. p. 99 (1896) [Moroka] ; Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. x. 

 p. 228 (1903), XX. p. 502 (1913). 



a,h. S ^ ' Camp 6 b, Utakwa River, 4200 ft., 29th Jan. 

 & 1st Feb. 1913. [C.B.K.'] 



c-e. ^ . Camp 6 c, Utakwa River, 5500 ft., 19tli-22nd 

 Feb. 1913. [C.B.K] 



Thanks to the efforts of Mr. W. Goodfellow the British 

 Museum now possesses a series of typical examples of 

 S. perspicillata from the type-locality Moroka and from the 

 Owen Stanley Range. The Museum also possesses a speci- 

 men from Aroa River [E. Weiske) which has been compared 



