collected in Dutch New Guinea. 117 



e\ $. Iwaka River, 30th Jan. 1911. [No. 958, 

 C.H, B.G.I 



f'-V. S ? • Launch Camp, Setakwa River, 4th-30th Oct. 

 1912 & 24th March, 1913. [ C. B. K.'\ 



m'-r'. c? ? e<^ (? imm. Canoe Camp, Setakwa River, 

 1st Nov. 1912-lst Jan. 1913. [ C. B. K.] 



Iris hazel; bill black; feet purplish-brown. 



The types of E. nigricrissus were procured at Naiabui, Fly- 

 River, and all the series listed above are referable to that 

 subspecies. E. ccerulescens Temm. was first discovered further 

 west by Miiller at Lobo, at the head of Triton Bay. It is 

 easily distinguished by having the general colour greyish- 

 blue, while in E. nigricrissus it is blue-grey, the former 

 colour predominating. In E. ccerulescens the sexes are said 

 to be alike in plumage, but in E. nigricrissus the female has 

 well-marked white superciliary streaks commencing behind 

 'the nostrils and continued along the sides of the occiput. 



In younger birds the breast and underparts are more or 

 less blackish, and the white superciliary streak is developed 

 in the male as well as in the female, as, for example, in 

 specimens 108, 302, and 529. 



No. 1356, a young male from Wataikwa, is remarkable in 

 having all the under tail-coverts broadly tipped with white ; 

 the same peculiarity may be noted in No. 109, an immature 

 female. 



"The Black-vented Eupetes was a common bird everywhere, 

 though sparingly met with on the coast. It is a ground-bird 

 and was always found in pairs, which usually separated on. 

 seeing an intruder and kept calling to one another as they rau» 

 The call is a loud 'kissick,' generally repeated onc^ or twice, 

 and, though the birds were by no means really wild, a sharp 

 look out had to be kept to see them, as they took every advan-- 

 tage of the tree-stems, roots, etc., and were not easy to see." — ^- 

 C.H.B.G. 



Eupetes castanonotus saturatus. 



Eupetes castanonotus saturatus Roths. & Hartert, N.,Z. xx. 

 p. 505(1913). 



a-c. S Qi S imm. Wataikwa River, 7th & 17tli Oct., 

 1910. [Nos. 1317, 1318, 1387, G. CS.} 



