120 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on Birds 



Campoclisera sloetii flaviceps. 



Campochccra sloetii (Schleg.) ; Sharpe, Cat, iv. p. 21 

 (1879); Salvad. 0. P. ii. p. 165 (1881); Ogilvie-Grant, 

 P. & P. p. 280 (1912) ; id. Ibis, 1913, p. 92. 



Campoclicera sloetii flaviceps Salvad. ; Roths. & Hartert, 

 K Z. X. p. 209 (1903), XX. p. 499 (1913). 



a, 6. c? ? • Wakatimi, Mimika River, 6th March, 1911. 

 [Nos. 1100, 1101, C.H.B. G.'] 



c,d. ? . ParimkiT, Mimika River, 28th Dec. 1910 & 

 4th Jan. 1911. [Nos. 857, 882, C. H. B. G.'] 



^,/. cJ ? . Launch Camp, Setakwa River, 15th Oct. 1912. 

 IC.B.K.-] 



g-l, ^ ? . Canoe Camp, Setakwa River, 3rd— 11th Dec. 

 1912 & 2nd Jan. 1913. [ C. B. K.'\ 



m. ? . Camp 3, Utakwa River, 2500 ft., 6th Dec. 1912. 

 [C.B.K.-] 



Iris dark brown j bill and feet black. 



There are no typical examples of C. sloetii (Schleg.), from 

 Arfak, available for comparison with C. s.flavicej^s, either in 

 the British Museum or in the Tring Museum ; but a good 

 figure and description of the former will be found under the 

 name Campepliaga aiiimlenta Sclater (P. Z. S. 1873, p. 692, 

 pi. liv.). His type-specimen came from Sorong, wdiich lies 

 a little north of Selc, the type-locality of C. sloetii, both places 

 being situated in the extreme west of the Arfak Peninsula. 



It will be seen that the adult male figured by Sclater has 

 the crown and nape entirely grey, whereas in the whole of 

 the present series (thirteen specimens), at least the hinder 

 part of the crown and occiput are greenish-yellow, and in 

 some examples the yellow is continued over the crown to the 

 forehead. Salvadori (pp. cit.) subsequently placed his 

 C. flaviceps as a doubtful synonym of C. sloetii, but it seems 

 to be a tolerably distinct form. 



The only example of this subspecies in the British Museum 

 was a male of the present form from the Astrolabe Mountains 

 procured by A. Goldie. 



" This orange and black Cuckoo-Shrike was quite a 

 common bird, both at Wakatimi and Parimau. It has 



