142 Mr. W. U. Ogilvie-Grant 07i Birds 



r, s. cJ ? . White Water Camp, Kapare River, 8th Nov. 

 1910. [Nos. 452, 464, C. H. B. G.'\ 



t. S-. Wataikwa River, 25th Oct. 1910. [No. 1429, 

 G. C. S.l, 



u-w. S ? • Iwaka River, 28th Jan. & 11th Feb. 1911. 

 [Nos. 952, 1022, 1025, C. H.B. G.'\ 



x-z. S ? • Launch Camp, Setakwa River, 14th-23rd 

 Oct. 1912. [C.B.K.'] 



a'-ff'- c? ? • Canoe Camp, Setakwa River, 19th Nov. 

 1912-2nd Jan. 1913. [C.B.K.] 



h'. ? . Camp 3, Utakwa River, 2500 £t., 20th Dec. 1912. 

 [C.B.K.] 



Iris dai'k brown ; eye-wattle bright cobalt-blue or electric 

 blue ; bill lavender-blue ; feet bluish-slate-colour. 



Birds from Southern Dutch New Gruinea have been 

 separated from Arses telescophthalmus (Grarnot), from the 

 Aru Islands, on account of their somewhat longer wing- 

 measurement and a supposed difference in the colour of the 

 upperparts in the female. It should, however, be noted that 

 the female specimens described by Dr. van Oort as A. t. 

 harterti, with the back, rump^ wings, and tail duller olive- 

 brown, were obtained in June and July, and are no doubt in 

 worn plumage, as also are those procured by A. S. Meek during 

 July and August on the Setakwa River. Among the series 

 listed above there are some females in worn plumage 'killed 

 in October, January, and February, which for some reason 

 have not yet moulted, and which appear browner above; 

 but others in fresh plumage seem to be indistinguishable 

 from Aru birds. I can find no difference in the development 

 of the wattle, a character put forward by Dr. Hartert. On 

 the whole, birds from Southern New Gruinea are slightly 

 lartrer than typical A. t. aruensis from the Aru Islands, but, 

 as the following measurements of a large series will show, the 

 difference is so very slight that it does not seem advisable to 

 recognise A. t. harterti subspecitically. 



The Museum is indebted to Mr. W. Goodfellow for four 

 pairs of this bird from the Aru Islands collected between 

 February and April. 



