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



the Arfak Mountains (c/. Sharpe, Cat. iv. pi. viii. fig. 2), 

 in lacking the black band from the eye to the gape, which 

 in the typical race encloses the white loral spot. 



The young female from Iwaka still retains most of the 

 first plumage quills in the wings; they diff'er from those of 

 the adult in being margined with pale rufous. 



" This Yellow Flycatcher was apparently a hill-species 

 only, and was by no means plentiful. It was a very tame 

 little bird, and the specimens shot were seen sitting on some 

 conspicuous branch." — C.H.B. G. 



Poecilodryas pulverulenta. 



. Myiolestes pulverulentus Bonap. Consp. Av. i. p. 358 

 (1850) (ex S. Mliller, MS. Mus. Lugd.). 



Pcecilodryas pulverulenta Salvad. 0. P. ii. p. ^'6 (1881). 



a-h. Mouth of the Mimika River, 9th & 20th Dec. 1910 

 and 21st-23rd March, 1911. [Nos. 90, 162, 1218, 1223, 1230, 

 1232, 1233, 1248, C. H. B. G.] 



Iris brown ; bill and feet black, * 



Miiller's type-locality for this species is the Utanata River, 

 which is only a few miles west of the Mimika. Our series 

 may, therefore, be regarded as typical examples of P. 

 pulverulenta, which is new to the British Museum. 



The wing-measurements vary considerably in individuals. 

 6 S • Wing 80, 85, '85, 87, 87, 91 mm. 

 2 ? . Wing 87, 89 mm. 



"This was quite a common Flycatcher in the mangrove- 

 swamps, the only place where it was observed. It appeared 

 to spend much of its time on the ground." — C.H.B. G.- 



In the British Museum collection there are two examples 

 of a Poecilodryas which appear to be undescribed ; they were 

 collected by Mr. J. M. Dumas in Northern New Guinea. 

 Mr. Dumas was a companion of Alfred H. Everett during 

 his travels in the Moluccan Islands, and after his death 

 procured some interesting species. I propose to name this 

 new Flycatcher : — 



