collected in Dutch Neiv (jfuliiea. 163 



PcEcilodryas brachyura dumasi, subsp. n. 



Most nearly allied to P. brachyura (Sol.), but the colour of 

 the upperparts, including the crown, is dead black, instead 

 o£ dark grey, the white superciliary stripe does not extend 

 quite to the base of the upper mandible, and there is a well- 

 marked black spot on the chin which is apparently not 

 always present in P. hracJiyura ; the belly and under tail- 

 coverts are white. In the figure of the type-specimen of 

 P. hrachyura from Hatam, Arfak Mts. (Andai according to 

 Dr. Hartert ; cf. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 691, pL liii.), the basal part 

 of the belly and the under tail-coverts are coloured pale 

 rusty-red or pale fawn-colour, but in the description there 

 is no mention of this colour, the whole of the underparts 

 being white (" subtus omnino albus "), as in the specimens 

 before me. Several of the birds have the middle of the 

 breast, etc., slightly discoloured, but there can be no doubt 

 that they have become soiled during the process of skinning. 



Allied forms are P. hypoleuca (^Gray) and P. hermani 

 Madarasz, from the Finisterre Range, but the former and 

 apparently the latter are distinguished by having a black 

 band on each side of the chest almost uniting with gpp 

 another in the middle line. 



Wing 79 mm. ; tail 48 ; tarsus 19"5. 



In the dried skin the bill is black and the feet and toes 

 are yellow. 



IJab. Northern New Guinea. 



Type in the British Museum. Adult, North New Guinea* 

 ColL J. M. Dumas. 



There are two perfectly similar specimens in the Tring 

 Museum also procured by J, M. Dumas in Northern New 

 Guinea, 



Poecilodryas hypoleuca. 



Poecilodryas hypoleuca Gray; Sharpe, Cat. iv. p, 244 

 (1879); Salvad. 0. P. ii. p. %^ (1881) ; van Oort, p, 84 

 (1909);. Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. xx. p. 496 (1913). 



a-c. (^ ? . Wakatimi, Mimika River, 1st & 5th March, 

 1911. [Nos. 1056, 1057, 1098, C. H. B. G,] 



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