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



d-i. (J ? . Parimau, Mimika River, 27th Aug.-19th Dec. 

 1910. [Nos. 24, 156, 157, 669, 769, 774, C.II.B. G.] 



k, I. c? et ? imm. White Water Camp, Kapare River, 

 25th Oct. & 3rd Nov. 1910. [Nos. 336 & 433, C. H. B. G.'] 



m-r. S ? • Launch Camp, Setakwa River, 3rd Oct.- 

 29th Nov. 1912. {C.B.K.'] 



s. ? imm. Canoe Camp, Setakwa River, 22nd Nov. 



1912. iC.B.K.-] 



Iris dark brown ; bill dark brown ; feet in the male 

 bluish-ash or dark slate-colour, in the female pale violet. 



Birds in moult are to be found among those killed in 

 October, December, and March ; there are others obtained 

 during October and December in which the plumage of the 

 upperparts is worn and brownish. The moult appears to 

 be very irregular and may be observed in specimens killed 

 between October and March. 



" We did not find this Black-and-White Flycatcher a 

 common species. It is usually to be seen in pairs, and 

 frequents the lower trees and undergrowth." — C.H.B. G. 



Pcecilodryas cyana. 



Poecilodryas cyana (Salvad.) ; id. 0. P. ii. p. 89 (1881). 



Poscilodryas suhcyanea De Vis, Ibis, 1897, p. 377. 



Pcecilodryas cyanus subcyanea Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. x. 

 p. 470 (1903), XX. p. 496 (1913). 



a-c. S • Camp 6 B, Utakwa River, 420Q ft., 28th Jan. & 

 6th Feb. 1913. [C.B.K.'\ 



d,e. c? ? . Camp 9, Utakwa River, 5500 ft., 27th Jan. 



1913. ^CB.K.-] ^ 

 Iris brown ; bill and feet black. 



P. cyana was described from the Arfak Mountains ; sub- 

 sequently birds from South-east New Guinea were described 

 as P. subcyanea by De Vis. Messrs. Rothschild and Hartert 

 [op. cit.) have recognised both forms, but in this I cannot 

 concur for none of the characters given by De Vis are 

 constant or of any value. The measurements of our series 

 are as follows : — 



