collected hi Dutch New Guinea. 165 



Sex. ^^"^' 

 mm. 



Arfak Mountains, L. Laglaize o 90 



Utakwa River, 0. B. Kloss ^ 90 



» » c? 87 



„ „ .6 85 



V )> $ 78 (in moult) 



j> >; o 82 



Aroa River, A. S. Meek cj 94 



» » 6 imm. 87 



j> >j • $ 86 (with eggs) 



2 84 



? 82 



Owen Stanley Mountains, W. Goodfellow. ^ 84 



„ „ ? 87 5 



2 86 



» j> j> + 80 



$ 81 

 Moroka, Owen Stanley Mountains, ) 



W. Goodfellow. I ° ^'^ 



S.E. New Guinea o 93 



The male type of P. cyana, from Hatam, Arfak, has a wing 

 oi' 85 mm. as recorded by Count Salvadori. 



It will be seen from the measurements given above that 

 eastern birds are not separable from Arfak specimens on 

 account of their larger size. 



*P(Ecilodryas bimacnlata. 



Poecilodryas himaculata Salvad. ; Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. 

 XX. p. 497 (1913). 



Specimens from the Utakwa River are referred to this 

 species. 



*Pcecilodryas albonotata griseiventris. 



Poecilodryas {Megalestes) albonotata griseiventru Roths. & 

 Hartert, N. Z. xx. p. 496 (1913). 



This new subspecies was discovered by A. S. Meek on 

 Mt. Goliath, 5000 ft. 



