Collected in Dutch New Guinea^ 171 



a-i. (^ ? et ? itnm. White Water Camp, Kapare River, 

 15tli Oct.-8th Nov. 1910. [Nos. 313, 322, 323, 359, 360, 

 367, 381, 382, 461, C.H.B. G.] 



k. S • Wataikwa River, 18th Oct. 1910. [No. 1897, 

 G. C. S.] 



l-o. S ? • Iwaka River, 30th Jan.-6th Feb. 1911. 

 [Nos. 959, 988, 989, 1005, C. H. B. G.'] 



p-t. S '^ ei $ imm. Camp 3, Utakwa River, 21st Nov. 

 1912-18th Jan. 1913- [ C. B. K.] 



Adult. Iris light brown to red ; bill brownish-flesh-colour ; 

 legs slate-colour or purple-brown. 



Young. Iris raw-sienna ; rest of the soft-parts coloured as 

 in the adult. 



All the specimens in the above series appear to be referable 

 to the typical form of ^^. spilodera, though some examples 

 nearly resemble the type of ^^. s. guttata (Sharpe), which is 

 no doubt very closely allied. 



The type of y^. spilodera is a fully adult female example 

 procured by Wallace at Dorei ; it has the crown sooty-black 

 and the part's surrounding the eye, including the ear-coverts, 

 dark sooty-brown. The wings, too, are browner than in any 

 of the above series, but this may be partly due to wear. 



The type-specimen of yS. s. guttata, from the Choqueri 

 District in the Astrolabe Mountains, is somewhat imperfect, 

 but another adult from the same locality and specimens 

 from the Kumusi River, also in South-east New Guinea, 

 show that the top of the head is olive-brown tinged with 

 rufous, and the parts surrounding the eye, as well as the 

 ear-coverts, are dull snuff-brown* 



In the above series there are six males (Nos. 382, 461, 959, 

 989, 1005, and an un-numbered specimen) which agree with 

 Wallace's type in the dark coloration of the top of the head 

 and sides of the face. These are in fresh plumage, having 

 been killed between the 27th of October and the 6th of 

 February. They are rather darker olive above than the 

 type of ^^. 'spilodera, which inclines to brownish, especially 

 oil the wings ; the date when this bird was procured by 

 Wallace is, unfortunately, not recorded. 



