collected in Dutch New Guinea. Ill 



be seen that our bird from the Utakwa nearly resembles in 

 size the type-specimen from Humboldt Bay. The measure- 

 ments o£ the latter are : bill 2& mm. ; wing 135 ; tail 120 ; 

 tarsus 60. 



The male obtained by A. S. Meek on the Utakwa Eiver, 

 3000 ft., appears to be a somewhat smaller individual. It 

 measures : bill 23 mm. ; wing 129 ; tail 115 ; tarsus 58. 



I am doubtful whether this large species, with its long 

 tail extending beyond the toes, should not be placed in a 

 separate genus ; in other respects it resembles M. luguhris in 

 general structure and in having long disintegrated feathers 

 on the back, which form a dense soft "puff'" on the lower 

 back and rump. 



The species is new to the British Museum. 



Mellopitta lugubris rostrata. 



Mellopitta lugubris rostrata Ogilvie-Grant, Bull. B. 0. C. 

 xxxi. p. 104 (1913). 



a. S . Camp 6 b, Utakwa River, 4200 ft., 26th Jan. 1913. 

 [ C. B K.'\ (Tt/pe of the subspecies.) 



This specimen is similar to M. lugubris Schleg., but larger 

 and with a conspicuously stouter bill. Total length about 

 170 mm.; culmen 24; wing 89; tail 52 ; tarsus 41. 



Of M. lugubris the British Museum possesses two examples, 

 one a male from the Aroa River procured by E. Weiske, 

 and the other a female from Arfak obtained by L. Laglaize. 

 In the Tring Museum there are five examples from the 

 Aroa and Angabunga Rivers. 



Pitta atricapilla. 



Pitta atricapilla Quoy & Graim. Voy. Astrolabe, Zool. i. 

 p. 258, pi. viii. fig. 3 (1830) ; Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. viii. 

 p. 62 (1901), XX. p. 492 (1913). 



Pitta novce-guinece Miill. & Schl. ; Sclater, Cat. xiv. p. 440 

 (1888) ; van Oort, p. 82 (1909); Ogilvie-Grant, P. & P. 

 p. 281 (1912) ; id. Ibis, 1913, p. 94. 



a-d. S ? • Wakatimi River, 24th & 28th Dec. 1910 and 

 1st Jan. 1911. [Nos. 176, 178, 193, 201, C. H. B. G.'\ 



SBR, X. — JUB.-SUPPL. 2. N , 



