collected in Dutcli New Guinea. 199 



Podargus ocellatus. 



Podargus ocellatus Quoy & Gaim. ; Harfcert, Cat. xvi. p. 6 

 (1892) ; van Oort, p. 82 (1902) ; Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. 

 XX. p. 490(1913). 



a, 6. (^ ? . Upper Mimika River, 15th Feb. & 1st May, 

 1910. [Nos. 1060, 1145, G. C. S.'] 



c. $. Wataikwa River, 24th Sept. 1910. [No. 1237, 

 G. C. S.-] 



d. ? . Launch Camp, Setakwa River, 27th Oct. 1912. 

 [C.B.K.'] 



e. ? . Canoe Camp, Setakwa River, 29th Dec. 1912. 

 \_C.B.K.'\ 



Iris deep amber-yellow or bright brown ; bill pale brown ; 

 feet baff or pale brown. 



A male in the flesh measured 381 mm. (=15 inches) ; a 

 female measured 344 mm. ( = 13*5 inches). 



In all five specimens listed above the upperparts are 

 nearly uniform reddish-brown, sparingly spotted with black 

 on the scapulars, with practically no light markings except 

 on the wing-coverts. The more uniform-backed specimens 

 are found both in the Arfak Peninsula and in South-east 

 New Guinea, and seem to have no geographical significance, 

 being found everywhere in company with more mottled 

 examples. Males seem to have more white on the underparts 

 than females. 



JEgotheles wallacei. 



^gotheles wallacei Gray ; Hartert, Cat. xvi. p. 650 

 (1892) ; Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. x. p. 201 (1903) ; xx. 

 p. 490 (1913). 



a. ? . Wataikwa River, 31st Oct. 1910. [No. 1463, 

 G.C.S.] 



This specimen agrees in most particulars with the type- 

 specimen of y^. wallacei, a female procured by Wallace at 

 Dorei ; but the Wataikwa bird has the belly and under 

 tail-coverts white, the latter being sparingly marked with 

 black ; whereas in the type these parts are thickly mottled 



