collected in Dutch Xew Guinea. 209 



marked with black, especially along the culmen and upper 

 mandible ; feet lemon-yellow. 



All the specimens listed above are typical examples of 

 S. torotoro and agree in every way with birds from Dorei 

 and adjacent parts of North-west New Guinea, but are, on 

 the average, 3, trifle smaller, as will be seen from the 

 measurements given below. 



A female specimen collected by Dr. Lorentz at Sabangj 

 Lorentz Kiver, has been referred by Dr. van Oort to S. t. 

 tentelare Hartert from the Aru Islands because the black on 

 the crown does not reach to the base of the culmen, an 

 interval of 8 mm. intervening. The female of the Aru bird 

 is easily recognised by the very small black area on the 

 middle of the crown, whereas in the present form, to which 

 Dr. Lorentz's specimen is referable, the black covers tjiei 

 greater part of the crown, extending over an area of abo]it 

 34 X 20 mm. It occasionally commences at the base of the 

 culmen or at a distance of 8-10 mm. from it, a buff-coloured 

 space intervening. These differences are of no impoi'tancej 

 being found in birds procured in the same locality. 



Messrs. Rothschild and Hartert have referred with doubi 

 to S. t. meeki, from South-east New Q-uinea, three male 

 examples procured by A. S. Meek on the Setakwa River. 

 With the series now available from that locality, including 

 a number of examples of both sexes, it is clear that the' 

 specimens in Tring belong to typical S^ torotoro. 



The British Museum contains three adult male examples 

 of typical S. i. tentelare Hartert from the Aru Islands, btit 

 no female ; there are, however, five examples in the Tring 

 Museum. 



Of S. t. meeki Hartert, from South-east New Guinea, the 

 British Museum possesses typical examples of both sexes 

 from Milne Bay, collected by A. S. Meek. These are 

 evidently very close to the Aru race, and I doidbt whether 

 they are really separable, as the colours of both the upper- 

 arid underparts are subject to considerable individual 

 variation, and the supposed difference in size is of no value, 

 as will be seen from the wing-measurements given below. 



SERi X.— JUB.-SUPPL. 2; P 



