212 Mr. W. R. Ogil vie- Grant on Birds 



Mr. Goodfellow records the colours of the soft-parts as 

 follows : — 



Male. Iris brown ; bill yellow with black along the 

 culmen ; feet chrome-yellow, nails black. 



Immature female. Iris brown ; culmen black except at the 

 base, remainder of bill deep yellow ; feet chrome-yellow, 

 nails black. 



A young male in the present collection (specimen a) has 

 the feathers of the crown tipped with black producing a 

 large^ though rather indistinct^ black patch. 



Three adult males : wing 85, 87, 88 mm. 



Three adult females : wing 85, 87, 88 mm. 



Melidora macrorhina. 



Melidora macrorliina (Lesson) ; Sharpe, Cat. xvii. p. 201 

 (1892); Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. xx. p. 488 (1913). 



Melidora macrorrhinus van Oort, p. 78 (1909). 



a, 6. c? ? • Upper Mimika, 12th Feb. 1910. [W. G., & 

 No. 1051, G. C. S.] 



c-e. (? et (5" ? imm. Pariniau, Mimika River^ 26th & 29th 

 Nov., 29th Dec. 1910. [Nos. 579, 609, 867, C. II. B. G.] 



f-i. c? ? imm. Wataikwa River, 19th-30th Sept. 1910. 

 [Nos. 1190, 1202, 1230, 1278, G. C. S.] 



L ? imm. Iwaka River, 20th Jan. 1911. [No. 896, 

 C. H. B. G.'\ 



l-q. ^ ? et imm. Launch Canlp, Setakwa River, 5th- 

 23rd Oct. 1912 & 30th March, 1913. [C. B. K.] 



r, s. (^ '} , Canoe Camp, Setakwa River, 28th Oct. & 

 17th Dec. 1912. [C.B.K.] 



t. ? imm. Camp 3, Utakwa River, 2500 ft., 19th Dec. 

 1912. [C.B.K.I 



Adult male and female. Iris sienna or hazel ; upper mandible 

 black, lower pale green or yellowish-grey, with the cutting- 

 edges yellow; feet pale olive-green or dull yellowish-green. 



In an adult female the total length in the flesh is 279 mm. 

 ( — 11 inches). 



In some specimens in the above series the characteristic 

 white band across the hind-neck is not apparent, but this is 

 due to the way the skins have been made up. 



