collected in Dutch New Guinea. 245 



a, 6. c? et (^ imm. Camp 3, Utakwa River, 2500 ft.^ 

 25th Nov. 1912. [C. B. iC.] 



c, d. $ . Camp 9, Utakwa River, 5500 ft., 25th Jan. k 

 3rd Feb. 1913. ^C. B. K.^ 



$. Iris brown; bill greyish-horn-colour; feet pale 

 greyish-lead-colour. ? . Iris brown ; bill pale grey, dark 

 slate at the base, and nearly white at the tip ; feet pale grey. 



Typical specimens from Arfak do not appear to differ 

 from those found in the mountains of South-east New 

 Guinea. Very fine male and female examples of this lovely 

 little Parrot were collected by Mr. Walter Goodfellow at 

 Bagutana Camp, 8000 ft., in the Owen Stanley Range near 

 Mount Victoria^ and presented to the British Museum by 

 Mr* E. J. Brook. Emil Weiske obtained the species on the 

 Aroa River at an altitude of 5000 ft. A. S. Meek procured 

 several specimens on Mt. Goliath at about 5000 ft. 



Dasyptilus pesqueti. 



Dasyptilus pesqueti (Lesson) ; Salvad. Cat. xx. p. 385 

 (1891) ; Ogilvie-Grant, P. & P. p. 290 (1912) ; id. Ibis, 

 1913, p. 101; Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. xx. p. 486 (1913). 



Dasyptilus pecquetii van Oort, p. 71 (1909). 



a-c. S ? • Upper Mimika River, Feb.-Aug. 1910. 



d-g. S ? . Parimau, Mimika River, 10th May, 14th Sept., 

 k 15th Nov. 1910. [Nos. 194, 195, C. H. B.G.; k 1517, 

 G. C. S.] 



h-L S ? . Wataikwa River, 28th Sept. and 21st k 26th 

 Oct. 1910. [Nos. 1271*, 1409, 1440, G. C. S.'] 



/, m. $ ? . Iwaka River, 13th Feb. 1911. [Nos. 1039, 

 1040, C. H. B. G.] 



^-Q- S ? • Canoe Camp, Setakwa River, 9th k 15th Nov., 

 10th Dec. 1910. [C.B.K.'] 



r-h.' S ? . Camp 3, Utakwa, 2500 ft., 28th Nov.-30th 

 Dec. 1912. [C.B.K.'] 



Iris dark brown ; naked skin on the head and feet black. 



Males may be distingished from females by having a small 

 scarlet patch of feathers behind the eye and above the 



