252 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Graiit on Birds 



a. c? . Camp 6 A, Utakwa River, 2900 £t., 20tli Jan. 1913. 

 [C.B.K.] 



b. ? . Camp 6 B, Utakwa River, 4200 £t., 8th Feb. 1913. 

 [C.B.K.-] 



c-e. S ? . Camp 6 o, Utakwa River, 5500 ft., ]7th-25th 

 Feb. 1913. IC.B.K.I 



f. S • Camp 9, Utakwa River, 5500 £t., 30th Jan. 1913. 

 i'c.B.K.'] 



Adult male. Bill pale lavender-blue ; feet pale lavender, 

 soles dull yellow. 



While agreeing with Dr. Hartert that P. b. pallida should 

 be kept separate from P. brehmi (Sehleg.) from the Arfak 

 Mountains, I find that our series of birds from Southern 

 New Guinea are undoubtedly referable to the former, which 

 inhabits South-eastern New Guinea. Both males and females 

 are easily distinguished from P. brehmi by the yellowish- 

 green breast and abdomen. The coloration of the head 

 does not appear to afford a distinctive character. I have 

 examined the birds from Mt. Goliath and find they are 

 undoubtedly referable to P. b. pallida and not to P. brehmi. 



Psittacella modesta collaris. 



Psittacella modesta Roths. & Hartert (nee Sehleg.), N. Z. 

 XX. p. 487 (1913). 



Psittacella modesta collaris, Ogilvie-Grant, Bull. B. 0. C. 

 XXXV. p. 13 (1914). 



a. c? . Camp 6 C, Utakwa River, 5500 ft., 19th Feb. 

 1913. [ C. B. K.'] . ( Type of the subspecies?) 



b-d. S ? imm. Camp 11, Utakwa River, 8000 ft., 7th & 

 8th Feb. 1913. [C.B.K.'\ 



Both the male birds, from the Utakwa River, have a 

 distinct pale yellow collar below the nape, dividing the 

 feathers of the head, which are dark brown with indistinct 

 dull orange middles, from the green back. In a typical 

 male specimen of P. modesta from the Arfak Mountains this 

 character is wanting, but the whole occiput and nape are 

 suffused with dull brownish-orange which merges gradually 

 into the brown of the forehead. 



