collected in Dutch JVew Guinea. 307 



Macropygia cinereiceps. 



Macropygia cinereiceps Tristram ; Salvad. Cat. xxi. p. 357 

 (1893). 



Macropygia amhoinensis cinereiceps van Oort, p. 63 (1909); 

 Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. xx. p. 479 (1913). 



Macropygia griseinuclia Ogilvie-Grrant (nee Salvad.) P. & P. 

 p. 296 (1912j ; id. Ibis, 1913, p. 107. 



a-d*. S 2 • Parimau, Mimika River, 3rd Sept.-ll Dec. 

 1910. [Nos. 112, 218, 539, 711, C.H.B. G.'] 



e-li. S ? • White Water Camp, Kapare River, 20th Oct. 

 -3rd Nov. 1910. [Nos. 340, 341, 408, 434, C. H. B. G.] 



i-r. cJ ? et J imm. Wataikwa River, 7th-29th Oct. 

 1910. [Nos. 1316, 1354, 1355, 1358, 1359, 1416, 1417, 

 1457, 1458, G.CS.'] 



s. ? . Iwaka River, 24th Jan. 1911. [No. 911^ 

 C.H.jB.G.] 



t, ^^ c^ ? . Launch Camp, Sfetakwa River, 2nd Oct. 1912 

 & 12th March, 1913. [C. B. K.l 



V. ? . Canoe Camp, Setakwa River, 8th Dec. 1912. 

 [C.B.K.-] 



ic*-y. S ? . Camp 3, Utakwa River, 2500 ft., 20th & 

 28th Nov. 1912 & 14th Jan. 1913. [C. B. K.^ 



z,a!. $. Camp 6 a, Utakwa River, 2900 ft., 10th & 

 17th Jan. 1913. {_C.B.K:\ 



Specimens d and lo (marked with an asterisk) are re- 

 markable, and differ from all the other males in the series 

 collected. • Both have the forehead and crown buff slightly 

 tinged with greyish, and the hinder part of the crown 

 behind the orbits as well as the occiput rufous in speci- 

 men d and vinaceous-rufous tinged with grey in specimen w. 

 Both these birds, as far as the colouring of the head is 

 concerned, might be referred to M. goldiei from South-east 

 New Guinea, were it not that the colour of the back is 

 dark reddish-brown, almost vandyke-brown, instead of dark 

 chestnut-brown. All the other males in the series have the 

 forehead whitish and the crown and occiput pale grey like 

 the hind-neck, and are typical examples of M. cinereicep)s. I 

 can only regard specimens d and to as accidental vaiiations. 



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