107 [Vol. xxxiii. 



MlCROPSITTA MEEKI, Sp. n. 



Adult male and female. Crown and sides of the head greyish- 

 brown with pale brown edges to the feathers • an indistinct 

 dull yellow superciliary line ; rest of the upperside green with 

 narrow blackish edges to some of the feathers ; wing-coverts 

 with the bases and basal median line, which is more or less 

 visible, black. Primaries brown with narrow green outer 

 and wider dull yellowish inner edges, secondaries with most 

 of the outer webs green. Lateral rectrices black at the 

 base, the distal half of the outer web green and distal third 

 of inner web bright yellow, fourth and fifth pairs black, with 

 the tip and base of the outer web green, middle pair entirely 

 bluish-green with black shafts. Sides of the neck and under- 

 side yellow with narrow blackish fringes to the feathers, 

 flanks green, under tail-coverts bright yellow. Under wing- 

 coverts dull yellow, greyish-brown at the base. Bill light 

 horn-colour ; iris dull brownish-yellow or brownish-red ; 

 feet pale flesh-colour. 



Culmen from cere 9-10; wing 59-61*5 ; tail to end of 

 spines 25'5-27 - 5 ; hind toe without claw 15 mm. 



Hab. Admiralty Islands. 



Type in the Tring Museum : <$ ad. No. 6155. Manus, 

 25. ix. 13. A. S. Meek coll. 



Graucalus papuensis ingbns, subsp. n. 



Adult male and female. Nearest to G.p. sclateri from New 

 Britain and the neighbouring islands, but larger, and differ- 

 ing from all the forms of G. papuensis in having the shafts 

 of the tail-feathers seen from below blackish, either entirely 

 or for the greater part of their length, and not whitish 

 throughout. Wing <J 167-170, ? 162-170-5 ; tail 119- 

 128 ; culmen 35-36 mm. 



Hab. Admiralty Islands. 



Type in the Tring Museum : $ ad. No. 6012. Manus, 

 9.ix. 13. A. S. Meek coll. 



Edolisoma amboinense rooki, subsp. n. 



Adult male. Differs from that of E. a. mulleri in being of 



