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a darker slaty-blue above and below, in having the edges of 

 the quills and greater upper wing-coverts slaty-blue like the 

 back, not paler, and the middle rectrices with a black tip 

 about 15 mm. wide. It is distinguished from that of E. a. 

 grayi, from the Northern Moluccas, by the much darker 

 outer edges of the wing-coverts and quills and the darker 

 back. Culmen 27 ; wing 121 ; tail 104 mm. 



Adult female. Very close . to that of E. a. grayi, but with 

 the under wing-coverts distinctly lighter and generally paler. 

 Wing 116 mm. 



Hab. Rook Island, west of New Britain. 



Type in the Tring Museum : $ ad. No. 5831. 26.vii. 13. 

 A. S. Meek coll. 



Edolisoma amboinense admiralitatis, subsp. n. 



Adult male. Nearest to E. a. 7'ooki, but smaller, and with 

 the edges of the greater upper wing-coverts and secondaries 

 whitish, not blue-grey. Wing 104-110 mm. 



Adult female. Like that of E. a. rooki, but more reddish 

 underneath, and with the whitish streaks on the ear coverts 

 less pronounced. Throat uniform buff or pale rufous or 

 with a few blackish dots only, not barred as in most female 

 examples of E. a. grayi and E. a. rooki. Wing 103- 

 105 mm. 



Hab. Admiralty Islands. 



Type in the Tring Museum : $ ad. No. 5962. Manus, 

 5. ix. 13. A. S. Meek coll. 



ZOSTEROPS ADMIRALITATIS, Sp. U. 



Adult male and female. Top and sides of head brownish- 

 black, round the eye a white ring, interrupted in front ; rest 

 of the upperside yellowish-green, passing into greenish-yellow 

 on the rump and upper tail-coverts. Quills brownish-black, 

 all except the first, which is entirely black, and the last, 

 which is like the back, edged on the outer web with greenish- 

 yellow, on the inner one with yellowish-white. Tail 

 brownish-black. Throat varying from yellowish-olive to 

 dirty yellow, jugulum and breast yellow washed Avith 



