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species is probably New Guinea. The specimen, of which 

 my drawing is a representation, was shot by Mr. Cockerell 

 near Cape York. It much resembles P. swainsoni both 

 in size and coloration, the principal differences being 

 the absence of the red or pink crown and also the large 

 portion of the under surface, which in P. swainsoni is 

 first black, followed by crimson and orange ; the under 

 tail-coverts are also orange, whereas in P. chrysogaster 

 a central patch of orange alone exists. The chest is 

 sparsely freckled, and the tips of the tail-feathers are also 

 greyish green and not yeUow as in swainsoni." 



In the British Museum is preserved a specimen of 

 Ptilopus iozonus Gray, collected by CockereU. This is 

 another Aru Island bird, and the specimen may be con- 

 sidered the type or substitute type of Diggles' species, 

 which in this case becomes an absolute synonym, as 

 Gray's species was described from the Aru Islands. 



The New Nectarinea Diggles did not name, so that 

 no further notice need be taken of it, save to record it 

 as also not Australian. 



It appears that the author's separates were published 

 before the bound volume, as though the covers of Diggles' 

 paper bear no data; in the copy before me, I note 

 " The Annual Report, 1877 " is dated 1877 at the 

 foot. Another paper, " Notes of Rambles in Search of 

 Fossil Remains on the Darling Downs," by George F. 

 Bennett, read 7th December, 1875, has a title page 

 which is dated 1876, though the paper is separately 

 paged. Another paper, again separately paged, read 

 2nd September, 1877, has a title page dated 1878, while 

 still another on " Pituri and Duboisia," by Bancroft, 

 only read October 25th, 1877, has a title page dated 1877. 



Consequently Diggles' separates may have been issued 

 any time from 1875-78. 



The references to these " new " birds wiU read thus : 

 Milvus striatus Diggles, Trans. Philos. Soc, Queensland, 

 Vol. II., p. 1, 1878, " Queensland " errore= 

 Aru Islands. 



