400 DR. L. F. DE BEAUFORT, BIRDS FROM DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 



as P. Jnimeralis jobiensis. I cannot understand why Rothschild and Hartert believe that the 

 birds of Madarasz are P. iozonus (Nov. Zool. VIII p. 104). 



The young maie from Humboldt Bay agrées with the figure and the description of 

 P. biroi. I think that P. biroi is nothing else but the young of P. i. jobiensis. 



Ptilinopiis aurantiifrons G. R. Gray. 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. XXI p. 129. 

 Q?, çf, Humboldt Bay, May ist, June 3rd, n°. 214, 292. 



Ptilinopus rivolii prasinorrhoa Gray. 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. XXI p. 137. 

 çf skin and two birds in spirits, Mios Korwar, July i8th, n°. 649, 654, 655. 



Megaloprepia magnifica septentrionalis A. B. Meyer. 

 Abh. u. Ber. Mus. Dresden 1S92 — 93, n°. 3 p. 25. 



Q, Ç?, sex?, Humboldt Bay, Mardi and April, n°. 25, 39, 180. 



(/?, Tami, May i3th, n°. 251. 



cf, Near Lake Sentani, June igth, n°. 375. 



Carpophaga geelvinkiana Schl. 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. XXI p. 18S. 

 3 C? cT > 2 99> Supiori, July iôth, n°. 617, 622, 623 624, 641. 



Carpophaga zoeae Less. 



Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. XXI p. 204. 



çf , Humboldt Bay, June 5th, n°. 304. 



çf, Near Lake Sentani, April i9th, n°. 156. 



Carpophaga rufigaster Q. G. 



Carpophaga rufiventris, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. XXI p. 213. 

 Carpophaga rufigaster, Nov. Zool. VIII p. 113. 



Ç, Tawarin, June i5th, n°. 601. 



Carpophaga mulleri aurantia A. B. Meyer. 



Abh. u. Ber. Mus. Dresden 1892 — 93 n°. 3. p. 25. 

 cT, Tami, n°. 326 (native coll.). 



I hâve not seen typical skins from German N. Guinea, but as the bird mentioned 

 above differs from birds of S. W. New Guinea in having the shoulders decidely tinged with 

 orange, I range it under the above named subspecies. 



