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ON NEW-GUINEA BIRDS. 



Two adult specimens. Evidently from Fak-Fak. Coll. 

 Palmer van den Broek. 



Two adult specimens. Evidently from Kaukas. Coll. van 

 Cloven. — Chalcopsitta insignis Oustalet is only a bright 

 coloured subspecies of Chalcopsitta ater (Scopoli). It is 

 nearly allied to ater hernsteini von Fiosenberg, but all 

 the red in the plumage is much more pronounced and the 

 feathers of the neck and of the breast have red bases. Rump- 

 feathers and upper tailcoverts are brighter blue than in 

 hernsteini and the ends of the breastfeathers are dark pur- 

 plish blue. Under wingcoverts, iunerwebs of quills and ti- 

 biae are red. The type-specimen of insignis is said to come 

 from Amberpon Island, off the westcoast of the Geelvink 

 Bay. I have little doubt, that our specimens are from the 

 mainland of New Guinea, south of the MacCluer Gulf. 

 (Iris yellow with grey; van Cloven.) 



Dasyptilus pecquetii (Lesson). 

 Dasyptilus pesqueti^ Salvadori, Cat. B. Br. M.XX, 1891, p. 385. 



One specimen. Evidently from Fak-Fak. Coll. Palmer van 

 den Broek. 



Loriiis lory erythrothorax Salvador!. 



Lorius erythrothorax Salvadori, Cat. B. Br. M. XX, 1891 , p. 35. 



One male and two unsexed specimens. Evidently from 

 Fak-Fak. Coll. Palmer van den Broek. 



A female. Kaukas, 25 April 1907. Coll. van Cloven. 

 A young specimen. Kaukas. Coll. van Cloven. 



PODAEGIDAE. 



Podargus papuensis Quoy & Gaimard. 

 Podargus papuensis, Hartert, Tierr. Pod, 1897, p. 2. 



^otes from the Leyden Museixra, Vol. XXX, 



