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ON NEW-GUINEA BIRDS. 



Sturntdae. 



Mino dumontii Lesson. 



Mino dumonti, Salvadori, Oru. Pap. II, 1881, p. 466. — 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. XIII, 1890, p. 111. 



One male and four unsexed specimens. Fak-Fak. Coll. 

 Palmer van den Broek. 



Melanopyrrhus anais orientalis (Schlegel). 



Gracula anais orientalis Schlegel, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. IV 

 (1871), p. 52. 



Melanopyrrhus orientalis, Salvadori, Orn. Pap. II, 1881, 

 p. 463. — Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. M. XIII, 1890, p. 114. 



One specimen. Fak-Fak. Coll. Palmer van den Broek. 



One specimen. Kaukas. Coll. van Cloven. 



One specimen. N. W. New Guinea. Presented by the 

 Catholic Institution „ St. -Louis" at Oudenbosch. This spe- 

 cimen has the head entirely orange, without a black patch 

 on the nape. We have a similar specimen from Skroe, 

 W. New Guinea, collected by K. Schadler, 25 December 1896. 



Leyden Museum, January 1909. 



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