On a collection of birds made by Dr. Ernst Mayr in northern Dutch New Guinea /

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Institution Libraries 24 NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXXVI. 1930. I would have liked to stay at Ditschi for some time longer, but I had to return to the coast on the 22nd for different reasons. After a forced march of three days I arrived at Momi on the afternoon of the 24th. I left my bird-skinners there to pack the birds and to collect some of the more interesting lowland species, and I went by canoe to Manokwari (60 miles away) to get fresh provisions and the new outfit (ammunition, etc.) which I expected by the June steamer. On the 28th of June I went back to Momi in two canoes, my own loaded with outfit, the other one with provisions. On the next day we had a terrible storm and the other canoe disappeared. I waited in Momi from the 30th of June to the 4th of July without getting any news about my provisions. In the meantime the Griffioen had arrived to take me to Wasior (Wandanimen), whither I departed without having received the food necessary for my intended trip to the Wandammen Mountains. On the 4th of July I left Momi with my skinners and all the outfit and arrived at Wasior after a very interesting voyage (passing Rumberpon (Amberpon) and Mios-War) on the morning of the 5th. The high, steep and isolated range of the Wandammen Mountains was visible far away and promised a good collection. On the 5th I packed my loads, tried to get some sago and dried fish cured by natives (I had neither rice nor meat tins nor any other provision on account of the canoe disaster), and started for the mountains on the morniiig of the 6th of July. We had to cut our way through the undergrowth in this uninhabited range and progress, therefore, was very slow ; on the 7th I reached at 1,400 m. » This form is, as far as I know, peculiar to Australia, where it occurs in N.W. Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales, the names rothschildi and melvillensis of Mathews being synonyms of novaehoUandiae. Irediparra gallinacea novaeguineae (Rams.) 1878. This form is the darkest. It is almost entirely black on the upperside. The deep blue-black of the nape extends over the interscapulium to the rump and upper tail-coverts. The tail is black with a slight bronzy gloss, and almost as deep in colour as in /. g. gallinacea. The scapulars and inner secondaries are. tl

Type Specimens Of Birds In The American Museum Of Natural History Part 11. Passeriformes: Parulidae, Drepanididae, Vireonidae, Icteridae, Fringillinae, Carduelinae, Estrildidae, And Viduinae

“…Now Serinus leucopygius riggenbachi Neumann, 1908. See Hartert, 1919aVaurie, 1956a: 5-6;Howell et al, 1968: 215;Fry and Keith, 2004: 470-471;and Clement, 2010: 522-523 …”

“…Now Eophona personata magnirostris Hartert, 1896. See Hartert, 1919aVaurie, 1959: 665;Howell et al, 1968: 302;Dickinson, 2003: 757; …”

“…Now Serinus atrogularis somereni Hartert, 1912. See Hartert, 1919a: 160, Howell, et al, 1968Dickinson, 2003: 747;Fry and Keith, 2004: 471-473; , 1922: 172;Hartert, 1928: 199;Howell, et al, 1968: 218;Fry and Keith, 2004: 479-482;and Clement, 2010: 527-528. HOLOTYPE: AMNH 713851, adult male, collected at Fort Ternan, 00.12S, 35.205E (Polhill, 1988) Hartert (1928: 199) from the original label.…”

“…Now Serinus striolatus graueri Hartert, 1907. See Hartert, 1919aHowell et al, 1968: 227;Dickinson, 2003: 748;Fry and Keith, 2004: 495-497; …”

“…Now Eophona migratoria migratoria Hartert, 1903. See Hartert, 1919a: 154, Vaurie, 1956c: 15-19, Howell et al, 1968: 301, Dickinson, 2003: 757, and Clement, 2010 (USBGN, 1959).…”