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ON THE BIRDS ON PLATE VII. 



By EKNST IIARTERT. 

 1. Chaetura thomensis Hart. (Fig. 1). 



Bull. B. 0. Cbih. Vol. X. (191)0) p. 5.3. 



c? ? ad. Upperside, includiug wings and tail, black with a strong steel- 

 blue and greenish gloss. Throat and breast brownish black withont gloss: 

 Abdomen, upper and nnder tail-coverts white, with broad brownish black shaft- 

 lines, only the longest upper tail-coverts brownish black. Under wing-coverts 

 black. Metatarsus and toes entirely bare. Bill black, iris deep brown. 



Wing: 115, 116, 117 (probably females) to about 119 and 120 mm. 

 (? males). 



Hub. Island of St. Thomas (San Thome) in the Gulf of Guinea, where 

 Mr. Mocquerys found it common enough, and obtained about ten or twelve near 

 Bneuos Ayres, Angolares and Pedroma. 



2. Microeca papuana Mey. (Fig. 2). 



1876. Microeca papuana, A. B. Meyer, Sitzungsber. Ges. Isis p. 75 ; id. Ahhandl. Drenden I. 

 p. 9. 



1875. Leucophantes hypoxanthus, Salvad., Ann. Mus. Ch: Genova VII. p. 920. 



1879- Poecilodryas papuana, Sharpe, Git. B. IV. p. 247. 



1900. Microeca viridiflam, Rothsch. & Hart. Bull. B. 0. Club. v. XI. p. 20. 



1901. M. viridiflava = M. pupuanu, iid. t. c. p. 44. 



Hab. British New Guinea. 



3. Crateroscelis pectoralis Rothsch. & Hart (Fig. 3). 



1900: November. CraterosceZis^wctorate, Rothsch. & Hart. Bull. B. 0. Clul. XI.-p.2b. 

 1901 : January. Serieornis salradorii, Reichen. Orn. Momitsber. p. 4. 



1901 : February. Serieornis .■ialvadurii = Craterosc. pectoralis, Rothsch. & Hart. Bull. B. 0. 

 Club XI. p. 44. 



c? ad. Upperside very deep olive-brown, more rufous on the rump and upper 

 tail-coverts. Remiges blackish brown, outer webs with deep brown, inner webs 

 with pale rufous, brown edges. Tail deep rufous brown. Chin and throat white, 

 separated from tlie breast by a broad brown crescent. Breast and middle of 

 abdomen white, sides of body greyish brown, more rufous on flanks, vent, thighs and 

 nnder tail-coverts rusty brown. Wing 63—65, tail 43—45, culmen 15—16, 

 metatarsus 26 — 27 mm. 



? (? young) Pectoral band paler greyish brown and less distinct. 



Bab. Mountains of British New Guinea. 



