OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 105 



In plumage, much the same as Nasiterna pusio, of Sclater (P.Z. 8. 

 Lon. 1865, p. 620, pi. 35), but differing in having the front, sides 

 of the head and ear-coverts of a light yellow, with but a faint 

 tinge of fulvous, the crown of the head deep blue, lighter in colour 

 and not obscured with black as in N. pusio, under surface 

 light greenish yellow, sides and flanks green ; abdomen, and 

 under tail - coverts, and spots on the inner web of the 

 tail feathers bright yellow, the two central tail feathers dull blue, 

 and in this specimen, without the oval apical spot of black, 

 or the fulvous tinge at the base of the upper tail coverts, which 

 is visible in N. pusio, of Sclater. 



Total length, 3*05 inches; wing, 2*3 inches; tail, linch; 

 tarsus, 0*25 inch ; longest toe (without nail), 0*45 inch ; hind 

 toe, 0*2 inch. 



Hab. Dense forests in the neighbourhood of Port Moresby, 

 New Guinea. 



NlNOX NOV.E BRITANNLE, 8p. nOV. 



All the upper surface, rufous brown ; the head, face, chest and 

 neck of a similar but duller colour ; a few feathers in front and 

 over the eye are spotted irregularly at the base with white, a few 

 on the sides of the neck and chest, spotted with white towards 

 the middle and end of the feathers, in some forming two broken 

 transverse bands ; loreal bristles whitish at the base, with black 

 tips ; the breast and all the under surface of the body white ; 

 the basal portion of the feathers slate colour, the remainder 

 barred with rufous brown ; under tail coverts white, with a few 

 spots or broken bars of rufous brown ; under wing coverts 

 white, strongly barred with the same tint ; back and inter- 

 scapular region without spots ; rump and upper tail coverts with 

 a few white spots, on some of the feathers forming broken white 

 bands ; wings rufous brown above, dull brown below, the quills 

 crossed with nine to ten bands of blackish brown, the basal portion 

 of the inner webs becoming white on the interspaces, except on 

 the first five primaries ; the first four secondaries show whitish 



