OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 75 



with olive-grey ; throat white, all the remainder of the under 

 surface, and the under and tail and wing-coverts bright yellow ; 

 tail olive-brown above, dull brown below ; bill black ; legs dark 

 brown . 



Total length, 6 inches ; wing, 3*7 ; tail, 2' 7 ; tarsus, 0*96 ; 

 bill, 0-9. 



Hab. Courtance Island, South -East coast, New Guinea. 



Adult feinale. Crown, sides of the head, neck, and all the 

 upper surface dull brown, of an earthy tint ; wings blackish 

 brown, margined with lighter brown ; tail dull earthy-brown 

 above, lighter below ; ear-coverts rich earthy-brown, which color 

 becoming lighter extends to the sides of the chest, and forms an 

 indistinct band across it ; throat to the chest white, breast and 

 abdomen deep yellow ; under tail-coverts paler yellow, under 

 wing-coverts white, washed, with yellow. Bill, black ; legs, 

 lead-grey. 



Total length, 6-3 in. ; wing, 8'5 ; tail, 2 6 ; tarsus, 1*1 ; bill, 0*9. 



I have provisionally described this bird as the female of 

 P. coUaris. It may hereafter prove to be a distinct species. 

 Stigmatops alho-auricularis. sp. nov. 



Adult male. All the upper surface of the body, head, wing 

 and tail, dull brown, faintly, mesially shaded with darker tint ; 

 the wing-quills above narrowly margined with olive, below the 

 inner webs margined with white ; axilliaries white ; sides of the 

 face, sides of the neck, chest, breast and upper part of abdomen, 

 mottled with white and brown ; the feathers themselves brown, 

 with white margins on either side, but give the appearance of a 

 white ground with rows of triangular spots of brown ; under 

 tail -coverts and flank-feathers whitish, mesially shaded with 

 brown ; below the eye and the ear-coverts are covered with 

 minute silvery- white feathers ; bill, black ; legs, lead-blue. 



Total length to tip of bill, 5 inches; wing, 2*7; tail, 2'4 ; 

 tarsus, 0'7 ; bill, 0-9. 



This species comes near to Glyciphila Caledonica of B. R. Gray, 

 but has no olive except on the wings ; the spots on the breast are 

 continued on to the abdomen. 



Hah. South-East coast of New Guinea. 



