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feathers (at least) on either side largely tipped with white ; 

 under wing-coverts white, mottled with black, under surface of 

 the quills brown ; bill black ; legs and feet and nails (ut videtur) 

 light brown. 



Total length, about 9 in. ; wing, 4 in. ; tail, 4 in. ; tarsus, 

 1*3 in. Bill, from forehead, 1 in. ; from gape, 1'18 ; from nostril 

 to tip, 0*6. 



Loc. — This very distinct and beautiful species was obtained by 

 Mr. Goldie about sixty miles inland from Port Moresby. 



The specimen has, unfortunately, been shot through the neck 

 and much damaged ; the black from the sides of the head 

 may probably join, behind the white ear-coverts, to the black of 

 the breast, the feathers are wanting in this specimen. 



203. — Plectorhyncha stictocephaltjs. 



Pycnonotus (?) stictocephalus, Salvad. ; Ann. Mus. Civ. St. Nat, 

 Genov. 19, Oct, 1876-7. 



Total length, 9 in ; wing, 4*6 in ; tail, 4*2 ; tarsus, 0'95 ; bill 

 from forehead, 0*9 in, from gape, 1*05, from nostril, 0'5. 



Bill horn brown, legs and feet blackish slate color. The whole 

 of the upper part of the head, occiput and nape, blackish 

 brown, each feather narrow, pointed, and laneolate, with the ex- 

 treme tip white ; sides of the face and ear-coverts dark brown, 

 with a slight glossy tint ; all the upper and under surface of the 

 body, wings, and tail dull brown ; the under wing-coverts, 

 and inner webs of the quills of the wings and tail, on the 

 under surface, washed with brownish buff; under tail-coverts 

 dull white, with narrow brown shaft stripes ; the shafts of the 

 tail feathers above reddish brown. There is also an indication of 

 a white stripe from the angle of the mouth to below the eye, but 

 the throat and neck are in such a bad state that it is impossible to 

 describe these parts correctly. 



Log., Goldie River. 



204. — MlCR^CA ALBOFEONTATA, sp. nou 



A line from the culmen, to the crown of the head, and the occi- 

 put, blackish-brown ; wings and tail blackish-brown, a little lighter 



