BY E. P. RAMSAY, F.L.S. 21 



central two feathers tipped and barred obliquely with black, the 

 interspaces freckled with ashy rufous ; the under surface of the 

 tail black, the bars showing conspicuously (the two outermost on 

 either side lost) ; under tail-coverts black barred with light rufous 

 or deep buff; flanks, belly and breast strongly spotted at the tip 

 of each feather, and barred with light rufous or deep buff, forming 

 scale-like markings ; feathers of the chest blackish, alternately 

 barred with irregular wavy lines of rufous and black ; throat 

 patch white, the lateral feathers tipped with rufous ; under wing- 

 coverts blackish brown, spotted, tipped or barred with rufous, 

 Legs reddish brown ; bill black at the tip, brown at base and sides. 



Total length about 9*5 in. ; wing, 7*6 in. ; tail, 5 - 5 in. ; tarsus, 

 0*55 in ; mid toe, 0*7 in. ; bill, from forehead, 0'7in. ; from 

 nostril, - 3 in. ; from gape, 1*1 in. 



The chief characteristics of this species are the rufous markings 

 of the throat and chest, the scale-like markings on the abdomen 

 and flanks, and the absence of the usually found large white or 

 rouf us spots on the primaries, and the rufous collar. Two specimens 

 only from Astrolabe Range. (Hunstein & Rolls). 



Aegotheles 1 plumifera, sp. nov. 



This bird differs from uEgotheles Bennettii in having the face, 

 throat, chest, and flanks washed with rufous brown, barred 

 distinctly with black, an ashy spot at the angle of the mouth ; the 

 head is also washed with rufous, the collar ashy white freckled 

 and barred with black ; the tail with from 1 2 to 14 narrow broken 

 bars. Length, 7 in. ; wing, 4*5 ; tail, 4*2 in. ; tarsus, 0*8 ; bill 

 from gape, 1 in. The cheek plumes much elongated, the tips of 

 the feathers decomposed and lengthened ; bristles, black, long from 

 1 in. to 15 in. in length. 



Paradisea Susannse, sp. nov. 



Bill lead-blue margined and tipped with yellowish white ; a 

 narrow band across the forehead bordering the anterior margin 

 of the eye, the whole of the chin and the throat rich metallic green ; 

 feathers on the forehead and chin erect and velvety black in 



