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tint on the flanks and abdomen, the whole surface barred with 

 narrow cross lines of dark brown. 



Head dull ochre yellow ; back and all the upper surface brown, 

 washed with a duller shade of the same tint. 



Young Male. — The young male, somewhat similar, the wire-like 

 tail feathers subject to the same variations in progress towards 

 maturity as those of P. apoda and others of this genus ; the 

 bluish ashy grey of the chest shows at an early stage. This 

 magnificent species was first met with by Mr. Holies, who was 

 fortunate in shooting a pair of fine adult males on the Island of 

 D'Entrecasteaux. 



Rhamphomantis rollesi, sp. nov. 



General color. — Head and neck, a stripe from the angle of the 

 mouth on the other side of the throat to below the ear-coverts 

 black, with greenish metallic s "reflections ; a narrow white line from 

 the nostrils to the base of the ear-coverts, throat and ear-coverts, 

 rufous ; under surface of the wings and under wing-coverts pale 

 cinnamon buff; the remainder of the under surfaces of the body and 

 the under tail-coverts light brown tinged with light cinnamon 

 buff ; all the upper surface rich brown, glossy ; traces of rufous 

 margins on the wing covercs and quills ; under the surface of the tail 

 and anterior portions of the quills brown ; bill black ; legs lead blue. 



Male. — Length, 7 '5 ; wing, 4-2 * tail, 4 in. ; tarsus, 0*75 ; bill 

 from forehead 0.75 ; from gape, 0-83, 



Female. — Rich glossy brown all over, strongly washed with 

 rufous on the margin of the feathers ; all the feathers except the 

 quills and tail barred indistinctly with ashy ; throat ashy white 

 barred with blackish brown on the forehead, a narrow white 

 stripe forming shaftlines from the nostrils to below the ear-coverts ; 

 below the eye a narrow ashy white line; there are a few ashy white 

 freckles on the hind neck ; all the under surface of the body brown 

 washed with rufous buff and having narrow cross lines of a 

 brownish tint ; remains of blackish cross bars on some of the tail 

 feathers ; under wing-coverts and webs of the quills pale cinnamon 

 buff bill brackish brown ; legs lead- blue. 



