2. CINCLOSOJIA. 337 



-Vjax ajax, Less. Cvmpl. Buff., Ois. p 422 (1838). 



Ajax eupetes, Less. Meu. Zool. 1849, p. 226. 



Ajax typicus, Less., teste Bp. 



Eupetes goldiei, Ramsay, I'r. Linn. Soc. JV. S, W. iii. p. 303 (1879) ; 



ISalvad. Ibis, 1879, p. 324. 

 Ciuclosoma ajax, D'Alb. Sf Salvad. Ami. Mus. Civic. Genov. xiv. 



p. 85 (1879) ; Sharpe, Pi: Linn. Soc. xiv. p. 631 (1879) ; D'Albei-t. 



I'. Z. S. 1879, p. 218; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. xvi. p. 188 



(1880); id. Orn. Papuasia etc. ii. p. 416 (1881); Gould, B. New 



Guinea, part xii. (1881). 



AduU male. General colour above dark earthy brown, the head 

 a little lighter than the back ; wing-coverts black, excepting the 

 inner greater coverts, which are like the back ; primary-coverts 

 black, the inner ones browner ; quills dusky, externally like the 

 back, the primaries less strongly washed on the outer web ; upper 

 tail-coverts and central tail-feathers rather more olive-brown than 

 tlie back, with indistinct wavy bars under certain lights ; remainder 

 uf tlie tail-feathers black, those near the centre of the tail washed 

 with olive-brown near the base, the three outer feathers on each 

 side tipped with white; lores, eyebrow, feathers below the eye, and 

 ear-coverts black, this colour extending down the sides of the neck, 

 gettiugnarrower as it joins the black throat andenclosinga large white 

 patch, which occupies the entire cheeks, widening out behind ; throat 

 and chest glossy black ; centre of breast and abdomen white, bordered 

 with a narrow line of black down each side, the feathers forming 

 this being black on the inner web, white on the outer ; sides of 

 breast and flanks orange-rufous, browner on the lower flanks and 

 sides of vent ; thighs whitish, ashy brown behind ; under tail-coverts 

 white, the lateral ones varied with black outer webs ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries white, the edge of the wing black, the iuner 

 greater coverts also tipped with black ; lower greater coverts ashy 

 like the quills below, which are lighter grey along the edge of the 

 inner web; " biU black; feet whitish; iris yellew" (I)' Albert is). 

 Total length 9-3 inches, culmen 1, wing 3'9, tail 3'7, tarsus 1'3. 



Adult female'? Difters from the male in being duller brown above 

 and in having the wing-coverts brown like the back, the median 

 and greater coverts with triangular spots of black at the tip ; the 

 outermost of the former with a white spot at the end ; primarj-- 

 coverts blackish brown ; lores and ear-coverts brown, forming a 

 streak along the sides of the head, above which is a tolerably well- 

 defined white eyebrow ; checks and throat pure white ; remainder 

 of under surface of body from the lower throat downwards orange- 

 chestnut, shading into fulvous-brown on the flanks; imder wiug- 

 and tail-coverts as in the male. Total length 8'75 inches, culmen 

 0-95, wing 3-75, tail 3-5, tarsus 1-2. 



Yoiait/ male'? Similar to the supposed old female, but the throat 

 dull umber-brown instead of white. 



JJah. Western Xew Guinea, cxtendiug to the Fly river and the 

 mountains of the south-eastern portion of the island. 



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