5. DRTMA(EDrs. 345 



nally brown, like the innermost greater coverts : central tail-feathers 

 rufous, with rufous shafts ; the next ones blackish towards the 

 ends, which have a white tip, the outer feathers black, tipped with 

 white, the latter increasing in extent towards the outer feathers, 

 which are edged with white also ; lores and a distinct eyebrow 

 white, interrupted by a black spot above the eye ; ear-coverts and 

 sides of neck sandy brown, streaked with white ; cheeks and throat 

 also white, with a broad, almost vertical, streak of black below the 

 eye ; remainder of under surface of body white, with a band of 

 whity brown across the lower throat ; sides of body light sandy 

 brown ; thighs white, streaked with brown ; axillarics white ; under 

 wing-coverts dusky blackish, broadly tipped with white ; quills 

 blackish below, white along the inner webs, and having a broad 

 white bar across the basal part ; " legs and feet flesh-colour ; iris 

 umber-brown " {MacGillivrati). Total length 7 inches, culmcn 0-7, 

 wing 3"o5, tail 3-7, tarsus Vb. 



There is very great difference in size exhibited by the Museum 

 series ; but I do not know if it indicates a difference in sex, as none 

 of the specimens are marked. 



Hah. Cape York, extending to the GuK of Carpentaria. 



a. Ad. St. Cape York (J. Mac- Capt. Stanley [P.]. 



Gillivray'). (T^'^ie of species.) 



b, c, d, e,f. Ad. sk. Cape York (J. Mac- Gould Collection. 



GillivrfU/). 



g. Ad. sk. Cape York (Cockerell F. Godman and O. Sal- 



^- T/torpe). vin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



h, i. Ad. sk. Port Albany. Pmchased. 



k,l,m. Ad. ; H. Ca^eYoY]i{ Cockerell F. D. Godman and O. 



Juv. sk. Coll.). Salvin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



4. Drymaoedus beccarii. 



Drymacedus beccarii, Salvacl. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. vii. p. 9G5 

 (1875) ; id. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 97 ; Sharpe, Proc. Linn. Soc. xiv. 

 p. C.33 (1879); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. xvi. p. 188 (1880); 

 id. Orn. delta Papuasia, p. 416 (1881). 



Adult. General colour above chestnut>-brown, the head more 

 dusky, and of a deep chocolate-brown ; lesser wing-coverts ashy 

 brown, the remainder black, barred vn.i'h white at the tip, the 

 primary-coverts entirely black ; quills blackish, with a white spot 

 at the base of the primaries, which have also a bar of whitish across 

 the middle of tho outer web ; the secondaries washed with rufous 

 towards the ends of the outer webs ; centre tail-feathers chestnut- 

 brown, the remainder blackish, externally chestnut-brown, and 

 tipped with white ; forehead blackish ; lores and eyelid white, with 

 a black spot above the eye, as well as another broad patch of black 

 below the eye at the base of the ear-coverts ; adjoining these black 

 spots the eyelid is also black ; a slight ashy shade along the sides 

 of the crown : ear-coverts ashv brown, streaked with white near 



