432 TISIELIIB^. 



chest witli triangular spots of duskj' olive-brown, becoming smaller 

 on the breast, tlie flanks somewhat varied with white outer webs 

 to some of the feathers ; under wing-coverts and axillaries like the 

 sides of breast ; quills duskj- brown below, light rufous along the 

 margin of the inner web. Total length 8 inches, culmen 1-15, 

 wing 3, tail 3, tarsus 1"35. 



Hah. Assam and the hill-ranges of North-eastern Bengal, extend- 

 ing into Szechuen in Western China. 



a. Ad. sk. Debrugbur, Assam (Jerdon). Gould Collection. 



(Type of species.) 



25, Pomatorhinus isidorii. 



Pomatorhinus isidorii, Less. Voy. CoquiUe, Zool. i. p. 680, pi. 29. 



fig. 2 (1826); id. Traite d'Orn. p. 309 (1831); Miill. Nat. 



Gesch. Land- en Volkenk. p. 22 (1839-44); Bp. Consp. i. p. 220 



(1850) ; Sclater, Proc. Linn. Soc. Zool. ii. p. 158 (1858) ; Gray, 



P. Z. S. 1858, p. 102; id. Cat. B. New Guinea, pp. 27, 57 (1859) ; 



id. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 156, 1860, p. 134; Finsch, Neu- Guinea, 



p. 168 (1865) ; Salvad. Sf D' Albert. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. vii. 



p. 826 (1875), X. p. 146 (1877) ; H Albert. 8f Salvad. op. cit. xiv. 



p. 83 (1879) ; Salvad. op. cit. xvi. p. 187 (1880) ; id. Orn. Pa- 



puasia ^-c. ii. p. 410 (1881). 

 Pomatorhinus geoflroyi, Less. Compl. Buff. p. 542 (1838) ; Gray, 



Gen. B. i. p. 229 (1846) ; id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 278, no. 4100 (1869). 

 Pomatostomus isidori, Bp. C. It. xxxviii. p. 56 (1854) ; Ramsay, 



Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. p. 391 (1876), iii. p. 112 (1878), iv. 



p. 99 (1879). 



Adult male (Dorey). General colour above dull earthy brown, the 

 upper tail-coverts and entire tail chestnut-red ; wings light rufous- 

 brown, the outer greater coverts, primary-coverts, and primaries 

 externally tawny rufous ; lores pale fulvous-brown ; entire sides of 

 face, a ring of plumes round the eye, and a slight superciliary 

 streak above the ear-coverts tawny buff; throat light tawny rufous, 

 deepening on the lower throat towards the breast, which is deeper 

 tawny rufous ; the under tail-coverts chestnut ; sides of lower flanks 

 and thighs dusky brown ; under wing-coverts like the breast ; quiUs 

 rufous below, inclining to dull brown towards their ends. Total 

 length 8-3 inches, culmen 1-1, wing 4-2, tail 4-7, tarsus 1-3. 



Adult female (Mysol). Not to be distinguished from the male. 

 Total length 10 inches, culmen 1-15, wing 4-55, tail 4*5, tarsus 1-35. 



Hah. New Guinea and the adjacent islands. 



a. Ad. sk. New Guinea. A. E. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



b. S ad. sk. Dorey, New Guinea. A. E. Wallace, Esq. [0.1. 



e. Ad. sk. Port Moresby, S.E. New Mr. Kendall Broadbent [C]. 



Guinea. 



d. Ad. sk. Astrolabe Mountains, Mr. A. Goldie [C.]. 



S.E. New Guinea. 



e. Ad. sk. New Guinea (S. Miiller). Gould Collection. 



/. Ad. sk. Waigiou. A. E. Wallace, Esq. [0.1. 



g, h. ? ad. sk. Mysol. A. E. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



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