IH. liYPSOPHILA. 561 



back ; lores and a broad eyebrow chestnut rufous ; sides of face also 

 chestnut, with a dusky streak along the upper edge of the ear- 

 coverts ; cheeks and under surface chestnut ; sides of body, flanks, 

 and thighs brown ; under tail-coverts deeper chestnut ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries light chestnut ; lower greater coverts and 

 quills below ashy brown ; inner edge of quills paler ; " bill dark 

 horn -colour above, almost black, beneath brighter; legs, feet, and 

 claws dark horn-colour ; iris bright grey with a light brown tinge " 

 (KleinM-hmidt). Total length 6-3 inches, culmeu 0-75, wing 2-95, 

 tail 2-7, tarsus 1'05. 



Hab. New Britain. 

 a. 2 ad. sk. New Britain. Dr. Kleinschmidt [C.]. 



18. GYPSOPHILA. 



Type. 



I 



Turdiniis, pt., Blyth, et auct. recent. 



Gyp.sophila, E. W. Oafes, B. Brit. Burm. p. 61 (18S3) . . G. crispifrons. 



Range. Tenasseriin. 



1. Gypsophila crispifrons. 



Turdinus crispifrons, Blyth, J. A. S. Bang. xxiv. p. 269 (1855); id 

 B. Burm. p. 114 (1875) ; Hume, Str. F. 1877, p. 87 ; id. ^- Dam- 

 son, Sir. F. 1878, vol. i. p. 262 ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 95 ; Bing- 

 ham, Str. F. 1880, p. 179. 



Macrouus crispifrons, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 319, no. 4779 (1869). 



Turdinus darwini, Hume, Sir. F. 1877, p. 90. 



Gypsophila crlspifious, Oates, B. Brit. Burm. i. p. 01 (188o). 



Adult female. General colour above ashy olive-brown, mottled 

 with narrow blackish margins to the feathers of the upper surface, 

 producing a scaly ajjpearance, the feathers having also narrow 

 whitish shaft-lines ; lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts uni- 

 form ashy olive, the latter verj' slightly rufescent ; lores ashy, with 

 whitish shaft-lines ; a distinct eyebrow ashy grey, with indistinct 

 white shaft-streaks ; feathers round the eye ashy whitish ; ear- 

 coverts darker ashy grey, wdth narrow whitish shaft-lines ; lesser 

 and median wing-coverts like the back ; greater coverts dusky olive- 

 brown ; quills dark sepia-brown, externally dusky olive, the inner- 

 most secondaries with narrow whitish shaft-lines, and showing a 

 small spot of white at the tip ; tail-feathers dark brown, externally 

 olive-brown, very slightly rufescent in shade ; cheeks dull white, 

 mottled with dusky tips to the feathers ; throat and breast dull 

 white, with broad dusky brown centres to the feathers, giving a 

 broadly streaked appearance, less pronounced on the chin and upper 

 throat ; abdomen slightly washed with ochraceous, the centre 

 whitish ; sides of body dark ashy olive, with a somewhat reddish 

 tint on the flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts ; under wing- 

 coverts ashy olive ; quills dusky brown below, somewhat lighter 

 along the inner web; "irides deep red, rhubarb-red, or light red ; 

 upper mandible dark brown or black ; lower one pale plumbeous ; 

 legs dark brown, always tinged with red or purple of varying 



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