(572 - ADDENDA. 



the fine series of winter specimena in the Museum from Australia, 

 I find that thej' appear to he ideutical in every particular, and 

 that I was justified in placing C. crijtJirucejjliala as a syuonj"m of 

 V. exilis. 



Page 331. 

 The following species has been accidentally omitted : — 



3. Orthonyx novae guinese. 



Orthonvx spinicauda, Schleg. {nee Temm.), Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. iv. 



p.47'(1871); Rosenb. Malay Archip. p. 533 ('1879). 

 Orthonyx novse guinese, 3Ieyer, Sitzh. k. Akad. der Wissensch. zu 



Wien, Ixix. p. 74 (187-4) ; Becc. Atm. Mtis. Civ. Gen. vii. p. 708 



(1875); Salvad. ibid. p. 9-35 (1875); Sclafer, 7&/.5, 1876,p. 247 ; 



Gould, B. of New Guinea, pt. vii. pi. 10 (1878); Salvad. Ann. 



Mus. Civ. Genov. xvi. p. 62 (1880) ; id. Orn. Papuasia, ii. p. 240 



(1881). 



Adult male. Above brown, with the rump and upper tail-coverts 

 more rufescent ; back varied with black ; sides of the head, neck, 

 and breast ashy grey ; fore part of neck, breast, and middle of abdo- 

 men white ; middle of the throat margined with black on both 

 sides : sides of the abdomen and under tail-coverts brown ; wings 

 dusky black ; lesser and median wing- coverts broadly tipped with 

 ashy grey ; greater wing-coverts tipped with greyish brown ; quills 

 blackish, brownish for their apical half; tail blackish brown ; bill 

 and feet black; iris dull brown. Total length 6'75 inches, wing 

 3-6, tail 2-55, bill 0-6, tarsus 1-35. 



Adult female. Like the male but a little smaller, and distin- 

 guished by its rufous throat. 



Ohs. The reddish brown on the chin and throat is much more 

 restricted than in 0. spinicauda, and the remarkable black colour 

 on the sides of this reddish brown is altogether wanting ; the sides 

 of the body, breast, and belly entirely grey, with only a few white 

 feathers on the latter. Further, the brown of the upper parts is 

 as rich as in 0. spinicauda, and the black colour more strongly 

 developed. The white spots on the wing are absent {Meyer). 



Hah. N.W. New Guinea. 



Page 373. Trochalopterum jerdoni. 



A pair of birds recently forwarded by Mr. W. Davison measure 

 as follows : — 



Total 

 length. Culmen. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. 



The sexes are exactly alike in plumage. 



