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completing their perfect dress. In the first plumage both males and 

 females seem to be perfectly alike. Dr. Meyer's specimens were all 

 collected in ^lay and June, and exhibit every stage from the very 

 young bird, through successive changes, to the perfectly adult. 

 Hah. New Gniuea. 



n, b. J imm. sk. Dorey, New Guinea. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [CI. 



c. Imm. sk. Dorey, New Guinea. A. K. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



d. Juv. st. New Guinea. Leiden Museum. 

 «. [ 2 ] ad. sk. New Guinea. Purchased *. 



2. Rectes uropygialis. 



Rectes uropygialis. Gray, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 430; Fmsch, Neu-Guinea, 



p. 170; Alei/L'i; Sifz. Akad. Wien, Ixix. p. 208. 

 Colluricincla uropygialis, Gra}/. Hand-/. B. i. p. .385. 



Adult male (type of species). Head, which is strongly crested, and 

 nape black, as also the entire sides of the face, sides of neck, throat, 

 fore neck, and chest ; hind neck, mantle, and upper back rich maroon- 

 chestnut, rather more orange on the hind neck ; lower back, rump, 

 and upper tail-coverts black ; wings and tail black ; remainder of 

 under sui'face of body, from the chest downwards, including the 

 thighs, under wing- and tail-coverts, rich maroon-chestnut ; bill and 

 legs black. Total length 11 inches, culmen 1-1, wing 4-7, tail 4-55, 

 tarsus 1-36. 



Another male, from Mysol, is slightly larger. Total length 11 

 inches, culmen l-2.'5, wing 4*8o, tail 4-7, tarsus 1-4.5. 



Adult female. Similar to the adult male, and quite as richly 

 coloured. Total length 11 inches, culmen 1*25, wing 4-95, tail 

 4*75, tarsus 1-35. 



Hah. Mysol. 



a. S ad. sk. Mysol. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. (Type 



of species.) 

 h,c.S2 ad. St. Mysol. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



3. Rectes tibialis. 



Similar in all respects to Rectes tiropi/ginlis, but rather smaller ; 

 the black confined to the rump and upper tail-coverts, and not ex- 

 tending on to the lower back ; hinder part of thighs black, and not 

 maroon as in R. uropngiolis. Total length 10 inches, culmen 1-2, 

 wing 5-1, tail 4-85, tarsus l-2o. 



Hah. New Guinea. 



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



4. Rectes aruensis. 



Rectes dichrous {nee Bp.), Gray, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 179: id. List 

 Mamm. 4*c. N. Guin. p. 33. 



* The first four are in tlie grey-heacled plumage, the only stage obtained by 

 Mr. Wallace : the last one mentioned is in the black-headed dress. 



