286 PEioNOPiD-a;. 



CoUuriocincla dichroa, Finsch, Neu-Guinea, p. 170. 



? Rectes dichrous ceramensis, Meyer, Sitz. Akad. Wien, Ixix. p. 208. 



Adult male. Above very bright chestnut, the upper tail-coverts 

 black ; head crested, black all round, with the sides of face, fore 

 Beck, and chest also entirelj- black ; rest of the under surface of the 

 body deep tawny butf, the whole of the breast shaded with black ; 

 under wing-coverts deep ochraccous, those near the edge of the wing 

 black ; wings and tail deep black ; bill and legs black. Total length 

 10 inches, culnien 1-2, wing 4-3, tail 4-1, tarsus 1-35. 



Young. Paler ochre-rufous below, not mixed with black on the 

 breast ; the cap and black throat almost as strongly defined as in 

 the adult, but both are much washed with brown ; rump dingy 

 ochraccous brown, washed with chestnut, the tail-coverts inclining 

 to blackish ; quills and tail blackish, the outer webs of the quills 

 dingy ochraccous brown ; tail-feathers brown, shghtly washed with 

 rufous, and inclining to black near the base and upwards along the 

 centre of the feathers. Total length 10 inches, culmen 1-2, wing 

 4'45, tail 4-3, tarsus I'B. 



Hah. Aru Islands. 



a, b. S ad. sk. Aru Islands, 18-57. A. R. Wallace, Esq. 



c,d.cS2 juv. St. Aru Islands, 1857. A. R. Wallace, Esq. 



e. Juv. sk. Ai-u Islands {Cucherell). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



5. Rectes cerviniventris. 



Rectes cerviniventris, Gray, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 430 ; Finsch, Neu- 



Gitinea, p. 176 ; 3Ieyer, Sitz. Akad. Wien, Ixix. p. 208. 

 Colluricincla cerviniventris, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 465. 



Adult male. General colour above ashy olive, inclining to olive 

 on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; the head crested, ashy grey, 

 this colour pervading the mantle and back ; sides of face and sides 

 of neck rather darker ashy ; wings olive-brown, the inner webs of 

 the feathers darker brown, the outer webs washed with reddish 

 olive ; tail-feathers brown, washed with olive on the edges of the 

 feathers, the outer ones reddish brown, edged with deep fawn- 

 colour on the outer web : throat and fore neck ashy, washed with 

 ochre; rest of under surface of body chestnut fawn-colour, in- 

 cluding the thighs, under wing- and tail-coverts ; under surface of 

 body dark ashy brown, the inner webs rufous fawn-coloixr. Total 

 length 8-6 inches, culmen 1-05, wing 3-75, tail 3-5, tarsus 1-25. 



Hah. Waigiou. 



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



of species.) 

 c, d. S ad. St. Waigiou. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



6. Rectes cristatus. 

 Rectes cristata, Snlvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genuv. vii. p. 9o0. 

 Above brownish red, rather inclining to olive ; underneath bright 



