298 prionopidj:. 



innermost secondaries slightly washed with olive ; tail dull rufescent 

 brown, the feathers slightlj- washed with olive on their margins ; 

 lores dusky brown ; ear-coverts and sides of face and of neck dull 

 olive-brown ; chin dull whitish ; rest of under surface of body light 

 olive -brown, the feathers of the breast with distinct olive-yellow 

 edgings, the lower throat decidedly dusky ; thighs olive-brown ; 

 under tail-coverts like the breast ; under wing-coverts light fawn- 

 colom- ; quills dark brown below, the feathers rufous alcng the inner 

 webs. Total length T'o inches, culmen 0-8, wing 3-55, tail 3-1, 

 tarsus 0'9. 



The Mysol specimen measures — total length 7*2 inches, culmen 

 0-8, wing 3-55, tail 2-8, tarsus 0-9. 



Hah. Islands of Waigiou and Mysol. 



a. (S ad. sk. Waigiou. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.l. 



b. Ad. sk. Mysol. ' A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



5. Pinarolestes melanorhynchus. 



Mviolestes melanorhynchus, Meyer, Sitz. Akad. Wien, Ixix. p. 494. 

 Colluricincla melauorhyncha, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. ix. 

 p. 931. 



Upper surface of body olive-brown, the wing- coverts and lower 

 back reddish brown ; hinder part of head somewhat inclining to 

 greenish ; region of the nostrils and forehead washed with yellowish 

 brown ; under surface brownish white, yellow towards the abdomen 

 and on the sides of the breast ; tail above brown, below lighter, and 

 inclining to olive-colour ; quiUs above yellowish brown on the 

 outer webs of the primaries, and reddish brown on that of the 

 secondaries, inner webs blackish, with whitish edges ; under surface 

 of quiUs blackish grey, with clear brownish edgings to the inner 

 webs ; under wing-coverts yellowish white, the edge of the wing 

 brownish yellow ; bill and claws black ; legs clear brown ; feet 

 blackish. Total length 6-7 inches, culmen 0'5, wing 3'7o, taQ 2-85, 

 {A. B. Mei/er.) 



Hah. Island of Mysore, in Geelvink Bay, Xew Guinea. 



6. Pinarolestes tenebrosus. 



Rectes tenebrosus, Hartlmth S,- Finsch, P. Z. S. 1868, pp. 6, 118, iid. 



P. Z. S. 1872, p. 99; Finsch, Journ. Mus. Godeffr. Heft viii. p. 18, 



Taf, iii. fig. 1. 

 Colluricincla tenebrosa, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 386. 



Adult male. Head above brownish black ; chin, throat, and neck 

 somewhat clearer blackish brown ; the rest of the upper parts, 

 wings, and tail still clearer umber-brown ; under surface of body 

 from the throat lighter earthy brown, the sides of the body dark 

 umber-brown ; bill dark brown (Kuhanj), black (Peters) ; feet dark 

 (Kuhary); iris yellow (Peters\, AVing 3" 6"'-3" 10'", tail 2" 6'"- 

 2" 8'", culmen 8"'-9"', tarsus 12"'-13"'. (0. Finsch.) 



Adult female. Like the male, but somewhat lighter in colour, 



