328 APPENDIX. 



. J , . Page 183. Manucodia comrii. 



Sclaier, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 43. 



Page 224. Sphecotheres maxillaris. 



la descriptiou of adult female, ior i':^.Jlcivi(/aster read S.Jlauiventris. 



Page 298. Piuarolestes melanorhynclius. 



The following is a description of the type specimen recently lent 

 to me by Dr. Meyer : — 



Adult male (type of species). General colour above of an olive- 

 brown, with somewhat of a greenish cast, more especially on the 

 head and nape ; wings reddish brown, the least wing-coverts slightly 

 washed with olive, the primary-coverts dusky, externally olivaceous ; 

 quills dark brown, the primaries tawny on the outer web, the 

 secondaries externally chestnut, the innermost olivaceous on their 

 inner webs ; tail rufous olive ; lores and feathers in front of the 

 eye fulvous, as also a ring of plumes round the latter ; over the eye 

 an indistinct shade of buff ; ear-coverts fulvous brown, with narrow 

 shaft-lines of a light colour ; cheeks and under surface of body 

 yellowish buff, more distinctly yellow on the lower abdomen and 

 under tail-coverts, the flanks rather more tawny, and the sides of 

 the upper breast shaded with brown ; under wing-coverts yellowish 

 buff, the quiUs brown below, with paler edges of rufous buff along 

 the inner web ; bill black, brown towards the base of the lower 

 mandible. Total length 6-5 inches, culmen 0-8, wing 3-6, tail 2-5, 

 tarsus 1. {3Ius. Dresden.) 



Page 299. Pinarolestes obscuriis. 



Dr. Meyer having kindly forwarded me the typical specimen for 

 examination, I give a detailed description : — 



Adult male (type of species). General colour above dull ashy brown 

 with a distinct olivaceous shade, the head and neck greyer ; least 

 wing-coverts like the back ; remainder of the wing-coverts brown 

 shaded with olive, especially on the primary- coverts, which are 

 darker ; quills dark brown, externally olivaceous brown, the inner- 

 most entirely of the latter colour ; tail clearer brown, slightly washed 

 with olive ; lores ashy ; sides of face brown, like the head ; under 

 surface of body dingy grey, somewhat shaded with olive, especially 

 on the chest, the flanks decidedly olivaceous ; centre of the breast 

 clearer grey, dull whitish on the centre of the abdomen ; under 

 wing-coverts pale fulvous, the quills dusky brown below, pale rufous 

 buff along their inner webs ; biU black. Total length 7'4 inches, 

 culmen O-O. wing 3-55, tail 3, tarsus 0-95. {Mus. Dresden.) 



