62, ^LTTECEDtrS. 387 



1862, p. 165; id. Ann. ^- Maff. Nat. Hut. (3) xi. p. 57 (1863); 



Schleqel, Mus.P.-B., Coraceg, p. 118 (1867); ul. N. T. D. iv. p. 49 



(1871) ; Gieh. Thes. Om. iii. p. 370. 

 Ptilonorbynchus buccoides, Grai/, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 194 ; id. Cat. B, 



New Guinea, p. 37 (1859) ; id. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 436 ; Fin&ch, Neu- 



Guinea, p. 173 (1865); Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 294, no. 4-337 



0860) ; Rmenb. Malay Arch. p. 554 (1879). 

 Ailui-oediis buccoides, Gould, B. Neic Guinea, pt. i. (1875) ; Salvad, 



Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. vii. p. 780 (1875). 

 ..(Elurajdus buccoides, Elliot, Monoyr. Par-ad. pi. xxxvi. (1873) ; Scl. 



P. Z. S. 1873, p. 697 ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. ix. p. 193 



(1876), X. p. 152 (1877); D' Albert. ^- Salvad. op.cit. xiv. p. 114 



(1879) ; D^ Albert. Nuova Guinea, pp. 581, 588 (1880) ; Salvad. 



Om. deUa Papuasia, p. 675 (1881). 



Adult. Above bright grass-green, the wings uniform with the 

 back, the primaries blackish, externally bright green, the secondaries 

 slightly shaded with bluish on the outer web, the inncnnost minutely 

 tipped with yellowish buff; tail duller green, narrowly tipped with 

 white on the inner web of the outer feathers ; crown of head olire- 

 brown, the hinder neck as well as the sides of the latter black, 

 streaked with yellowish buff, this colour occupying the basal part of 

 the feather, the black confined to a large subterminal spot, but being 

 the dominant colour of these parts ; the mantle also slightl)' mottled 

 with 5-ellowish buff, with which many of the feathers are barred, 

 some few also tipped with black ; lores scantily feathered with brown 

 plumelets ; eye-ring buff ; behind the eye a bare space ; sides of face 

 buff, everywhere mottled with black spots, the hinder part of the 

 ear-coverts entirely black, some of the cheeks also spotted with 

 white ; throat buffy white, the chin and lower throat spotted with 

 black ; rest of under surface light fawn-buff, everywhere largely 

 spotted with ovate black markings, these spots less on the abdomen 

 and absent on the under wing- and tail-coverts, which are uniform ; 

 the breast, flanks, and thighs obscurely washed with green, some of 

 the spots on the lower flanks being green also. Total length 10 

 inches, culmen 1, wing 4-85, tail 3'5, tarsus 1-35. 



The Barbet-like Cat-bird is known from K'ew Guinea, Salawatti, 

 Waigiou, and Batanta. 



a. Ad. St. Salawatti. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



b. Ad. sk. Sailolo, Salawatti (^Hoedt). Gould Collection. 



c. Ad. St. New Guinea. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.l 



d. Ad. sk. New Guinea. A. R. Wallace, Esq. LCj. 



e. Ad. sk. New Guinea. Gould Collection. 



6. .ffilurcedus stonii. 



iEluroedus stonii, Sharpe, Nature, Aug. 17, 1876, p. 3.39; Salvad. 

 Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. ix. p. 193 (1876); Sharjie, Pr. Linn. Sac. 

 xiii. p. 495 (1877) ; Pam.satf, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. iii. p. 268 

 (1S79), iv. p. 97 (1879); Salvad. Om. della Papuasia S,-c. p. 678 

 (1881) ; Goidd, B. Neio Guinea, part xii. (1881). 



Adult (type of species). General colour above bright green, some 



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