388 TIMELirDiE. 



of the feathers tinged with bhie ; wings green, like the back, the 

 inner webs dusky brown, the j^rimaries externally washed with 

 yellow, the secondaries tipped with the latter colour ; tail green, 

 blackish on the inner webs of the outermost rectrices, which are 

 tipped with white ; head dark brown, slightly washed with olive ; 

 hind neck yellowish buff, mottled with black centres to the feathers, 

 those adjoining the mantle spotted with green ; sides of face and 

 throat pure white, with a few tiny spots of black on the ear-coverts, 

 larger on the sides of the neck ; rest of under surface of body ochra- 

 ceous buff, the fore neck and chest minutely spotted with green, the 

 flanks also with a few tiny spots of the latter colour ; under wing- 

 coverts yellowish buff, the edge of the wing washed with green. 

 Total length 9-3 inches, culmeu 1"15, wing 5-05, taU 3"5, tarsus 

 1-55. 



Stone's Cat-bird has only been received from South-eastern New 

 Guinea, where it appears to be resident. 



a. Ad. sk. Laloki River, S.E. New 0. C. Stone, Esq. [C.]. 



Guinea. (Type of species.) 



h. Ad. sk. Interior of S.E. New Gould Collection. 



Guinea (Goldie). 



63. CHLAMYDODERA. „ 



Type. 

 Calodera, Gonld, P. Z. S. 1836, pp. 106, 145 (nee 



JVautn.) C. maculata. 



Chlamydera, Gould, B. Austr. part i. (cancelled, 1837) C. maculata. 

 CaUidera, Agassiz, Nomencl. Zool. Ind. Univ. p. 58 



(1846, notn, einend.). 

 Chlamydodera, Agassiz, torn. cit. p. 82 (1846, nom, 



emend.). 



Range. Confined to Australia and South-eastern New Guinea. 



Key to the Species. 



. With a band of bright lilac feathers on the 



nape. 



a'. Upper surface mottled all over with reddish 



spots or bars at the tips of the feathers; 



throat and sides of body with spots or bars 



of dusky brown. 



a". Head rufous-brown, varied with blackish 



edgings and spots on the feathers ; thi-oat 



light reddish, with a few dusky margins 



to the feathers , . maculata cS , p. 389. 



b''. Head silvery brown, slightly tinged with 

 rufous bars, the bases to the feathers 

 black; throat and chest fulvescent, mot- 

 tled with dusky-blackish centres and 



margins to the feathers guttata S , p. 391. 



b'. Upper surface mottled with ashy whitish 

 or white tips or bars at the end of the 



