290 MELIPflAGin^. 



(1874) ; Gould, B. New Gttin. pt. iv. pi. 4 ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. 

 Civ. Gen. xvi. p. 75; id. Orn. Papuasia etc. ii. p. 321. 



Adult. Crown of head black ; a narrow superciliary stripe and the 

 tips of the ear-coverts rufous, rest of ear-coverts silver}' grey ; ocular 

 region naked, the skin and a wattle near the angle of the mouth yel- 

 low ; wattles on the throat orange-red ; mantle brownish ; the feathers 

 of the back edged with white ; underparts black, a few feathers of 

 the abdomen edged with white ; wings and tail brown, externally 

 edged with olive, internally with rufous ; bill lead-colour, paler at 

 the tip; feet pale flesh-colour. Culmen 1-35 inch, wing 5-1, tail 

 4-9, tarsus 1-28. 



Hah. New Guinea, Arfak Mountains (Salvndon). 



20. PYCNOPYGIUS. 



Type. 



Pycnopygius, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xvi. p. 78 



(1880) P. stictocephalus. 



Having the appearance of a Bulbul (Pycnonotus). The bill rather 

 short, the culmen curved ; the wings and tail moderate and equal ; 

 feet small. Plumage loose and copious. {Salvadori.) 



Range. New Guinea. 



1 . Pycnopygius stictocephalus. 



Pycnopygius ? stictocephalus, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. ix. p. 34 



(1876), xii. p. 342. 

 Plectorhyncha stictocephalus, Eatnsa?/, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. iii. 



p. 304, iv. p. 100. 

 Hemixos bernsteinii, Finsch in Mus. Lugd. (teste Sakadori). 

 Pycnopygius stictocephalus, Salvad. op. eit. xvi. p. 78 (1880) ; id. 



Orn. Papuas. e Molucche, ii. p. 340. 



Adtdt. " Upper parts earthy brown, underparts paler ; wings and 

 tail slightly darker ; head blackish brown, the feathers of the crown 

 tipped with bluish white ; a white, rather broad moustachial streak 

 extending backwards from the angle of the mouth ; throat greyish 

 white ; inner webs of the remiges and roctrices margined with 

 fulvous, the shafts of these feathers white below; bill and iris 

 black ; feet ashy. Culmen 0-64 inch, wing 4-2, tail 3-6, tarsus 0-9." 

 (^Salvadori.) 



Hub. New Guinea and Salwatti. 



