286 MELIPHAGrD.1:. 



Orn. Papuasia etc. ii. p. 319; Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 

 1882, p. 438. 



Adult. Region round the eye and sides of occiput bare ; skin behind 

 the gape forming an oval flap ; part of cheeks and sides of throat 

 bare, terminating in abroad but short flap ; these bare parts orange- 

 yellow in the skin ; lores, upper half of cheeks, ear-coverts, throat 

 and upper chest, and anterior half of crown brownish black ; on 

 the fore neck a narrow white crescent ; occiput and hind neck brown ; 

 feathers of the mantle blackish brown, broadly tipjied with white ; 

 lower back and upper tail-coverts reddish brown ; wings and tail 

 brown, edged with olive-yeUow ; edge of wing, under wing-coverts, 

 inner margin of remiges, breast, and sides of neck fulvous, the 

 feathers of the sides of the neck and breast with large subterminal spots 

 of blackish brown ; abdomen and under tail-coverts passing into 

 cream-colour; thighs rusty brown; "bill dark grey; feet lead- 

 colour ; iris black " (D'Albertis). Culmen 1-1'15 inch, wing 3-8-4-2, 

 tail 3-5-3-9, tarsus 1-1-12. 



Hab, New Guinea. 



a,b. (S; c. 2 ad. sk. Astrolabe Mountains. Mr. A. Goldie [G.j. 



18. EUTHYRHYNCHUS. 



Type. 



Euthyrhynchus, Schleg. Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. iv. p. 39 



(1871) E. griseigularis. 



Melipotes, Sclat. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 317 E. gymnops. 



Timeliopsis, Sdlvad. Ann. Miis. Civ. Gen. vii. p. 963 



(1875) E. griseigularis. 



Bill slightly shorter {E. gijmnops) or longer than the rest of the 

 head. Nostrils longitudinal, operculated. No bristles. First primary 

 very long. Tip of wing formed by the third to sixth primaries. 

 Tail slightly rounded, and a little longer than the wings. Scales on 

 front of tarsus almost fused. Inner edge of quills fulvous. Length 

 of wing about 3*5 inches. 



(For other characters cf. the Key to the species.) 



Range. New Guinea. 



Head of Euthyrhynchus gymnops. 



