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12. Philemon sclateri. 



? Philemon vulturinus, Scl. {nee Reichh.) P. Z. S. 1869, p. 124. 



Philemon sclateri, Gray, Ann. ^- Mag. N. H. 1870, v. p. 327 ; id. in 

 Brenchleii's Cruise of the ' Curaqoa,^ Birds, p. 362, pi. 5 ; Tristram, 

 Ibis, 1879, p. 439; 'Eamsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. vii. p. 26, 



Meliarchus sclateri, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xvi. p. 75 (1880) ; 

 id. Orn. Papuasia etc. ii. p. 322. 



Adult female. Above brown, with an olive tinge ; rump and tail dull 

 rufous-brown, each feather of the latter margined with j-ellowish olive ; 

 wings dusky black, with the outer margins of the quills j-ellowish olive, 

 especially of the inner secondaries ; top and sides of head dusky black, 

 each feather broadly margined on its sides with yellowish white ; 

 throat white, tinged with grey, with a broad line of black on each 

 side proceeding from the ears ; breast white, with black dashes 

 down the middle of each feather, the black fading into brown on 

 the upper part of the abdomen. Bill yellowish white ; feet plum- 

 beous. Length 11", wing 5" 6'", bill 1" 6'", tarsi 1" 4'". 



a. ? ad. sk. Sau Christoval, Aug. 1865. J. Brenchley, Esq. [P.], 



(Type of species.) 



13. Philemon fnscicapillus. 



Tropidorhynchus fuscicapillus, Wall. Ibis. 1862, p. 351 ; Finsch, Neu- 



Guin. p. 105. 

 Philemou f uscicapillus, Gray, Hnnd-l. B. i. p. 159, no. 2075 ; Salvad. 



Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xvi. p. 79 ; id. Orn. Papuasia etc. ii. p. 354. 



Adult. Culmen with a very slight prominence at the base ; sides of 

 head partly covered with feathers and partly with bristles ; region 

 round the eye naked and flesh-coloured ; all the upper parts uniform 

 dark brown, darkest on the head, the feathers of which are not 

 lanceolate ; wings slightly washed with pale olive ; throat dull greyish 

 white, the feathers being short and not lanceolate ; rest of un'der- 

 parts, including the under \\ ing-coverts and inner margin of quills, 

 uniform pale brown ; fore neck and chest slightly washed with 

 brownish yellow ; biU black ; feet lead-colour. Culmen 1-7 inch, 

 wing 5-S, tail 5-4, tarsus 1-0. 



Huh. Moluccas. 



rt, b, c. Ad. sk. Morty Island. A. R. AVallace, Esq. [C.]. 



(Types of species.) 

 d. cj imm. sk. Morty Island, Sept. 22, F. D. Godman and O. Sal- 

 1861 (Bernstein). vin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



14. Philemon plnmigenis. 



Tropidorhynchus, n. sp.. Wall. Ann. iS" Mag. N. H. 1857, xx. p. 473. 



Tropidorhvnchus plumigenis. Gray, P. Z. !S. 1858, pp. 174, 191 ; id. 

 Cat. B.'New Gain. p. 24 ; id. P. Z. ,S. 1861, p. 434; Finsch, Neu- 

 Guin. p. 165; Rosenberg, Reis. naar Zuidoostereil, ■p. 79 ; Meyer, 

 Sitz. Ak. Wiss. Wien, Ixx. p. 114 ; Rosenb. 3Ialay. Archip. p. 365 



