278 MELipnAGiDa:. 



10. Philemon cockerelli. (Plate II.) 



Philemon cockerelli, Scl. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 104, 1879, p. 447 ; Layard, 

 Ihis, 1880, p. 297; Salv. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xvi. p. 80; id. 

 Orn. Pajntasia etc. ii. p. 356. 



Adult. Nasal, loral, and ocular regions almost bare ; entire crown, 

 occiput, and the feathers on the sides of the head brown ; chin, throat, 

 and neck all round grejish white, the shafts of the feathers being 

 brown and slightly pi'ojecting ; none of the feathers in the plumage 

 of this bird lanceolate ; all the upper parts uniform brown, with a 

 slight olive tinge on the wings ; under surface of tail and wings 

 with a strong silky white gloss ; the inner margins of the quills 

 only slightly paler ; all the rest of the underparts, including the 

 wing-coverts, uniform pale brownish buff, with a strong silky gloss; 

 upper chest and sides of lower neck strongly washed with the brown 

 colour of the back. 



Young birds have the wings and tail strongly washed with dull 

 ohve ; hind neck dull greyish white ; sides of chest brownish grey, 

 edged with yellowish. 



(Type.) Culmen 1-6 inch, wing 6-1, tail 5-3, tarsus 1-6. 



Hab. New Britain. 



a. Ad. sk. New Britain. Rev. G. Brown [C.]. 



(Type of species.) 



b. 5 ad. sk. New Britain, May 1878. Rev.^G. Brown [0.]. 



c. (S ad. sk. New Britain, Nov. 1880 Museum Godeifroy. 



(Kl^inschmidt). 



11. Philemon albitorques. 



Philemon albitorques, Scl. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 553 ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. 

 Civ. Gen. xvi. p. 80 ; id. Orn. Papuasia etc. ii. p. 354. 



Adult. Base of bill, loral and ocular regions, and cheeks covered 

 with a few bristle-like blackish-brown feathers ; whole crown and 

 upper parts brown ; wiugs and tail a little darker ; the occiput sepa- 

 rated from the brown of the hind neck by a dull white crescent, 

 which joins the dull white of the sides of the neck behind the ear- 

 coverts ; chin and upper throat whitish grey ; rest of the under- 

 parts dingy white, washed with pale yellow across the chest, and 

 with light yellowish brown on the breast, abdomen, and flanks : edge 

 of wing, under wing-coverts, thighs, and under tail-coverts pale 

 buff. Culmen 1-9 inch, wing 7-2, tail 6, tarsus 1-9. 



Hab. Admiralty Islands. 



a. $ ad. sk. Admiralty Islands. Voy. H.M.S. ' Challenger.' 



(Type of species.) 



