274 MELTPeAGrn^. 



5. Philemon novae guineae. 



Merops monachus, Quoy ef Gaim. (nee Lat/t.) Voy. de VAstrol he, 



Zool. i. p. 193 (1830). 

 Tropidorhiimohiis monachus, Less. Compl. Bxifi., Ois. p. 595 (1838). 

 Melipbaga corniculata, 6'. Midi, (nee Lath.) Verh. Land- en Volkenk. 



p. 21 (1839-44). 

 Tropidorliyncluis noTse guinese, S. Miill. Verh. Land- en Volkenk. 



p. 153 (1839-44); £p. C. A. i. p. 390; Scl. Proc. Linn. Soc. ii. 



p. 158 ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 174, 1859, p. 156, 1861, p. 434 ; 



id. Cat. B. New Guin. p. 24 ; JRosenb. J. f. O. 1864, p. 122 ; Finsch, 



Neu-Gum. p. 165 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 160, no. 2086 ; Meyer, 



Sitzb. Ak. Wiss. Wien, Ixx. pp. 113, 214; Salvad. Ann. Mm. Civ. 



Gen. vii. p. 775, viii. p. 401, x. p. 146; Cab. ^ Beichenoiu, J.f. O. 



1879, p. 321 ; d' Albert. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. x. p. 20 ; Ramsay, 



Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. TV. iii. pp. Ill, 287 (1879) ; Sharpe, P)-oc. 



Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 497, xiv. p. 687 (1879) ; Rosenb. Malay. Archip 



pp. 365, 553 ; Salvad. Orn. Papuasia etc. ii. p. 357. 

 Philedon novae guinere, Reichenb. Handb. spec. Orn. p. 142 (1852). 

 Tropidorhynchua mitratus, <S'. Miill. (MS.) ; Scl. Proc. Limi. Soc. ii. 



p. 158 (1858) ; Gray, Cat. B. New Guin. p. 24 ; id. P. Z. S. 1861, 



p. 434 ; Finsch, Nen-Gtiin. p. 165; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 160, 



no. 2090; Meyer, Sitzb. Ak. TViss. Wien, Ixx. p. 114; Rosenberg, 



Malay. Archip. p. 553. 

 Tropidorliynchus corniculatus. Gray (nee Lath.), P. Z. S. 1858, p. 191; 



Rosenb. 'Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. xxv. p. 236 ; id. J. f. O. 1864, 



p. 122. 

 Tropidorhyncliiis marginatus. Gray, P. Z.S. 1861, p. 429; Finsch, 



Neu-Guin. p. 165; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 160, no. 2087: Meyer, 



Sitzb. Ak. Wiss. Wien, Ixx. p. 114. 

 Philemon novae guineae, Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. p. 390 



(1876), iv. p. 100 (1879). 

 Philemon marginatus, Rosenb. Malay. Archip. p. 395 (1879). 



Adult. Like P. timoriensis, but the hump on the culmen is generally 

 more developed, and the breast, abdomen, flanks, and under tail- 

 coverts are uniform very light brown ; the throat and fore neck are 

 darker than in P. timoriensis, the brown central streaks being a 

 little more developed. I am unable to perceive any other differences 

 between these two supposed species, after an examination of about 

 twenty-five specimens. 



Ad. d ■ Wing 5-7-6 inches. 



Hab. New Guinea, Aru Islands, Mysol, and "VVaigiou. 



a, b. cJ ad. sk. Dorey. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C], 



c. c? ad. sk. Aru Islands ( Wallace). Gould Collection. 



d, e. c? $ ad. sk. Aru Islands. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C] 



f. 2 imm. sk. Aru Islands. A. R. Wallace, Esq. 'G. . 



g. cJ imm. sk. Waigiou. A. R. Wallace, Esq '" 

 h, i. cS 2 ad. sk. Waigiou. A. R. Wallace, Esq 



[C. 

 [C. 

 (Tvpes of P. marqinatus^ 

 Ti IS; m.2 ad. Mysol. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



sk. 



