22 



CAMPOPHAGIB^. 



Aihtlt female (Mt. Epa, S.E. Now Giiiuoa, DWhertis). Diilci-.s 

 from the male in bcin^- of a less brilliant yclloAV, the uiantlo more 

 shaded with olive, and the grc)' head being washed with yellow ; 

 sides of faee, throat, and fore neck grey, instead of black as in the 

 male, the feathers in front of and round the eye black, the ear-coverts 

 also darker grey. Total length T'H inches, culmeu 0'5, wing 4';3, 

 tail 3-8, tarsus 0*75. {Mus. Civic. Genov.) 



Hub. North-western and south-eastern New Guinea. 



3. PTEROPODOCYS. 



Type. 



Pteropodocvs, GotiUl, Birds of Aiisfr. folio, ii. pi. 59 



(1840) ; ." P. phasianclla 



Tail of Ptcropodoci/!! jjhasiaHcUa (veduced). 

 Range. Confined to Australia. 



1. Pteropodocys phasianella. 



Graucalus phasianellus, Gould, R Z. S. 1830, p. 142. 

 Ceblepyris maxima, Riipp. Mm. Senckcnh. iii. p. 28, Taf iii. 

 Campephaga phasianella. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 283 ; id. IIand-1. B. i. 



p. 337, no. .TOOS. 

 Pteropodocv'i phasianella. Gould, B. Anstr. ii. pi. 59 ; Bp. Consp. i. 



p. 355; ilriehrnh. Voj/'. Neuholl. pp. 427, 283; Hartl. J.f. O. 1864, 



p. 446 ; Gould, Iland-l. B. Austr. i. p. 199 ; Ramsay i Pr. Linn. 



Soc. N. S. W. ii. pt. 2, p. 181. 



Adult. General colour above French grey, the ear-coverts darker, 

 as also the feathers round and in front of the eye, these darker por- 

 tions varied with wavy cross lines of dull white ; back, rump, and 

 upper tail-coverts pure white, with narrow bars of black ; least wing- 

 coverts dark ashy grey ; remainder of the wing black with some- 

 what of a greenish gloss, the outer primaries with a narrow edging 

 of white ; tail-feathers black, white at base, and narrowly tipped 



