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distinct eyebrow, greyish white ; eye-ring purer white ; in front of 

 the eye a dusky spot ; ear-coverts greyish white, the upper edge 

 brown ; under surface of body dull white, with a slight shade of 

 brown, the sides of the body and Hanks yellow ; under tail-coverts 

 tawny buff ; thighs dark brown ; under wing-coverts and axillariea 

 white ; quills dark brown, whity brown along the edge of the inner 

 web ; " bill and feet blackish brown ; iris blood-red " (BuUer). 

 Total length 5-5 inches, cuknen 0-55, wing 2-75, tail 2-2, 

 tarsus 0'95. 



Femah. Similar to the male, but slightly smaller, and without the 

 yellow tinge on the underparts {Buller). 



Hah. Chatham Islands. 



a. Ad. sk. Chatham Islands. New Zealand Co. [P.]. 



(Type of species.) 



13. Pseudogerygone rufescens. 



Gerygone ? rufescens, Sahad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. vii. p. 961. 

 Pseudogerygone rufescens, Shai'pe, Notes Leyden Mus. i. no. 9, p. 29. 



Adult male (Atam, June 21, 1875, Beccari; type of species). 

 General colour above dark umber-brown, with a slight olive tinge, 

 especially distinct on the wing-coverts ; greater coverts and quills 

 dark brown, with pale olive-brown edges ; rump and upper tail- 

 coverts rather more rufous-brown than the back ; tail-feathers dull 

 brown, edged with rufous-olive and crossed near the end with a di- 

 stinct shade of black, mostly confined to the inner web, the outer- 

 most feathers with a pale subterminal spot of rufous-buff, very in- 

 distinct ; lores olivaceous buff ; eye-ring pale rufous-brown ; sides 

 of face and under surface of body pale rufous-brown, inclining to 

 fulvous on the lower abdomen ; under wing-coverts and axillarics 

 rufous- buff ; quills dark brown below, whity brown along the edge 

 of the inner web. Total length 3'8 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 2-1, 

 tail 1-6, tarsus 0'75. (J/?es. Civic. Genov.) 



Adult female. Similar to the male. Total length 3'7 inches, cul- 

 men 0-45, wing 2-0o, tail 1-5, tarsus 0-7. {Mus. Civic. Genov.) 



Hah. Atam, N.W. New Guinea. 



14. Pseudogerygone rubra, 

 Pseudogerygone rubra, Sharpe, Notes Leyden Mus. i. no. 9, p. 29. 



Adult male (Tjobonda, Arfak Mountains, Feb. 17th, 1876, 

 Bruija). General colour above dark crimson, a little duller on the 

 head and neck ; wings dull blackish, with a small white bar run- 

 ning obliquely across the wing ; tail-feathers black, with white tips 

 to tlie outer feathers, increasing in extent on the outermost, where 

 the white extends a little way up the outer web also ; forehead 

 dusky brown, the loral ])lumcs dull white with black tips ; across 

 the base of the forehead a small white line ; ear-coverts and eyelid 

 sooty blackish, the latter white in front and behind only ; cheeks 

 dull white with dusky bases ; under surface of body light ashy 

 grey, becoming white on the abdomen and tinder tail-coverts 



