18. PSErDOGERYGO.NE. 229 



21. Pseudogerygone chloronota. 



Gerygone chloronotiis, Gould, P. Z. &'. 1842, p. 133; id. B. Austr. 



fol. ii. pi. 182 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 203 ; Eeichenb. Vog. Neuholl. pp. 71, 



288; Finsch, Neu-Gmnea, p. lUG; Gould, Ha'ndb. B. Austr. i. 



p. 271 ; Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. X. S. W. ii. p. 170. 

 Acanthiza chloronotus, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 189; id. Hand-l. B i. 



p. 219, no. 31.38. 

 Pseudogerygone chloronota, Sharpe, Notes Leyd. Mus. i. no. 9, p. 29, 



Head and back of the neck brownish grey ; back, wing-coverts, 

 rump, iipper tail-coverts, margins of the primaries, and the margins 

 of the basal half of the tail-feathers bright olive-green ; primaries 

 and tail-feathers brown, the latter becoming mnch darker towards 

 the extremity ; under surface white ; sides and vent olive-yellow ; 

 irides wood-brown ; upper mandible greenish grey ; lower mandible 

 white ; feet blackish grey. Total length 3| inches, bill -f-^, wing 2|, 

 tail If, tarsus |. {Gould.) 



Hah. Northern Australia. 



22. Pseudogerygone poliocephala. 



Gerygone ? poliocephala, Salvad. Ann. Mm. Civic. Genov. vii. p. 960. 

 Pseudogerygone poliocephala, Sharpe, Notes Leyden Mm. i. no. 9, 

 p. 29. 



Adult female (Wamai, Arfak Mountains, Feb. 18, 1876, Bridjn). 

 General colour above olive-green, the wing-coverts coloured like the 

 back; greater coverts and quills dark brown, edged with brighter 

 olive-yellow than the back ; upper tail-coverts also a little brighter : 

 tail-feathers dusky brown, margined with olive-yellow; crown of 

 head dull a.shy brown, washed with olive, the head being a little 

 darker than the back ; from the nostrils a distinct white eyebrow, 

 extending to the end of the ear-coverts ; eyelid, sides of face, and 

 throat ashy whitish, with a dusky shade along the upper edge of the 

 ear-coverts; remainder of under surface of body bright yellow, some- 

 what washed with olive on the sides ; under wiug-coverts whitish, 

 washed with yellow ; quills dark brown below, edged with white 

 along the inner web. Total length 4 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 2-25, 

 tail 1-55, tarsus 0-75. {Mus. Lugd.) 



A younger specimen, marked a male, has the throat washed with 

 yellow and the sides of the face more dusky. Total length 3-6 inches, 

 culmen 0-45, wing 2-1.5, tail 1-6, tarsus 0-75. {Mm. Lugd.) 



Ohs. The type specimen from the Arfak Aloiintains, May 3, 1875 

 {Bruijn), kindly lent by Count Salvadori, agrees exactly with the 

 description above given, and measures as foUows :— Total length 

 4 inches, cidmen 0-4, wing 2-2, tail 1-G, tarsus 0-75. 



Bub. Arfak Mountains, N.W. iS'ew Guinea. 



23. Pseudogerygone personata. 



Gerj'gone personata, Gould, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 217 ; id. B. Austr. fol. 

 Suppl. pi. 14 ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 183. 



