42. MALURUS. 285 



thighs olivaceous brown. Total length 5-7 inches, culmen 0-7, 

 wing 2-55, tail 2-5, tarsus 1. 



Bab. North-western New Guinea. 



a. Ad. sk. Mountains of Sorong, N.W. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 

 New Guinea. (Tj-pe of species.) 



41. CLYTOMYIAS. ,p_ 



Clytomyias, Sharpe, Kofes Leyden Museum, i. no. 10, p. 30. C. insignis. 

 Range. Confined to North-western New Guinea. 



1 . Clyiomyias insignis. 



Clytomyias insignis, Sharpe, Notes Leyden Mus. i. no. 10, p. 30. 



Adult female (type of species). General colour above ashy with 

 an olive wash, the upper tail-coverts tipped with ochraceous buff ; tail- 

 feathers brown, edged with ochraceous buff, the outer feathers with 

 pale tips of the same colour ; least wing-coverts ochraceous brown, 

 the greater and median series dusky brown, with edgings of dull 

 ochraceous buff, the quUls dusky brown, externally margined with 

 rufous ; crown of head and nape chestnut, as well as the sides of 

 the face, cheeks, and ear-coverts ; lores slightly fulvescent ; throat 

 white, the rest of the under surface creamy buff, the flanks deeper 

 fulvous, the sides of the upper breast darker and more olive : thighs 

 chestnut ; under tail-covcrts dusky with chestnut tips : under wing- 

 coverts fawn-colour : quills dusky brown below, with rufous lining 

 to the inner webs. Total length 5-3 inches, culmen 0*6 long, 0*25 

 wide, wing 2-15, tail 2-7, tarsus 0-9. {Mns. Lagd.) 



Hah. Tjobonda, Mount Arfak, Feb. 18, 1876 {Bndjn). 



42. MALURUS. ^^ 



Mahu'us, Vieill. Analyse, p. 44 (1816) M. cyaneus. 



Bill (if Maiurus amabilis. 

 Range. Confined to Australia and New Guinea. 



Key to the Species. 

 a. Head blue. 



«'. With no red on the upper surface. 

 a". Throat blue-black ; upper tail-coverts 

 black. 

 a'". Smaller; wing I'Oo inch: head, ear- 

 coverts, and mantle turquoisine blue, 

 the mantle less extended than in the 

 next species eyaneus, p. 28U. 



