.IS. CRTriOLOPHA. 393 



Machferiihj-nchus Diunipectus. Rowley, P. Z. S. l.':<75, p. 414; Gould, 

 B. Neio Guinea, part iv. ; Ruicley in Orn. Misc. ii. p. 5-5, pi. -5, iii. 

 p. 1 19, pi. 97. 



Adult male. General colour above black, as also the wings ; the 

 median and greater coverts broadly tipped with white, the primaries 

 very narrowly edged with an obsolete margin of whitish, the inner 

 secondaries broadly edged with white ; tail-feathers black, all but, 

 the centre ones minutely tipped with white, increasing in extent 

 towards the outermost, which is also white along its outer web ; 

 forehead hoary grey, slightly tinged with yellow ; feathers in front 

 of eye black : eyebrow, sides of face, and entire under surface of 

 body bright golden yellow ; fore neck and chest black, forming a 

 large patch ; thighs black ; under wing-coverts white, excepting 

 those near the edge of the wing, which are black ; quiUs blackish 

 below, edged with white along the inner web ; " biU, feet, and iris 

 black " {B'AIbertis). Total length 4-S5 inches, culraen 0-55, wing 

 2-2, tail 2*2, tarsus 0-65. (Miis. Civic. Genov.) 



Aihdt female. Difters from the male in being dark grey washed 

 with olive-green above, instead of being black ; upper tail-coverts 

 and tail black, the latter marked with white, as in the male : wings 

 also as in the male, but not so black ; remainder of plumage as in 

 the male, but not so bright yellow, the black breast-patch not so 

 large, and the upper margin of the ear-coverts blackish, the flanks 

 slightly washed with green. Total length 4-9 inches, wing 2"35, 

 tail 2-2, tarsus 0-7. (Mus. Civic. Genov.) 



Youmj. EeseTubling the old female, but being much paler yellow 

 and having the breast-spot broken up into black mottling, the 

 feathers being yellow tipped with black, or black with a subterminal 

 bar of yellow. 



Hah. North-western New Guinea. 



«.$ juv.sk. More, Arfak Mountains, M. Laglaize [C.]. 



Dec. 18, 1875. 

 b,c. d 2 ad- ^^- Arfak Mountains. Dr. A. B. Meyer [C.]. 



58. CRYPTOLOPHA. 



Cryptolopha, Swains. An. in Menag. ii. p. 259 (1837) C. burkii. 



Culicipeta, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xii. p. 968 (1843) .... C. bm-kii. 

 Abrornis, Hodgs. in Grays Zool. Misc. p. 82 (1844, 



pt. ) Typo nullo. 



Pyeuosphrys, Strickl. Contr. Orn. 1849. p. 124 C' grammiceps. 



Tickellia, Jerd. S( Blyth. P. Z. S. 1801, p. 199 ('. hodgsoni. 



Pindalus, Hartl. Ibis, 1862, p. 152 C. ruiicapilla. 



Ramje. Southern and North-eastern Africa, ranging through 

 India and the Burmese countries to Southern China, and thence 

 through the Malayan peninsula to Java and Borneo. 



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