60. ARSES. 411 



deepening almost to chestnut on the latter ; remainder of under 

 surface white, the flanks washed with ashy, the sides of the upper 

 breast orange-rufous ; thighs dusky brown ; under wing-coverts 

 and axillaries white, the edge of the wing orange ; quills dull 

 brown, rui'esceut along the edge of the inner web. Total length 

 6 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 2-95, tail 2*75, tarsus 0*7. 

 Huh. Aru Islands and South-eastern Xew Guinea. 



a, 6. c? ad. ; c. 2 ad. sk. Aru Islands. A. R. "Wallace. Esq. [C.]. 



d,e. c? 5 ad. sk. Am Islands. Leyden Museum [P.]. 



( Von Rosenberg). 



3. Arses batautse. 



Arses batantte, Sharpe, Xotes Leychn Mm. vol. i.uo. 5, p. 20. 



Adult male. Similar to A. telescophthalmiis, but rather larger, 

 and having the wattle round the eye yellow. Total length 7 inches, 

 culmen 0'7, wing 3'4, tail 3, tarsus 0'75. 



Adult female. General colour above light orange-rufous, tlie wing- 

 coverts and iuner secondaries entirely orange-rufous like the back; 

 primary-coverts and primaries dusky brown, externally edged with 

 light orango-rufous, the secondaries more broadlj-, the inner ones 

 being almost entirely orange-rufous with a shade of dusky brown 

 on the inner web ; tail-feathers pale orange-rufous, the centre 

 feathers dusky brown with pale rufous edges and shafts : crown of 

 the head dark grey, as also the feathers round the eye, which are 

 slightly mottled with white bases ; loral spot dull white ; ear-coverts, 

 sides of face, and throat light orange-buff ; remainder of the under 

 surface white, the sides of the breast washed with orange, the tibial 

 plumes orange-rufons ; under wing-coverts light orange-buff, the 

 edge of the wing deeper orange ; axillaries white, washed with 

 orange ; quills ashy brown below, rufescent along the inner web. 

 Total length 7 inches, culmen 0'65, wing 3-3, tail 3, tarsus 0-S. 



Hab. Islands of Waigiou and Batanta. 



a,b. S ad.; c, rf. $ad. sk. Waigiou. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



e. cJ ad. sk. "Waigiou, March 14, Leyden Museum [P.J 



]8Q3( Dr.Beriist^in). 



f. $ ad. sk. Batanta, June 28,1869 Lpyden Museimi [P.]. 



{Dr. Bernstein). 



4. Arses kaupi. 



Arses kaupi, Gould, T. Z. S. 1850, p. 278 ; id. B. Awstr. Stippl. fol. 

 pi. 10 ; id. Ilandb. B. Aii^tr. i. p. 251 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1877, 

 p. 100 ; Sharpe, Notes Leyden Mtts. vol. i. no. 5, p. 21. 



Orphrvzone kaupi, Ilamsaij, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 383. 



Monarcba kaupi, (h-aii, Hand-l. B. i. p. 321, no. 4806. 



Arses (Orphrvzone! kaupii, Bam-frnj, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. TV. ii. 

 p. 182. 



Adidt male (Rockingham Bay). General colour above glossy 



2 K 2 



