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3. Eopsaltria flavigaster. 



Eopsaltria flavigastra, J. T'err. et O. des Murs, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 

 1860, p. 392 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 390, no. 5918 ; Tristram, Ibis, 

 1879, p. 183. 



Adult. General colour above olive-brown ; upper tail-coverts 

 and lower back more olive-yellow ; quiUs dark dusky browu, edged 

 with olive ; tail-feathers like the wings, their terminal margin a 

 little lighter, outer web of the outer pair whitish, like the margin 

 of the whole inner web of all the tail-feathers ; head light ashy- 

 brown, with paler edges to the feathers of the forehead ; ear-coverts, 

 cheeks, and eyebrows a little lighter ; chin, throat, and fore neck 

 white, more ashy on the sides ; breast, abdomen, thighs, and under 

 tail-coverts bright yellow, like the under wing-coverts and the edge 

 of the wing ; under surface of quills pale greyish brown, the inner 

 web rather broadly margined with white ; " upper mandible horn- 

 colour, the lower one orange ; feet and claws orange-brown ; iris 

 black-brown " (Layard). 



No difference exists between male and female in plumage. 

 $ . Total length 5-3 inches, culmeu 0-55, wing 2-7, tail 2-2, tar- 

 sus 0-8. 



Hab. New Caledonia. 



a. 2 ad. sk. New Caledonia. Purchased. 



b. 2 ad. sk. Noumea, Nov. 27, 1876. E. L. Layard, Esq. [C.]. 



c. (i ad. sk. Lsle of Pines, Oct. 3, 1853 Gould Collection. 



{G. MacgilUvray). 



4. Eopsaltria cucullata. 



Eopsaltria cucullata, Gray, Cat. B. Trap. Isl. Pacif. Ocean, p. 21 ; 

 id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 390, no. 5917; id. in BrencMe'y^s Cruise of the 

 Ctira^oa, p. 378, pi. xiii. fig. 2 ; Layard, Ibis, 1878, pp. 273, 280. 



Adult femfde. General colour above, scapulars, upper tail- and 

 wing-coverts brownish olive ; wings uniform dark brown, but the 

 outer web margined with light reddish brown, so that the whole 

 wing when folded shows a reddish-brown colour ; tail-feathers uni- 

 form brownish olive ; head and ear-coverts rufous-brown ; feathers 

 on the hind neck a little lighter and somewhat more olive, forming 

 an indistinct and scarcely visible band ; chin and throat white, every 

 feather narrowly margined with rufous-brown ; breast, abdomen, 

 flanks, and thighs yellowish white ; the upper part of the breast, 

 having the feathers narrowly margined with rufous-brown, has a 

 rather darker colour ; under wing-coverts white, edge of wing yel- 

 lowish ; under surface of quills light greyish brown, the inner web 

 margined with isabelline ; bill black ; feet " pale plumbeous." 



2 . Total length .5-5 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 3-3, tail 2-6, tarsus 1. 



Hah. New Hebrides. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Aneiteum, Oct. 26, 1858. J. Macgillivray, Esq. [C.]. 



(Type of species.) 

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