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17. DicaBTim rabrigulare. 



Dicneum rubrignlare, D' Albert. Sf Salmd. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. xiv. 

 p. 74 (1879) ; Salvad. op. cit. xvi. p. 68 (1880) ; id. Orn. Papuasia 

 etc. ii. p. 277 (1881). 



Adult male. Upper surface shining black ; tlie head, rump, and 

 upper tail-coverts and whole of the fore neck bright red ; feathers of 

 the neck white at base ; chin whitish ; sides of head and of neck 

 dusky olivaceous ; breast and abdomen dull greenish olivaceous ; 

 under tail-coverts pale red ; wings and tail above uniform with the 

 back ; under wing-coverts white ; bill, feet, and iris black. Total 

 length about 3-1 inches, bill 0*3, wing 2-1, tail 0-95, tarsus U-45. 

 {Salvadori, I. c.) 



Adult female. Differs from the male in having the fore neck dull 

 greyish olive ; the red colour of the head and upper tail-coverts not 

 so bright. (^Id. I. c.) 



Young. Olive, paler below ; upper tail-coverts slightly rusty. 

 {Id. I. c.) 



Hah. Fly Eiver, South-eastern New Guinea. 



18. Dicseum albo-punctatum. 



Dicfeum rubrocorouatiim, D' Albert. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. x. p. 20 



(1877, nee Sharpe). 

 Dicseum albo-punctatum, D' Albert. 8/- Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. 



xiv. p. 75 (1879), xvi. p. 68 (1880) ; Salvad. Orn. Papuasia etc. ii. 



p. 278 (1881). 



Adult. Above shining black, with a steel-blue gloss ; head, rump, 

 upper tail-coverts, and whole of the fore neck bright red ; bases of 

 the red feathers of the neck white ; chin whitish ; sides of head and 

 of neck dusky black ; breast and abdomen duU greenish white ; 

 under tail-coverts pale red ; wings and tail above uniform with the 

 back ; under wing-coverts white ; bill, feet, and iris black. Total 

 length 3'1 inches, bill 0'3, wing 2"1, tail 1, tarsus 0'4. (Salvadori.) 



Hah. Kataw Eiver, S.E. jS'ew Guinea. 



19. Dicaeum schistaceiceps. 



Dicseum schistaceiceps, Gray, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 349 ; FimcJi, Neu- 

 Guinea, p. 163 (1865) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 115, no. 1426 

 (1869) ; Meyer, Sitz. K. Akad. Wien, Ixx. p. 121 (1874, 

 note); Posenb. Malay. Arch. p. 406 (1879); Salvad. Ami. Mus. 

 Civic. Genov. xvi. p. 67 (1880) ; id. Orn. Pajniasia etc. ii. p. 272 

 (1881). 



Adult male (type of species). General colour above olive-yellow, 

 decidedly brighter on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; scapulars 

 like the back ; least wing-coverts slaty grey ; remainder of wing- 

 coverts and quills blackish, with a slight gloss of steel-green and a 

 very narrow margin of olive ; tail-feathers black ; head and neck 

 slaty grey, as also the lores, sides of face, and ear-coverts ; cheeks, 



