1.3. CLYTOCEYX. 203 



d-f. Ad. et Mainland of S.E. New Giiiuea, Dr. James [C.]. 



num. sk. Feb. (Types of M. collaris.) 



(J. Ad. sk. Low Aleya, S.E. New Guinea, Tweeddale Coll. 



h-m. Ad. et Interior of S.E. New Guinea. A. Goldie [C.]. 



inini. sk. 



2. Melidora jobiensis. 



Melidora jobiensis, Halmid. Orn. Paj). i. ^. 502 (1880). 



Similar to M. macrorJiina, but having the head black, without 

 any olive-ochreous margins, 

 JJab. Island of Jobi. 



13. CLYTOCEYX. 



Clytoceyx, Sharpe, Ann. ^- Man. Nat. Hist. (5) vi. b 231 ^^^' 

 mO) :......^.... C.rex. 



Eange. Confined to South-eastern New Guinea. 



1. Clytoceyx rex. 



Clytoceyx rex, Shmpe, Ann. ^- Mm/. Nat. Hist, (ij) vi. p. 2-31 (1880) • 

 Meyer, J.f. O. 1880, p. 313, note; Gould, B. N. Guin. iv. pi. 9 

 (1881) ; Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zuol. xvi. p. 429 (1882) ; Salvad 

 Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. xviii. p. 421 (1882) ; id. Orti. Fapuasia e 

 delle Molucche, iii. App. p. 526 (1882) ; Finsch S,~ Mexjer, Zeitschr. 

 ges. Orn. iii. p. 14 (1886); Salvad. Am. Or?i. Papuasia e delle 

 Molucche, i. p. 60 (1889). 



A(h(U male. Head brown ; feathers surrounding the eye and sides 

 of the face brown ; ear-coverts black, extending backwards on to the 

 Bides of the neck and forming a broad band ; a stripe above the eye, 

 the lower cheeks, and a broad hand on the neck ochraceous buff; 

 interscapulary region black ; scapulars and wing-coverts brown, the 

 latter margined with ochraceous, the outermost of the least series 

 -washed with greenish blue ; primary-coverts and quills dark brown, 

 externally washed with dull green ; lower back and rump silvery 

 cobalt; upper tail-coverts and tail dark brown washed with green ; 

 throat v>'hitc ; rest of the body underneath with the under wing- 

 coverts ochraceous buff; quills dusky below, with the inner web 

 margined with pale ochraceous. Total length 12 inches, culmen 

 1-95, wing 6-3o, tail 4-7, tarsus 0-9. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but having a rufous instead of 

 a blue tail; wing-coverts also washed with blue. Total length 

 12 inches, culmen 1-9, wing 67, tail 4-8, tarsus 0-9. 



Yoimr/ male. Duller in colour than the adults, the head lighter 

 brown, and the ochreous collar round the hind neck much paler than 

 in the adult ; under surface of body ochreous bufl", the feathers of 

 the fore neck, chesl, and sides of body fringed with dusky blackish 

 edges; wings externally washed with greenish; tail-feathers also 

 dull greenish blue. 



Young female. Has the rufous tail of the old female, but has the 



