16. AMPELICEPS. 



115 



(1875) ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. Nmv South Wales, iv. p. 93 



(1879). 

 GracLila rosenbergii, Finsch in Brehnis ' Gefangene Voijel^ ii. p. 562 



(1876). 

 Melauopyrrhus orientalis, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. viii. p. 401 



(1876), X. pp. 12, 20, note (1877) ; V Albert. Sf Salvad. op. cit. xiv. 



p. 90 (1879) ; Sahad. op. cit. xvi. p. 195 (1880) ; id. Orn. Pa- 



puasia e delle Molucche, ii. p. 463 (1881) ; Guilleniard, Proc. Zool. 



Soc. 1885, p. 644 ; Sharpe in Goukfs Birds of New Guinea, iv. 



pi. 17 (1886). 

 Mina robertsonii, D' Albert. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. x. pp. 12, 20 



(1877) ; id. Ibis, 1877, p. 368. 

 Graciila affinis, Posenb. Malay. Arch. pp. 554, 590 (1879). 

 Eulabes orientalis Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, iii. p. 279 



(1879). 

 Melanopyn-lius robertsonii, Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xiv, 



pp. 6.3.3, 687 (1879). 



Adult. Similar to M. anais, but with more of an oily-greeu gloss, 

 especially on the throat ; the orange colour everywhere deeper and 

 more brilliant ; the entire head brilliant orange, with a patch of 

 greenish black on the nai)e ; ear-coverts greenish black with a few 

 yellow feathers intermixed : " bill and feet pale yellow ; iris yellow " 

 {U Alhertis). Total length lU inches, culmen 0'9, wing 5-8, tail 

 2'95, tarsus 1'3.5. 



Tounfj. Similar to the adults but the orange paler, and mottled 

 with blackish bases to the feathers of the fore neck ; many of the 

 greenish-black feathers of the breast tipped with yellowish margins. 



Hah. New Guinea. 



a. Ad. sk. N.W. New Guinea {Dr. A. P. Gould Coll. 



Meyer). 



b. Imm. sk. Port Moresby, S.E. New Guinea. K. Broadbent [C.J. 



16. AMPELICEPS. 



Type. 



Ampeliceps, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xi. p. 194 (1842) .... A. corouatus 



Head of Ampeliceps coronatus. 



Ranrje. Cochin China to Cachar, and south to Burmah and 

 Teuasserim. 



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