650 PODAKGIDJE. 



7. ^gotheles wallacei. 



-^gotheles wallacei, Gray, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 154 (Dorey, New 

 Guinea); id. P.Z.S. 1861, p. 433; Finsch, Neu-Guinea, p. 1(32 

 (18G5) ; Schleq. Neclerl. Tijdschr. Dierk. iii. p. 340 (1866) ; Gray, 

 Rand-l. i. p. 55 (1869) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 696 ; A. B. Meyer, 

 Zeitschr. yes. Orn. i. p. 278, pi. xvii. fig. 4 (Aru I., agg) (1884) ; 

 Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. x. p. 310 (1877); id. P.Z.S. 1878, 

 p. 94 ; id. Orn. Papuas. i. p. 526 (1880) ; id. Hep. Vuy. ^V/mllenyer,' 

 p. 77 (1882) : Guillem. P. Z. 8. 1885, p. 630 ; Sharpe in Gould's 

 B. New Guinea, pt. xxi. pi. 4 (1886). 



Caprimulgus brachyuriis, Schl. Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk. iii. p. 340 

 (1866, ex Rosenb. MS.) (Aru); Roserib. Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. 

 Ind. xxix. p. 143 (1867) ; id. Rets naar Zuidoostereil. p. 37 (1867); 

 Hartl. Archivf. Naturg. 1868, p. 188. 



Adult. Above black, reticulated with whitish, here and thei'e 

 blotched with white, especially on the upper wing-coverts ; fore- 

 head and crown of head blotched with pale rufous ; no indication of 

 a collar on the neck ; tail black, with irregular and narrow reticu- 

 lated bands of white ; lower parts whitish pervaded with pale 

 rufous, darker on the throat and breast, reticulated and spotted 

 with blackish ; chin rufous white ; under wing-coverts dusky and 

 whitish. Total length about 6 inches, wing 4-y, tail 1'2. 



Young individuals are much more narrowly reticulated and barred 

 with white above, and the lower parts less clearly marked ; spots on 

 the wing-coverts rather distinct and larger. 



This very distinct species cannot be confounded with any of those 

 allied to ^. bennetti. 



Hab. New Guinea (Dorey) and Aru Islands. 



a. Ad. sk. Dorey, New Guinea. WaUace Coll. 



(Type of the species.) 



b. Imm. sk. Aru Islands. Voy. H.M.S. ' Chal- 



lenger.' 



8. ^gotheles lorise. 



^Egotheles lorise, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxix. p. 564 (1890). 



Similar to ^. ivallacei, but much larger ; under wing-coverts 

 darker, hardly whitish, the larger ones entirely greyish black, with- 

 out white to the tips. Total length about 10 inches, wing 5"1, 

 tail 4-7, tarsus 0-85, culmen 0-45. 



Bab. iligo, S.E. New Guinea. 



9. .ffigotheles bennetti.* 



.(Egotheles bennetti, Salvad. Sr dAlb. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vii. p. 816 



* -3<;gotiieles plumifera, Kamsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, viii. p. 21 

 (1883) ; Salvad. Ibis, 1884, p. 354. 



Differs from ^. bennetti in having the face, throat, chest, and flanks washed 

 with rufous-brown, barred distinctly with black ; an ashy spot at the angle of 

 the mouth ; head also washed with rufous ; collar ashy white, freckled and 

 barred with black ; tail with 12 to 14 narrow broken bars. Wing 4'5 inches, tail 

 4-2, tarsus 0-8. 



This is probably a distinct species, but ]jossibly may belong to M. bennetti. 



