31. THTRORHINA. 125 



dusky blackish with rufous bars ; under tail-covorts chestnut with 

 black bars ; under wing-coverts black, barred with white like the 

 quill-lining. Total length 8'7 inches, culmen 1*1, wing 4*3, tail 2-4, 

 tarsus 1'5. 



Adult female. Differs from the male in having ochraceous-buff 

 spots on the back and wings. Total length 8 inches, culmen 1"05, 

 wing 4'G, tail 2-3, tarsus 1'45. 



Ifab. South-eastern New Guinea. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Owen Stanley Range. H. O. Forbes, Esq. [0.]. 



(Types of species.) 

 c. Ad. sk Astrolabe Range. A. Goldie, Esq. [C.]. 



31. THYRORHINA. 



Type. 

 Thyrorhina, Scl. v^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 4-38 T. schombui-gki. 



Range. The same as that of the single species of the genus. 



1. Thyrorhina schomburgki. 



Grex sclioiuburo^ki, Cab. in Schomb. JicU. (Jiiiaii. iii. p. 760 (1848) ; 



*W. ^- Salv. P. Z. 6". 186s, p. 16y (^Uaripe). 

 Corethrura scbombur^rki, Lichf. Nomend. Av. Mn8. Berol. p. 96 



(1854). 

 Micropygia schomburgki, Bjy. C. R. xliii. p. 599 (1846). 

 Thyrorhiua scliombur^^ki, Scl. ^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 458 ; Pefc. 



Orn. Bras. p. ?>Vi (Paranahiba River), p. 459 (Baliia) ; Gi'ay, 



Uand-l. B. iii. p. 63, no. 10465 (1871) ; Scl. ^- Salv. Nomend. Av. 



Neotr. p. 140 (1873). 



Adult male. General colour above brown, the upper surface 

 thickly streaked with ovate spots of white, each spot bordered with 

 a line of black ; the white spots not so distinct and smaller on the 

 lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts ; wing-coverts tawny 

 rufous or light bay, with a tew large white black-edged spots at the 

 eud of each feather ; bastard-wing also rufous, with a tiny terminal 

 white spot ; primary-coverts and quills sepia-brown, the primaries 

 e.x.ternally isabelliue ; the inner secondaries brown like the back, 

 with a central line of black which encloses a small terminal white 

 spot ; tail-feathers brown, with an external tinge of tawny buff and 

 a small white spot at the end of the feather, preceded by a larger 

 subterminal spot of black ; crown of head bright chestnut ; the 

 occiput, nape, hind neck, and sides of neck like the back, but the 

 spota very much smaller ; sides of face and under surface of body 

 bright orange-buff, the lores a little paler, the chin and centre of 

 breast and abdomen white ; the sides of the upper breast decorated 

 with white oval spots in the same manner as the back ; under 

 wing-coverts and axUlaries tawny butt', the greater series whitish, 

 the lower primary-coverts ashy like the quill-lining. Total length 



