362 C0LUJIBIDJ3. 



Salvad. Atti R. Ac. So. Tor. xiii. p. 315 (2) (1878); Sclat. 

 P. Z. S. 1879, p. 447 ; Salvad. Ann. Mm. Civ. Gen. xii. p. 432 

 (1878) ; Finsch, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 13 ; If Alb. # Salvad. Ann. Mm. 

 Civ. Gen. xiv. p. 122 (1879) ; Rams. Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. iv. 

 p. 314 (1879) ; D'Alb. Nuova Guin. p. 588 (1880) ; Finsch, Ibis, 

 1881, p. 539 ; Salvad. Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. pp. 149, 561 (New 

 Britain) (1882) ; Finsch, Vog. d. Sildsee, p. 19 (New Britain) (1884) ; 

 Guillem. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 662 ; Wardl. Rams. Pois, 1890, p. 230 ; 

 Meyer, Ibis, 1 890, p. 423 ; Hein. Sf Rchnw- Nomencl. Mus. Hein. 

 Orn. p. 278 (1890) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) x. p. 825 

 (1891) ; id. Mem. R. Ac. Sc. Tor. (2) xlii. p. 63 {Agg. Orn. Pap. 

 e Mol. p. 189) (1891). 



Adult male. Above chestnut, darker and with a purple tinge on 

 the crown and occiput ; forehead, sides of the head, neck, and 

 underparts uniform cinnamon ; rump and upper tail-coverts chestnut, 

 with black bars ; upper wing-coverts chestnut-brown, with rufous- 

 chestnut edges ; quills black ; under wing-coverts and inner webs of 

 the quills below, towards the base, cinnamon; six central tail-feathers 

 very distinctly barred with blackish brown as in M. leptogrammica ; 

 the three outer pairs bright rufous, the outermost one with the outer 

 web lighter; all three pairs with a broad black subapical bar, ex- 

 tending towards the base on the inner web : " bill black ; feet coral- 

 red ; iris orange ; naked skin round the eyes brick-red " (Beccari). 

 Total length about 11-5 inches, wing 5*8, tail 6, bill - 6, tarsus 

 0-65. 



Female. Different from the male ; dark brown-chestnut, but 

 lighter than the male, brighter and more rufous on the rump, upper 

 tail-coverts, and tail ; back and wings, as well as the rump and upper 

 tail-coverts, with dark and rufous bars; head dark brown, lighter 

 on the forehead, where the feathers are pale cinnamon with black 

 edges, the rest of the upper part of the head with rufous striations 

 along the middle of the leathers ; nape rufous, with irregular brown 

 bars ; underparts pale cinnamon ; the breast with irregular bars, 

 more or less crescentic ; tail as in the male. 



Young male. Feathers of the head tipped with rufous ; nape and 

 mantle brown, almost regularly barred with rufous ; feathers of the 

 throat pale rufous, with black edges ; breast with brown bars ; 

 wing-coverts and secondaries broadly edged with rufous ; tail ir- 

 regularly barred with rufous, especially towards the tip. 



II ah. New Guinea, New Britain, Duke of York Island, and New 

 Ireland. 



a. S ad. sk. Has, N.W. New Guinea, Feb. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



b, c. d2 ad.sk. Amberbaki, N.W. New Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Guinea, May. 

 d,e,f. <S Jad.sk. S.E. New Guinea (A. Goldie). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 g. '($ juv. sk. Sogeri, S.E. New Guinea, H. O. Forbes, Esq. 



Dec. [C.]. 



h, i. d 2 ad. sk. Duke of York Is., March & Rev. G. Brown [C.]. 



Sept. 

 k. 2 ad. sk. Duke of York Is., Oct. (Rev. Tweeddale Coll. 



G. Broivn). 



