300 crcPLiDJi. 



Adult male. Similar to 0. malayanus, but differing in having no 

 white on the forehead ; a partial narrow rufous edging to the 

 secondaries, the outer tail-coverts partially barred with rufous and 

 white ; the edges of the tail-feathers washed with rufous above : 

 "bill black, iris chestnut, feet grey" {V Albert is). Total length 5-8 

 inches, culmen Ooo, wing 3"7, tail 2-6, tarsus 0-6. 



Immature. Upper parts similar to the adult, but duller ; chin and 

 throat and front of breast ashy white : breast white, with a few 

 dark bars ; under wing-coverts white, without bars ; pale portion of 

 quills white, only partially washed with rufous. 



A comparison of the series of C. malayanus and C. pceciluriis in 

 the British Museum leads to the belief that they are merely the 

 western and eastern races of one species with intermediate links. 

 As in all these allied forms the young birds have the under wing- 

 coverts white without bars, there remains some doubt as to whether 

 C. xxjecilurokles and G. misorensis, both of which are founded upon 

 immature specimens, really differ from C. pceciluras. C. pcecilurus 

 often shows a good deal of rufous on the throat, so that C. rujicollis 

 maj- be only an abnormal specimen. 



As I have here reviewed many of Count Salvadori's species, M'hich 

 have unfortunately been based upon single specimens, I may here 

 mention that his C. poliurus, the tj^pe of which I have not seen, 

 appears to be exactly intermediate between the two extremely 

 closely allied species ('. lucidus and C. playosus, tending to show 

 that C. lucidus is only a New-Zealand race of C. plagosns. 



Hah. Northern Australia, New Guinea, Amboina, Mysol, Goram. 



a, b, c. Ad. sk. Cape York. Gould Coll. 



(Types of C. rmsata, Gould.) 

 Cape York (J. T. Cuckcrell). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Cape York. Seehohm Coll. 



Aleya, S.E. New Guinea, Gould Coll. 



April {Dr. James). 

 Port Moresbv, New Guinea. Seebohm Coll. 



Mysol. ■ Wallace Coll. 



(Type of species.) 



10. Chalcococcyx ruflcollis. 



Laraprococcvx ruficollis, Salvad. Ann. Mas. Civ. Gen. 187o, p. 913, 

 1878, p. 4(30 ; id. Orn. Fapuasia, i. p. 3-33 (1880). 



Adult (type of species). Very similar to C. pcecilurus, but differs 

 in having the lores, cheeks, chin, and entire throat bright rufous, 

 with greenish-brown bars on the lower throat ; the outer tail- 

 feather on each side having the pale bars entirely rufous with no 

 white spots. Total length 5-7 inches, culmen 0'5o, wing 3-7, tail 

 2-7, tarsus O'o. (Mus. Genov.) 



Hah. The Arfak Mountains in N.W. New Guiuea. 



