collected in New Britain. 131 



brown. In H. longicauda the arrangement of tlie bars is 

 similar^ but the light ones are broader and the dark narrower 

 than in H. infuscata. In the New-Britain birds the feathers 

 of the upper tail-covcrts are dark brown, with tlie exception 

 of a white base and a pair of white spots, one on each web ; 

 in H. longicauda these feathers have a white base, beyond 

 which are alternate transverse bands, three dark and three 

 light, with one of the latter forming the tip. In both 

 specimens of H. infuscata the tail shows four dark-brown 

 bars, with a light base and three transverse light bars ; in 

 the two males of H. longicauda which I have examined, the 

 number of transverse dark bars is five ; and in the female 

 specimen at the Norwich Museum it is six. 



In H. longicauda the sides of the head, the throat, upper 

 and lower breast, abdomen, flanks, and under wing-coverts 

 are all of a pale luteous, with narrow dark shaft-marks 

 to each feather ; in H. infuscata all these feathers are 

 blackish brown, but with pale edgings, which incline to a 

 luteous tint on the breast and abdomen, where they are 

 broader than elsewhere. The under wing-coverts, axillaries, 

 thighs, and crissum are also decidedly darker in H. infuscata 

 than in H. longicauda • and such is eminently the general 

 complexion of the New -Britain bird, for which the specific 

 name of infuscata appears, as I have already indicated, to be 

 very appropriate. 



4. Hypotriorchis lunulatus (Lath.). 



Adult, ticketed " Male : iris brown ; feet yellow ; bill 

 ash. Blanche Bay, New Britain; 17th June, 1879.'' This 

 species has been recorded by Dr. Sclater from the " Duke-of - 

 York group,'' in the P. Z. S. for 1879, p. 447. 



5. NiNox ODiosA, Sclat. 



Two males and a female, all ticketed '' Iris yellow ; feet 

 drab; bill ash. New Britain; July 1879." 



As the type specimen from which this species was described 

 in the P. Z. S. for 1877, p. 108, had the wings imperfect, it 

 may be well to add the following measurements, taken from 

 Lieut. Bichards's three specim ens : — 



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