438 BuUetin of the British 



Certhidea drownei, sp. u. 



Closely allied to C. becki, but generally larger; beak 

 stouter, throat rusty, crown darker. Wing of one, marked 

 male, 62 mm., of another, also marked male, but probably 

 a female, 57 mm. 



Culpepper Island. Only two specimens. 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild also sent for exhibition 

 two new birds from British New Guinea, which he described 

 as follows : — 



Ifrita, gen. nov. 

 Of doubtful affinities, but probably near Amalocichla and 

 Cinclosoma, agreeing with the latter genus in the form of 

 the bill, but differing in its softer body-plumage, longer toes, 

 softer tail and wings, and less graduated tail. Agreeing with 

 Amalocichla in its soft plumage, but differing totally in the 

 less compressed, shorter, and stouter bill. The wings are 

 evidently of the usual rounded form of the Timeliidce, but 

 cannot be described, being in moult. The tail is incomplete, 

 but seems to be almost square ; bill a little shorter than the 

 head ; the strong tarsus about half as long as the tail. 



Ifrita coronata, sp. n. 



Crown black, with a broad blue circle; lores and a narrow 

 froutal line buff. Above the eye a small rusty buff patch, 

 below the eye a black semicircle. Ear-coverts dark brown, 

 behind the eye a patch of elongated white feathers. Rest of 

 upper parts olive-brown ; tail and wings dark olive-brown ; 

 quills with more yellowish-brown outer edges and rust- 

 coloured inner edges. Some of the wing-coverts with buff 

 tips. Below pale ochraceous, washed with olive-brown on the 

 flanks and vent; throat lighter, almost whitish. Under- 

 wing-coverts bright ochraceous buff. Maxilla deep brown, 

 mandible light-coloured. Wing about 88 mm., tail about 

 63, exposed part of bill 19, tarsus 29. 



Low country east of Port Moresby, Brit. New Guinea. 



