26 POECILODRYAS CINEREA. 



1. Poecilodryas cerviniventris (Gould). 



2. » superciliosa (Gould). 



3. » ciuerea, sp. n. 



4. » brachyura (Sclater). 



5. » hypoleuca '(Gray). 



6. » bimaculata (Salvad.). 



7. » albinotata (Salvad.). 



8. » leucops (Salvad.). 



9. » capito (Gould). 



10. » nana (Ramsay). 



11. » papuana (Meyer). 



The new species which I propose to describe is the 

 above-mentioned 



Poecilodryas cinerea. 



P. similis P. hrachyura sed macula mentali nigra nulla 

 et Cauda, basali alba distinguenda. 



Adult female. General colour above bluish grey, a little dul- 

 ler on the head : wings browner than the back , the least 

 wing-coverts alone grey like the latter , the secondaries with a 

 small brown spot at the tip : upper tail-coverts black : the two 

 central tail-feathers black , the remainder white for the basal 

 half, black for the remainder: a liue across the base of the 

 forehead , lores and feathers round the eye dusky blackish , 

 the ear-coverts also washed with dusky: cheeks and under 

 surface of body white , washed with grey on the sides of 

 the breast and flanks: under wing-coverts blackish, with 

 a white spot near the edge of the wing: quills dusky 

 blackish below , with a considerable amount of white near 

 the base of some of the quills. Total length 5.G inches, 

 culmen 0.65, wing 3.35, tail 2.4, tarsus 0.8. 



Hah. Noisaroe, Arfak Mountains, Jan. 16th 1876. {coll. 

 Brxdjn). 



Typus in Mus. Lugd. 



Leyden Museum Nov. 6, 1878. R. B. S. 



JS^otes from the Leyclen IMuseura. 



