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NOTE X. 

 PSETJDOGERYGONE RUBRA. 



On Pseudogerygone rubra , a remarkable new species 

 of Flycatcher , from the Arfak Mountains , North- Wes- 

 tern New Guinea. By R. Bowdler Sharpe, F. L. S. etc. 

 In the course of examination of the genus Gerygone I 

 encountered the greatest difficulty in classifying and arran- 

 ging the species , which are very numerous , but I found 

 at last that it would be better to divide the genus into 

 two , for which the wing-formula proved a great assistance. 

 Thus all the species of true Gerygone , of which G. alhigula- 

 ris (Gould) is the type , have the second primary lengthen- 

 ed, and exceeding the secondaries. The species which 

 I place in this genus are the following: 



1. Gerygone albigularis (Gould). Hab. Australia. 



2. » cinerascens, Sharpe. Hab. S. E. New Guinea. 



3. » inornata, Wall. Hab. Timor. 



4. » simplex, Cab. Hab. Luzon. 



5. » sulfurea. Wall. Hab. Solor. 



6. » flaveola, Cab. Hab. Borneo, Celebes. 



7. » xanthogastra , Salvad. Hab. Misori. 



On the other hand there remain a large number of 

 species in which the second primary is equal to the secon- 

 daries in length, and these I am going to place in the 

 new genus Pseudogerygone , the most typical of which will 

 be P. personata (Gould) , which I make the type of the genus. 



1. P. personata (Gould). Hab. N. E. AustraHa. 



2. P. palpebrosa (Wall.). Hab. N. W. New Guinea: 

 Aru-Islands. 



Notes from the Leyden IMuseum. 



