SPHECOTHERES HYPOLEUCUS. 1'29 



NOTE XXII. 



ON SEVEN NEW SPECIES OF BIRDS IN THE 



LEYDEN MUSEUM FROM THE ISLANDS OF WETTER, 



KISSER, LETTI AND NEW-GUINEA 



BY 



Dr. O. PINSCH. 



1. Sphecotlteres hypoleucus, n. sp. 



Adult male (Cat. ') n°. 1). Head, nape and earcoverts 

 black ; remaining upper parts olive-green, brighter and 

 more yellowish green on the rump and upper taileoverts; 

 wings black ; the primaries and their coverts on the outer 

 web narrowly margined with pale greenish olive, the second- 

 aries broadly with brighter yellowish green ; the two 

 central tailfeathers washed with dull olive-green, the re- 

 mainder black, margined on the outer web with olive- 

 green, wider towards the base, almost imperceptibly on 

 the two outermost ones ; the four outermost ones on each 

 side with white tips, confined almost to the inner web; 

 whole under surface, as also the cheeks, sides of neck and 

 under wingcoverts white with a faint yellowish hue; 

 wings and tail from below ashy grey. Bill and feet black ; 

 a narrow ring round the eye and the space between eye 

 and gape naked and flesh-coloured (in the living bird 

 » reddish-yellow": Schadler). » [rides dark brown" (Schadler). 



Adult female (Cat. n°. 2). General colour above olive- 

 brown, the head mottled with darker brown shaftstripes, 



1) MS. Catalogue in preparation. 



Notes from the Leyden IMuseutn , Vol. X.X.. 



