132 GERYGONE WETTERENSIS. 



3. Gerygone wetterensis, n. sp. 



Male (Cat. n°. 1). All the upper parts dull olive-brown ; 

 lower back, rump and upper tailcoverts changing into 

 brownish rufescent ; wings dark brown , with a narrow 

 greenish brown margin on the outer web ; wingcoverts 

 brown like the back ; a narrow feathered ring round the 

 eye pale yellowish; a pale yellowish white loral stripe; 

 earcoverts brownish; fore-cheeks washed with yellowish, 

 sides of neck, chin and throat white, the same as the under 

 wing- and tailcoverts, the remaining under parts faintly 

 washed with yellowish, sides of breast and flanks distinct 

 yellowish isabelline ; tailfeathers brownish black (except the 

 two central ones), white at the tip of the inner web, the 

 outer web tipped with smoky brown, extending a little on the 

 inner web ; the white end-spot of the outermost tailfeather 

 runs also, but indistinctly, on the outer web; on the re- 

 maining tailfeathers the white apical spots diminish in 

 extension and get smaller towards the innermost feathers. 

 Bill and feet brownish black. »Irides whitish grey" (Schadler). 



Another male (Oat. n°. 2) agrees in every respect, but 

 the sides of the breast and flanks are only very faintly 

 washed yellowish. 



Al. caud. culm. tars. 



48 mm. 39 mm. 10 mm. 20 mm. N°. 1. 



50 » 40 » 9 » — » 2. 



Hab. Island of Wetter (collected by Mr. K. Schadler: 

 February and March 1898). 



Judging from the narrow yellowish eye-ring both spe- 

 cimens may be perhaps not fully adult ones. 



The pattern of the tailfeathers in this species is almosb 

 the same as in G. pallida Temm., but lacks the rufescent 

 colour on the basal half, moreover G. wetterensis is above 

 dull olive-brown, the under parts are white with a distinct 

 yellowish isabelline wash on the sides ; the bill is also con- 

 siderably longer and the wings are shorter than in G. pallida. 



"Notes from the Leyclen Museum, Vol. XX. 



