134 GERYGONE PALLIDA, 



Muller in Timor in 1829 and marked by Temmiuck's 

 handwriting „Acanthiza brachyoptera n. spec", has been 

 described lately by Mr. Hartert on specimens collected by 

 Mr. Everett in Savu and Timor {G. everetti Hart. Nov. 

 Zool. 1897, p. 268). 



5, Gerygone pallida (Temm.). 

 »Acanlhiza pallida'''' Tcmm. n. sp. in Mus. Lugd. Bat. 



Male (Cat. n°. 1). All the upper parts and the vsrings 

 pale sandy brown ; wings on the inner web dark brown ; 

 a narrow feathered ring round the eyes pale yellowish ; 

 lores and sides of head brownish, lighter than the head 

 above; all the underparts whitish; under wingcoverts 

 white ; tailfeathers sandy brown (the same colour as above) 

 with a broad blackish subterminal crossband over both 

 webs before the broad smoky brown apical end and here 

 with a large white spot on the inner web, except on the 

 the two central tailfeathers, which are uniform sandy brown 

 with an indication of a dark crossband before the end. Bill 

 and feet dark horuish brown. 



Al. caud. culm. tars. 



54 mm. 38 mm. 8 mm. 18 mm. 



Hab. New Guinea : Lobo-Bay (on the Westcoast). 



The single specimen has been collected by the late Dr. 

 Salomon Muller already in 1828 and belongs most proba- 

 bly still at present to one of the many new but neglected 

 discoveries of this indefatigable naturalist. 



The specimen may be perhaps not quite an old bird 

 (as shown by the narrow yellowish eye-riug) but the pecu- 

 liar coloration of the tailfeathers is alone sufficient to di- 

 stinguish it as a new species ; moreover the uniform whitish 

 under surface, with no marked darker sides and flanks, is 

 rather peculiar. 



The nearly allied G. inornata Wall, is easily distinguished 

 by the dark brown plumage of the upper parts and has 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XX. 



