. 360 A NATUnALIST'S WANDEBIXGS 



Hob. Insulas Teniinberenscs Larat et Maru. 



Ohs. Sp. gutture albo et dorso postico et crisso castaneis, sicut videtur, 

 facile dignoscendo. . . 



The t"\vo specimens of this species in the collection are both marked as 

 $ ; but the male would probably not differ in coloration/ *^ Irides dark 

 brown; upper mandible sooty brown, lower mandible same at top, but 

 pale flesh colour at base; feet lavender pink." 



This species belongs to the section with small bill, and the tail- 

 feathers much graduated, the outer jiair being 1*3 in, shorter than the 

 middle pair. !Below, the tail is pale, rufous, the inner webs of the 

 xectrices passing into blackish. Above, the outer tail-feathers are 

 margined externally at their bases with the chestnut -red of the rump. 



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24. Myiagra fulviventris, Sclater. 



Supra pi utnbea, capite et dorso niiore cceruleo iindis ; alls et caudafascO' 

 iiigricantibus ; siihlus saturate castaneo-rufa^ abdomme et siibalarihns 

 fulvis ; remigum marginihus interiorihus aJhicantihus ; rostra et pedihus 

 iiigris : long, tota 5"8, alee 2*7, caitdce 2"7. 



Hab. Larat, ins. Tenimberensem. 



Obs, Pi'oxima M, vKfiyidse ex Timor, sed ventre et subalaribus fulvis 

 distinguenda. 



"Irides dark brown, bill lavender-blue, legs and feet black:" Xho 

 type was obtained in Larat on August 2ud, 1882 ; and others later. 



25. MiCRCECA HEMIXANTHA, Sclatcr. 



Sifpra Jfavicanti-olivacea ; alis caiidagnc fuscis dorsi colore marginatts, 

 lor is et luita mperciliari ohsohta flavidis; macula auriculari fusca ; 

 subtiis Jlava, remiguin raargirdbits inter nis alb id is ; subalaribus flavis ; 

 rostri fusel mandiitda inferiore pallida ; pedihts nigris: long, tota 4 '8 



aloe 2*9, caudw 2'1; 

 Bab, Larat et Lutur. 



Obs. Species FotcUodryadl papuanp&, quoad col ores, fere si mills, sed, ut 

 videtur, generi ^Iicroeese apponenda. 



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26. AnTAMiDEs UNiKODUs, Sclatcr, 

 Graucalus imimcduSy P. Z, S. 1883, p. 55. 



The collection contained two ma'es and three females of this species. 

 The sexes are not quite similar, as Wiil be seen from the subjoined 

 diagnoses. 



$ Cinereus ; /route, loris et capitis lateribus cum gutture foto ad medium 

 pectus oeneo-nigris ; alls et caucla nigris tills cinereo extus marginatis ; 

 subalaribus palllde isabellmis ; remlgum pagina ivferiore alblcanti- 

 clnerea ; rostro et pedlbus nigris: long, tota 13'5, alas^7'S, caiidce 6"5, 

 tarsi 1'3. ^ 



$ Marl sunlllSj sed paulum ohscurior et colore nigra 7iisi in loris carens; 

 crassltie paulo minore. 



Hah, Larat, ins. Tenimberens 



Obs. Species Graucalo cmruleo-griseo affinis, sed colore corporis cineras- 

 centiore et remigibus intus non albis distinguenda. 



27. A. TiMOELAOENSis, Meyer, in 'Zeit. f. die Ges. Ornith.' 1884, p. 10. 



28, GrAL'CALUS MELANOP8, V. & H. 



29. Lalage mcesta, Sclater. 



Supra serkeO'Uigra ; superclllis hrevlhus et uropygio albis; alls mgris, 

 tectrlcibus minoribus et majorlhus et sectmdariis albo late terminatis] 

 corpore suhtus, subalaribus et remigum pogonils intcrnis ad basin omn^'^<^ 



