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greenish blue, the centre of the crown dusky ; a black spot on the 

 ear-coverts extending towards the nape ; back dusky, the feathers 

 margined with greenish blue ; wings dusky, the quills margined 

 with rufous olive, shoulder-coverts margined with greenish blue ; tail 

 dusky olive, with a minute whitish spot at the tips of the feathers ; 

 thighs rufous-tipped. Bill black ; feet dusky. 



Total length 5-| in. ; wing 2\ in. ; bill from gape y^ in. 



The bill in this species is nearly as broad as in Machcerirhynchus. 

 I have named this interesting bird after Mr. George Robert Gray, 

 who has described the other species of this genus sent home by me. 



Hub. N.W. peninsula of New Guinea: Mountains of Sorong. 



4. Gracula pectoralis. 



Black, the feathers broadly margined with metallic green and 

 purple ; plumes of the neck and breast decomposed, and of a rich 

 orange-buff colour, as are also the vent, rump, and upper tail-coverts ; 

 on the nape a collar of whitish buff reaching round to the orange of 

 the throat ; under tail-coverts cream-white, tinged with orange at 

 the base ; a white band across the wings towards the tips. Iris 

 yellow ; bill and feet pale yellow. 



Total length 10 in. ; wing 5f in. 



The young bird has the breast and belly black, uniformly mar- 

 gined with light orange. 



This species differs from the rest of the genus in having neither 

 wattles nor naked skin on the face, but in general structure and co- 

 loration closely resembles the other species. 



Hub. N.W. peninsula of New Guinea: Sorong. 



5. Ptilonopus htjmeralis. 



Very near P. iozonus, G. R. Gray, but a little larger, and at once 

 distinguished by the violet-grey patch on the shoulder having its 

 lower half deep purple ; the tail also wants the grey apical band of 

 that species, which is replaced by a subapical narrow one, only visi- 

 ble on the lateral feathers and beneath. The wing-coverts are all of 

 a rich violet grey, margined with green. Chin ashy ; the rest as in 

 P. iozonus. Bill greenish, tipped with bright yellow, base above red 

 and swollen ; feet purple-red. 



Total length 8| in. ; wing 4|- in. 



Hab. Salwatty, and the adjacent coast of New Guinea. 



Descriptions of some New Genera and Species of Fishes 



OBTAINED AT MADEIRA. By JAMES YaTE JOHNSON, CoRR. 



Mem. Z. S. 



Order MALACOPTERYGII APODES, Cuv. 



Sect. Phaneromycteres, Kaup. 



Fam. MuryenidjE. 



PseudomurjEna, gen. nov. 



Dorsal, anal, and caudal fins united ; no pectoral fins ; gill-open- 



