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4:i. Ptilotis finschi spec. nov. 



Alxivp warm lirown with the feathers darker in the mi(klle, rnmp somewhat 

 lirigiiter ami more luiitbnu, feathers of crown very dark in the centre, edged 

 with olive-brown. Rectrices brown with rnfims-olive borders, inner webs below 

 with cinnamon edges. Wings warm brown, outwardly edged with yellowish 

 olive, inwardly very widely bordered with bright cinnamon. Under wing-coverts 

 bright cinnamon. Under surface brown, throat and middle of underside paler, 

 more yellowish brown. Wing 93i, tail TO, tarsus 23'1, bill only IG mm. The 

 small hill, entirely feathered sides of head, and absence of any yellow spots 

 behind the ear-coverts and any elongated feathers there, make this bird very 

 conspicuous. In its general build and these characters it agrees with P. 

 fulvocinerea and proxima (which may be the same?), which we do not possess, 

 but the colour is quite different. 



One specimen from the mountains of British New Guinea, Weiske's 

 preparation, purchased from Mclhvraith and McEacharn in London. {Tt^/je.) 



A skin from Blilne Bay in the Leyden Museum seems to belong to this 

 same sjiecies, which is named in honour of Dr. Otto Fiusch. 



44. Eafa maculata gen. et spec. nov. (PI. XIV., fig. 1.) 



EaJ'a gen. nov. 



Differs from Ptilotis and allied genera by the form of its bill, which is 

 not longer than the head and very wide, not running into a sharp point, but 

 rounded off, just before the ti]), with a small indentation on each side (see figure 

 on PI. XIV.) Nostrils in a long groove reaching nearly to the middle of the 

 bill, protected by a soft oi)erculum. The culmen is nearly straight for its basal 

 half, well curved at its distal half. First primary tapering, not quite half 

 the length of the second, which is 1 cm. shorter than the third ; the fourth 

 and fifth are about 'Z mm. longer than the third, about equal, and form the 

 tip of the wing. Tail very slightly rounded off, about two-sevenths of the length 

 of the wing. Feet strong, tarsus long. Coloration peculiar. 



Eafa maculata spec. nov. 



Bill (in skin) brown. Upperside deep olive-brown, with brownish white 

 fringes to the feathers of the head and neck, and somewhat triangular whitish 

 tips to those of the back, rump and tail-coverts ; the rump is slightly more 

 greenish and more uniform, the whitish tips being less distinct, the upper 

 taU-coverts much more greenish. Wing-coverts dark brown with greenish edges 

 and faint whitish tijis. Quills dark brown with yellowish green outer edges 

 and whitish inner borders. Rectrices deep brown with greenish outer borders, 

 the outermost pair with a large white patch, about 12 mm, long, on the inner 

 web, and a small white tip, the next three pairs with white tijis, decreasing in 

 extent from (i to 2 mm. Underside dark olive-brown with large, more or 

 less roundish, white tips to the feathers, under tail-feathers dark olive-browu 

 with wide whitish borders and tips. Under wing-coverts and axillaries white 

 with dark brown shaft-streaks. Feet (in skin) blackish brown. Wing 75, tail 

 .53, tarsus lOG, bill from end of feathering 10, just before indentation near tip 

 fully 2 mm. wide. 



