384 Mr. C. W. De Vis on new or little-known 



beak black; under eye light blue, behind eye yellow or 

 orange-yellow ; feet grey." Length 240 mm., wing 109, tail 

 128, culmen 27, tarsus 30. 



Four males, three females : '' Mt. Scratchley, at 12,200 feet, 

 Sept. 25th-Oct. 6th, 1896 ; contents of stomach, fruits in two, 

 insects in the others."' Three spirit-specimens. 



The tail is strongly graduated ; there is a caruncular fold 

 in the skin of the lower eyelid, varying in distinctness in 

 different specimens. These birds are in full moult. 



24. Neneba prasina, gen. et sp. nov. 

 Neneba, gen. nov. 



Bill strong, subconical, shorter than the rest of the head, 

 as deep as broad at forehead ; culmen strong, straight at 

 base, gently curved to tip; gonys convex in middle; nostrils 

 round, naked, at the end of a coriaceous groove ; rictal 

 bristles few and feeble; Aving moderate, narrow, pointed, 

 tip formed by third, fourth, and fifth primaries, fourth and 

 fifth equal and longest, first half as long as second ; tarsus 

 moderate, scute almost entire in front ; hind toe strong, as 

 long as middle toe ; tail moderate, rounded. Habit slender ; 

 colouring plain. 



Neneba prasina, sp. nov. 



Head, hind neck, ear-coverts, and sides of head brown, 

 washed with olive ; back, rump, upper tail-coverts, and edges 

 of remiges and rectrices olive-green, edges of primaries 

 brighter ; wings and tail brown ; chin and throat pale earth- 

 brown, faintly washed with green and streaked with pale 

 yellow ; breast, abdomen, and under tail-coverts sordid 

 greenish grey, with broad, obscure, yellowish, longitudinal 

 edge-streaks on the breast and abdomen ; round the eye a 

 ring of differentiated feathers russet-green ; under wing- 

 coverts white dappled with grey : " iris light brown ; beak 

 brown ; feet grey.'' 



Male: '^ Neneba, Mt. Scratchley, at 4000 feet, Nov. 9th, 

 1896 ; contents of stomach, seeds." 



25. ZosTEROPs cuicui, sp. nov. 



Male. Above uniform green, wings and tail brown, edged 



