from British New Guinea. 33 



87. Ch^torhynchus pa?uensis^ Meyer. 

 Musgrave Range, from 7000 to 9000 feet. 



38. Strepera ROSA- alba, n. sp. [Op. cit. p. 110.) 

 Female. General colour above and below black ; head a 



little mottled with grey. A rosette in front of the shoulder ; 

 axillaries — inner tertiaries at the base of both webs forming 

 a stripe along the wing ; preanals, subcaudals, distal supra- 

 caudals, and a large spot near the tip of the inner webs of the 

 two outermost rectrices white. Legs and feet black. Bill 

 dingy white, stained irregularly with blue and with a bluish- 

 black tip. Total length 285 mm., wing 154, tail 136, tarsus 

 28, bill 40, 20 in height, and 18 in breadth at the base. 



The fii'st primary is less than three fourths of the second 

 in length ; the tip of the wing is formed by the fourth and 

 fifth, but the third is nearly equal to them in length. Culmeu 

 a little decurved, and feebly hooked at the tip; rictal bristles 

 present ; tarsal scutes completely fused ; hallux shorter than 

 middle toe. These details are given because the bird does 

 not fit well into Strepera, Gymnorhina, or Cracticus. 



Hub. Sudest Island. 



39. Rhectes dichrous, Bp. 



40. Colluricincla discolor, u. sp. (0/?. cit. p. 111.) 

 Male. Back, scapulars, rump, supracaudals, edge of secon- 

 dary, outer webs of tertiaries, and edges of tail-feathers 

 olive-green, washed with yellow, especially on the rump. 

 Head, neck, and hind neck brown, contrasting with the 

 back. Wing and tail brown. Lower surface brownish- 

 white, fading to white on throat and chin and middle of 

 lower abdomen, browner and washed with yellow on sides 

 of breast and flanks. Subcaudals pale citron-yellow. Fea- 

 thers of lower throat with dusky central streaks. Under 

 wing-coverts dark grey, with broad pale-grey edges. Edge 

 of wing grey, under surface of wing ashy brown, the edges of 

 the quills pale grey. Bill black. Legs and feet dark brown. 

 Total length 180 mm., wing 103, tail 88, bill 20, tarsus 25. 



Hub. Sudest Island. Three examples, two males, one 

 female. 



SER. VI. VOL, III, D 



