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Distinguished from C. melanorhyncha by the rather bright 

 olive- green of the upper surface, contrasting with the clear 

 dull brown of the head and neck, and by other characters. 



41. Pachycephala schlegeli, Rosenb. 

 Musgrave Range, 7000 to 9000 feet. 



43. Pristorhamphus versteri, Finsch. 

 Mount Musgrave, at 8000 feet. 



43. Myzomela nigrita, Gr. 

 St. Aignan. 



44. Myzomela rosenbergi, Sclat. 

 Mount Knutsford, at 1900 feet. 



45. Myzomela cineracea, Sclat. 

 Eossel Island. 



46. Melirrhophetes ochromelas, Meyer, 

 Mount Knutsford, 



47. Melirrhophetes beleordi, n. sp. {Op. cit. p. 111.) 

 Female, young. Front, sinciput, lores, subocular region, 



and ear-coverts dull black. A broad stripe commencing over 

 the middle of the eye and running back towards the occiput 

 white. Naked ocular and. temporal region apparently deep 

 blue; lower eyelid apparently red. Chin and throat greyish 

 black, bounded above by a broad white stripe descending 

 from the mandible ; hind neck brownish grey ; nape and 

 lower back greyish brown, mantle and wing-coverts fuscous, 

 the feathers broadly margined with grey ; upper tail-coverts 

 brown, faintly margined with olive /'under surface and sides of 

 neck grey -brown ; the feathers of the abdomen faintly tipped 

 with grey. Thighs fuscous brown ; under tail-coverts and 

 adjacent feathers of the flanks ferruginous. Wing-coverts 

 fuscous ; the greater series narrowly edged with olive-green. 

 Quills brown ; all but the first and second primaries edged 

 externally with golden green ; under wing- coverts, ashy grey ; 

 under surface of wings ashy brown. Tail brown ; the fea- 

 thers narrowly edged with golden green, and very narrowly 

 tipped with greyish white. Bill black. Legs and feet reddish 



