37 I Dr. P. L. Sclater on a ran' 



second ; secondaries long. Tail of ten feathers, rounded. 

 Legs robust. Anterior tarsal scute almost entire. 



" Eulacestoma nigropectus, n. s. Male at 5,650 feet : 

 iris dark-grey, April 22nd. — Upper surface olive-green ; the 

 feathers of the back, rump, and upper tail-coverts edged with 

 erreenish-vellow, which is almost yellow on the sides of the 

 mantle ; chin and upper throat pale yellow ; lower throat 

 and breast black; flanks, abdomen, and under tail-coverts pale 

 olive-green ; wing-coverts black, the greater with olive-green 

 margins. Wing fuscous-brown; primaries edged with olive- 

 grey, secondaries with rufous-olive. Tail brown, the feathers 

 edged with olive; head olive, lores black, broadly tipped 

 with greenish-yellow; ear-coverts and face olive; wattle 

 pinky brown (in life pink). Wings and tail beneath pale 

 slate-brown ; axillaries greenish-grey ; under wing-coverts 

 grey, near the metacarpal edge blackish ; legs dark-brown ; 

 bill brown-black. Length, 110 mm. ; wing, G5 ; tail, 55 ; 

 culmen, ( J ; tarsus, 17." 



This is a fairly accurate description of the male of the 

 pair, belonging to the Tring Museum, now figured (Plate IX.), 

 and I have no doubt that they have been correctly referred 

 to Mr. De Vis's Eulacestoma nigropectus. 



Both the specimens were obtained at Avera, on the Aroa 

 River, British New Guinea, by Mr. A. S. Meek (or his 

 collector), on May 31st, 190.3. The Aroa River is situated 

 north of Redsar Bay and north-west of Port Moresby *. 



They may be shortly diagnosed as follows : — 

 J . Supra oleagineo-viridis ; fronte ct interscapulii raargine 

 exteriore flavescentibus, loris et aiis nigris ; remigum 

 primariorum et secundariorum necnon tectrieum margi- 

 nibus externis oleagineo-viridibus, dorso coneoloribus : 

 subtus oleagineo-viridis, scuto magno peetorali ct ventre 

 medio nigris ; subalaribus pallide cinereis; cauda 

 nigrieante, rectricibus externis viridi anguste marginatis ; 

 earuncula rictali utrinque elongata. brunnea (in ave 

 viva- rubro-carnea) : rostro nigro, pedibus violaceo- 

 nigrieantibus. Long, tota 4"3, ahe 2*7, cauche L8 (poll, 

 et dec. Angl.). 



* Sec Nov. Zool. x. p. 435 and xi. p. 310. 



