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  ciput 
  and 
  crown 
  cream-white, 
  the 
  latter 
  slightly 
  tinged 
  with 
  

   blue; 
  breast, 
  upper 
  abdomen, 
  thigh, 
  hinder 
  cheek, 
  and 
  a 
  

   broad 
  band 
  across 
  occiput 
  and 
  upper 
  back 
  dull 
  blue 
  ; 
  the 
  

   rest 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  surface 
  bright 
  olive-green. 
  Lower 
  

   abdomen, 
  vent, 
  under 
  tail-coverts, 
  and 
  a 
  hypochondrial 
  patch 
  

   dull 
  golden 
  yellow. 
  Wing 
  above 
  fuscous, 
  the 
  primaries 
  

   narrowly 
  edged 
  with 
  greenish 
  grey, 
  the 
  rest 
  with 
  olive-green. 
  

   Tail 
  above 
  brown 
  on 
  the 
  inner, 
  dull 
  blue 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  webs 
  ; 
  

   the 
  median 
  feathers 
  blue 
  on 
  both 
  webs. 
  Lower 
  surface 
  of 
  

   wing 
  and 
  tail 
  brown 
  ; 
  inner 
  webs 
  of 
  remiges 
  obscurely 
  edged 
  

   with 
  ashy 
  grey. 
  fnder 
  wing-coverts 
  ashy 
  grey 
  with 
  dark 
  

   brown 
  tips. 
  Bill 
  black 
  ; 
  legs 
  and 
  feet 
  blackish 
  brown 
  ; 
  iris 
  

   brown. 
  Total 
  length 
  190-0 
  millim. 
  ; 
  wing 
  87-0 
  ; 
  tail 
  1100 
  ; 
  

   bill(gape) 
  IG'O; 
  tarsus 
  30-0. 
  

  

  " 
  Hab. 
  Musgrave 
  Range, 
  British 
  New 
  Guinea, 
  7000-8000 
  

   feet, 
  July 
  1891 
  [Sir 
  Wm. 
  Macgregor)." 
  

  

  As 
  regards 
  Amalocichla 
  sclateriana, 
  which 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  

   described 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  paper, 
  I 
  can 
  only 
  say 
  that 
  I 
  

   think 
  this 
  form 
  rather 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  Turdidse 
  than 
  to 
  the 
  

   Timeliidse, 
  as 
  suggested 
  by 
  Mr. 
  de 
  Vis. 
  The 
  wings 
  are 
  short 
  

   and 
  rounded, 
  it 
  is 
  true, 
  but 
  the 
  bill 
  and 
  feet 
  are 
  those 
  of 
  

   Turdus, 
  and 
  the 
  pale 
  fulvous 
  bar 
  on 
  the 
  under 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  

   remiges 
  seems 
  to 
  betray 
  Geocichline 
  affinities. 
  Lnfortunately 
  

   the 
  only 
  individual 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  obtained 
  is 
  not 
  in 
  perfect 
  

   plumage 
  and 
  is 
  in 
  partial 
  moult. 
  

  

  I 
  subjoin, 
  for 
  facility 
  of 
  reference, 
  ^[r. 
  de 
  Vis's 
  descrip- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  this 
  rare 
  form 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  "^ 
  Amalocichla, 
  de 
  Vis. 
  

   " 
  Bill 
  Geocichline, 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  nostril 
  small 
  and 
  placed 
  

   in 
  the 
  anterior 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  nasal 
  groove, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  under 
  

   mandible 
  straight 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  tip, 
  which 
  is 
  slightly 
  deflected 
  ; 
  

   mandibular 
  notch 
  shallow. 
  Rictal 
  bristles 
  moderate. 
  Wing 
  

   short, 
  rounded, 
  concave 
  ; 
  first 
  primary 
  about 
  half 
  its 
  length 
  

   shorter 
  than 
  the 
  second 
  ; 
  second 
  to 
  fifth, 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  longest, 
  

   graduated. 
  Tail 
  of 
  twelve 
  feathers, 
  rounded, 
  shorter 
  than 
  

   wing. 
  Tarsus 
  elongate, 
  slender, 
  ocreate. 
  Plumage 
  soft 
  and 
  

   loose. 
  

  

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  VOL. 
  v. 
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