1865.] FROM THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO. 479 
striatis; partibus inferioribus fusco-olivaceis, tectricibus alarum 
inferioribus albis. 
Very near N. siparaja, Rafil., from which it differs by the yellow- 
striped throat, the red-margined quills, the blue instead of violet tail- 
coverts, the darker under parts, and the shorter tail. The whole 
bird is also larger. Bill olive, reddish below; feet dusky. 
Total length 43 inches; wing 2,1;; tail 12; bill, to front, 35. 
Hab. Menado (Celebes). 
NECTARINIA PORPHYROLEMA. 
Purpureo-nigra ; pileo aureo-viridi ; dorso infimo, uropygio et 
humeris @neo-ceruleis; jugulo violaceo, linea eneo-cerulea 
utrinque marginato. 
Purple-black ; crown golden green ; bend of the wing, lesser wing- 
coverts, lower part of the back, upper tail-coverts, and outer edges 
of the tail-feathers steel-blue; throat changeable violet-purple, with 
a line from the gape on each side steel-blue. 
Total length 43 inches; wing 2;%,; tail 1}; bill, from gape, =8;. 
Hab. Macassar. 
NECTARINIA GRAYI. 
Purpureo-nigra ; pileo aureo-viridi ; nucha, dorso supremo et pec- 
tore purpureo-ferrugineis ; dorso infimo, tectricibus alarum et 
caude superiortbus ceruleo-eneis ; jugulo violaceo-amethystino 
linea eneo-cerulea utringue marginato. 
Purple-black ; crown golden green; nape, back, and breast rich 
purplish rust-colour ; rump, upper tail- and wing-coverts, and mar- 
gins of the tail-feathers steel-blue; throat violet-red, margined on 
each side by a line from the gape of steel-blue. 
Total length 43 inches; wing 2}; tail 1,9; bill, from gape, 58). 
Hab. Menado. 
Remark.—Mr. G. R. Gray had proposed to name this richly 
coloured species after myself; but as he has left it hitherto unde- 
scribed, I have called it after him. 
MuNIA TRISTISSIMA. 
Fusco-brunnea ; alis caudaque fusco-nigris ; plumis medio singulis 
pallide striatis, tectricibus alarum superioribus tenuiter pallide 
marginatis, inferioribus remigumque marginibus ochraceo-albis. 
Dusky brown; wings and tail blackish ; the feathers of the head 
and body with a fine median pale line ; upper wing-coverts very nar- 
rowly tipped with whitish ; under wing-coverts and margins of the 
quills buffy white ; bill black; feet dusky. 
Total length 4 inches; wing 1+}; tail 13; bill, from front, 1, 
Hab. New Guinea (north-western extremity). 
Remark.—This is the first Finch that has been recorded from New 
Guinea, and its sombre plumage contrasts strongly with the many 
