1873.] MR. P. L. SCLATER ON BIRDS FROM NEW GUINEA. 693 



et scapularibus albo extus marginatis : rectricibus latercdibus 

 albo terminatis : subalaribus et remigibus intus ad basin albis : 

 rostro et pedibus nigerrimis : long, iota 7"5, ales 4, caudep. 3 7, 

 tarsi 0'8 ; iride nigra. 

 Hab. Papua, Sorong. 



Obs. Sp. colore corporis laetissime flavo ab omnibus hujus generis 

 hucusque descriptis satis diversa. 



8. Climacteris placens, sp. n. 



Supra murino-brunneus, pilei plumis rufescentibus , scapis pallidio- 

 ribus, et nigro anguste terminatis : alis nigris, fascia lata remi- 

 gum basin transeunte et subalaribus ochraceo-fulvis, remigum 

 apicibus et secundariis dorso proximis obscure fuscis : cauda nigra, 

 cinereo terminata, rectricibus duabus mediis dorso fere concolori- 

 bus : subtus dilutior, magis cinerascens, ventre toto et crisso nigro 

 et ochraceo striatis ; plaga suboculari utrinque rufa : rostro 

 nigro ; pedibus flavicantibus ; iride nigra: long, tota 5 '4, a/ce 

 3 - 2, caudcB 2*5, tarsi 0'9, digiti post, sine ungue 6. 

 Hab. Atam, apud montes Papuanos Arfak. 



This discovery of a typical species of this Australian genus in 

 New Guinea is of very great interest. Dr. Schlegel has already 

 recorded the existence of Sittella in the same country (Ned. Tijdsch. 

 iv. p. 47). 



9. Ptilotis cinerea, sp. n. 



Fusca, alis caudaque vegetioribus ; capite toto et corpore subtus 

 cinereis ; abdomine medio pallidiore : remigum et rectricum mar- 

 ginibus internis rufescenti-ockraceis : rostro nigro; pedibus dare 

 citereis : iride late caslanea : long, tota 8, alac 41, caudce 3 9, 

 tarsi 1*1, rostri a rictu 95. 

 Hab. Atam, apud montes Papuanos Arfak. 



This is a plain uniformly coloured species of Ptilotis, apparently 

 somewhat resembling P. unicolor, Gould. The inner margins of the 

 wing- and tail-feathers are of a pale salmon-colour. The wing is 

 pointed, the fourth and fifth feathers being equal and longest ; the 

 first is short, reaching to a length of 2 - 3 in. from the bend. The 

 gonys is nearly straight, the culmen much arched. The nostrils are 

 lateral and linear. 



10. Ptilotis melanophrys, sp. n. 



Supra fusca, alis et cauda extus flavo anguste marginatis ; pileo 

 cinereo lavato : loris et lateribus capitis nigris, fascia suboculari 

 flava : subtus alba, pectore flavo tincto et striis longitudinalibus 

 fuscis asperso : remigum et rectricum marginibus internis cum tec- 

 tricibus subalaribus rufescenti-ochraceis : rostro nigro, pedibus 

 albidis : iride nigra : long, tota 8"5, ala: 4"3, caudce 38, tarsi 1 • 1 . 



Hab. Atam, apud montes Papuanos Arfak. 



This Ptilotis belongs to the same group as P. sonorus, Gould, and 

 its allied species. It may be the Ptilotis auriculata of the Leyden 



