G94 MR. P. L. SCLATER ON BIRDS FROM NEW GUINEA. [Nov. 4, 



Museum, of which, however, I believe no description has been pub- 

 lished*. 



1 1 . Melidectes torquatus, gen. et sp. n. (Plate LV.) 



Melidectes gen. nov.f exfamilia Meliphagidarum : rostro elongato, 

 caput (Equunte, tenuiusculo, parum arcuato ; naribus linear ibus, 

 in sulco longitudinali positis : spatio altera postoculari lato et 

 altera postrictali angusto omnino nudis : cauda longa, pauhnn 

 rotundata ; tarsis modicis : alis acutis, modice elongatis. 



Fig. 2. 



Head and foot of Melidectes fnrquata*. 



Melidectes torquatus, sp. n. 



Supra fusca, alis caudaque extus olivaceo vix marginatis ; inter- 

 scapulio nigricante, plumis albo late terminatis : pileo nigro fascia 

 utrinque rubra a spatio oculari nudo diviso l capitis lateribus et 

 gula nigris : pectore albo, fascia lata nigra circumcincto : ventre 

 albido cervino imbuto, lateraliter nigro guttata : tibiis et subala- 

 ribus ochraceo-rufescentibus : rostro griseo : pedibus plumbeis : 

 iride nigra: long, tola 8\0, alee. 4, caudw 3"6, rostri a rictu 1*2, 

 tarsi 1. 



Fern, mari similis. 



Hub. Atam, apud mont. Papuanos Arfak. 



This is a conspicuous new Meliphagine form, not very far from 

 Pti/otis, but distinguishable by the bareness of the sides of the face 



* I have obtained a drawing of Meliphaga auriculata of the Leyden Museum 

 since this paper was read, and find it to be quite different. — P. L. S. 

 f MfXi, mel, et fa)Krr)s, mordicator. 



