1873.] MR. P. L. SCLATKR ON BIRDS FROM NEW GUINEA. 



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and bare stripe behind the rictus. These are separated by a scanty 

 line of feathers extending beneath the eye. 



A pair of these birds were obtained by Signor d'Albertis at Atam 

 in October 1872. 



12. Melipotes gymnops, gen. et sp. n. (Plate LVI.) 

 Melipotes* gen. nov. ex/am. Meliphagidarum, rostro crass iuscwlo, 

 breviore quam caput, culmine arcuato, gonyde recta ; naribus 

 ovalibus : regione auriculari late nuda et subtus carunculata : 

 alis modicis : cauda modica paulum elongata. 



Fig. 3. 



Head, wing, and foot of Melipotes gymnops. 



Melipotes gymnops, sp. n. 



Ex cinereo niger : regione oculari late nuda et subtus in carunculam 

 auricularem producta carnea : alis fuscescenti-olivaceo extus 

 limbatis : tectricum alarium superiorum minorum et ventris p>lumis 

 striis elongatis pallide cervinis scapam occupantibus et inde in 

 maculas cordiformes excurrentibus ornatis : ventre imo et crisso 

 cum tectricibus subalaribus et remigum Umbo inleriore rufescenti- 

 cervinis : rostro nigro, pedibus obscure plumbeis : iride nigra : 

 long, tota 9, alee 4"5, caudce 4'2, tarsi 1*2, rostri a rictu - 95. 

 Hab. Atam, apud montes Papuanos Arfak. 



This form of the Meliphagine family is very distinct on account of 

 the denudation of the whole ocular region, which is fringed below by a 

 narrow caruncle. D'Albertis's notes do not give the colour of these 

 * MeXi, met, et worjjs, potator. 



