1870.] MESSRS. HARTLAUB AND FINSCH ON LOBIOSPIZA. 817 
fibrous expansions from the humeral muscles, more especially the 
great pectoral, masto-humeral, the subscapularis, the infraspinatns, 
and deltoid. 
2. On Lobiospiza notabilis, a remarkable new Finch from the 
Navigator’s Islands. By Dr. G. Harrzavs, F.M.Z.S., 
and Dr. O. Finscn, C.M.Z.S. 
(Plate XLIX.) 
In a collection of birds sent for determination from the private 
museum of Messrs. Johann and Cesar Godefroy of Hamburg, we 
received a little Finch, which proves to be new to science. The single 
specimen was collected by the well-known explorer of the Central 
Pacific Islands, Dr. Eduard Griiffe, in the island of Upolu. 
We congratulate the indefatigable traveller upon this discovery, it 
being the more important and interesting inasmuch as, until now, 
among the extensive series of Fringilline birds no member has been 
found having the gape ornamented with wattles. The ‘“ Wattled 
Finch,” therefore, merits, in our opinion, to rank as the type of a 
new genus, which we propose to call 
Losrospiza, gen. nov. 
Char. gen.— Rostrum robustum, integrum, rotundatum, basi dilatato- 
incrassatum, culmine rotundato ; naribus occultis ; rictu caruncu- 
lato, caruncula rotundata, verrucis duabus obsita. 
Ale longiuscule, remigibus tertio et quarto equilongis; primo 
brevissimo (3'"') 
Cauda brevior, mollis, attenuata; rectricibus augustatis, debilibus, 
apicibus subacuminatis. 
Pedes majusculi, graciles ; tarso caligato ; digito interno et externo 
e@quilongis ; unguibus acutis, compressis, valde arcuatis. 
The most striking feature in this singular genus is, as already 
mentioned, the presence of wattles. These are composed by the 
margins of the angle of the mouth, which are swollen and prominent, 
forming a rounded leaf-like small caruncle, which is besides 
ornamented with two small prominent granule-like verrucee. These 
caruncles resemble those of Heteralocha; but in the latter they are 
considerably further extended, and smooth. The remaining generic 
characters agree with those of the nearest ally, Amblyura, Reichb., 
except in having the bill proportionally stouter and more fornicated. 
LosBiosPIZA NOTABILIS, sp. nov. (Plate XLIX.) 
Diagn.—Tota obscure et obsolete cerulescens, plumis basin versus 
nigricantibus : subius pallidior ; remigibus et rectricibus nigris, 
cerulescente marginatis ; caude tectricibus superioribus fusce- 
scentibus ; plumulis supranasalibus conspicue nigricantibus ; rostro 
flavida, apice nigricante ; pedibus infuscatis. 
