1862.] MR. A. R. WALLACE ON BIRDS FROM NEW GUINEA. 165 
teresting species, hitherto only known by specimens in the French 
or Dutch collections, and now, I believe, for the first time exhibited 
in England, viz. :— 
Nasiterna pygmea, Q. & G. Remarkable as being the smallest 
of the Psitéaci, and for its curious, rigid, spined tail. 
Tanysiptera nympha, G. R. Gray. This specimen decides the 
locality of this interesting and beautiful bird to be the N. W. penin- 
sula of New Guinea, in the interior. 
Peltops blainvillii, Garn. This rare bird also inhabits the island 
of Mysol, where a single specimen was obtained by Herr Rosenberg. 
Mine came from the N.W. of New Guinea. 
Eupetes cerulescens, Temm. This bird and the last seem quite 
out of place in New Guinea, as we must pass over all the Moluccas 
and Celebes to find their nearest allies in Borneo, Java, and Su- 
matra. 
Ptilorhynchus buccoides, Mill. 
Hierococcyx leucolophus, Mill. 
Campephaga melas, Mill. 
Besides these, adult specimens of the fine Talegalla cuvieri were 
also obtained, and Mr. Allen’s collection also comprises five new 
species of great interest—a Pigeon, a Kingfisher, a Parrot, and two 
Passeres, of which the descriptions follow. 
1. CorIPHILUS RUBRONOTATUS. 
Above dark green; beneath yellow green; a large spot on the 
forehead, sides of the breast, and under wing-coverts bright red; a 
spot on the upper tail-coverts dull red ; ear-coverts deep blue ; wings 
and tail as in C. placentis. Bill and cere carmine-red ; feet pale red. 
Total length 94 in.; wings 3,3; in. 
Allied to C. placentis, but smaller, and wants the red face and 
blue rump which distinguish that species, as well as the yellow- 
tinged crown, which is replaced by a red spot. 
Hab. Salwatty, and the N.W. extremity of New Guinea. 
2. HaLcyon niGrocyAngEA. (Pl. XIX.) 
Back, and sides of the head and neck, deep black ; throat, lower 
part of the breast, and belly white; forehead and crown deep blue, 
margined from the eyes round the nape with lighter blue; a band 
across the breast, the shoulders, and wing-coverts deep blue; quills . 
dusky black, margined with blue to near the tips; middle of the 
back narrowly white, shading into blue, which becomes dark on the 
tail-coverts; tail deep blue, inner margins of the feathers and be- 
neath black ; under tail-coverts black, tipped with blue; sides of the 
breast and flanks black ; under wing-coverts black, with a white 
central band. Bill Le pale in the centre beneath ; feet black. 
Total length 9 in.; wing 32 in. 
The young bird has slightly tufous lores, and the pectoral band 
rufous mingled with black and blue. 
Hab. N.W. peninsula of New Guinea. 
