430 MR. G. R. GRAY ON NEW BIRDS [DeC. 10, 



the female. The male is of a deep slaty grey, not unlike the Cam- 

 pephaga tenuirostris of Australia. The young male is of a pale 

 rufous, changing to deep slaty grey . 



CaMPEPHAGA (LaLAGe) ATROVIRENS, G. R. Gr. 



Greenish black ; lower part of the back, body beneath, some of 

 the wing-coverts, broadly tipped and margined, and the outer mar- 

 gins of secondaries and tertials, white ; upper tail-coverts black, mar- 

 gined with white, and the tips of the outer tail-feathers white. Bill 

 very small, and black ; feet plumbeous. 



Total length 8", bill from gape 8'", wings 3" 11'". 



The young bird is fuscous black, the feathers of the under sur- 

 face narrowly margined with fuscous black, under tail-coverts like 

 those of the adult, but with less white on the lower part of the back. 



Hab. Mysol. 



Rectes uropygialis, G. R. Gr. 



Its general appearance is similar to Rectes dichroits, but it is 

 larger and of a darker rufous colour, with the lower part of the back 

 as well as the tail-coverts deep black. 



Total length 1 1", bill from gape 1" 3'", wings 5". 



Hab. Mysol. 



Rectes leucorhynchus, G. R. Gr. 



It is above the size of Rectes strepitans, to which it is also very 

 similar in colour, but it is easily distinguished by the colour of the 

 bill, which is of a yellowish white. 



Total length 12" 3"', bill from gape 1" 4"', wiugs 5" 11"'. 



Hab. Gagie. 



Rectes cerviniventris, G. R. Gr. 



This bird is nearest to Rectes ch'rocephalus, but it is much smaller, 

 and diifers in the colour of the back, wings, and tail. Head and 

 throat brownish grey ; back the same colour, but darker ; wings and 

 tail brown, margined with rufous ; abdomen and under tail-coverts 

 rufous buff. 



Total length 9" 5"'. bill from gape 1" 3"', wings 3" 11"'. 



Hab. Gagie. 



Myiolestes affinis, G. R. Gr. 



It is like the Myiolestes aruensis on the upper surface, but the 

 head has a slight tinge of grey ; beneath, the body pale yellowish 

 fuscous ; throat slightly varied with white. It is rather smaller in 

 its general measurements. 



Hab. Gagie. 



Cracticus personatus, var. 



The examples of Waigiou and Mysol have longer bills and a greater 

 quantity of white on the tips of the outer tail-feathers. The New 

 Guinean examples appear to be rather wider at the base of the cul- 

 meu than in that part of the Aru, Waigiou, and Mysol specimens, 

 but the length of the bill is about the same. 



