^80 ON A FLYCATCHKR FROM NEW GUINEA. [DcC. 2, 



CORVUS LATIROSTRIS, MejCF. 



Corvus validissimus, Sclat. (nee Schlegel), P. Z. S. 1883, pp. 21, 

 200 ; Forbes, P. Z. S. 1884, p. 4^3, n. 43. 



Corvus latirostris, Meyer, Zeitschr. f. d. ges. Orn. 1884, p. 199. 



One typical specimen. 



I have already expressed my doubts (' Ibis,' 1884, p. 355) as to 

 the Crow from Timor-Laut being C. validissimus, Schlegel. And 

 after having seen the specimen sent me by Dr. Meyer, I fully agree 

 with him that it has nothing whatever to do with that species, and 

 that it is a peculiar one, allied to C. orru, but with a much wider 

 lobe at the base of the bill. 



Ptilopus flavo-virescens, Meyer. 



Ptilopus xanthogaster, Sclat. (nee Wagler), P. Z. S. 1S83, pp. 51, 

 195, 200 ; Forbes, P. Z. S. 1884, pp. 430, 433, n. 4/. 



Ptilopvs flavovirescens, Meyer, op. eit. p. 50. 



Four typical specimens, which are undoubtedly different from 

 those from Ke Islands, Banka, and Khoor, in having the neck and 

 head more conspicuously greenish, the grey shield on the chest a 

 little darker, and in some other minor points ; but whether the dif- 

 ferences are really specific I cannot decide. In my ' Ornitologia della 

 Papuasia,' vol. iii. p. 6, I have already alluded to the differences, 

 without con.sidering them of specific value, shown by the specimens 

 from Lettie and from Khoor compared with those from Banda. 



5. Description of a supposed new Species of Flycatcher, of 

 the genus Rhijndura, from Kew Guinea. 15y E. P. 

 Ramsay, F.E.S.E., C.M.Z.S., F.L.S., &c. 



[K«ceived iS'ovember 18, 1884.] 



Rhipidura fallax, sp. nov. 



Male. Whole of the upper and under surface black ; concealed 

 portions of the quills of the wings and tail slightly brownish ; apical 

 half of the under wing-coverts and of the axillaries silky white ; bill, 

 rictus, legs, and feet black. Total length 5 '5 inches, wing 3, tail 3, 

 tarsus 0"7, bill from forehead 0'6,from nostril 0"35, from gape 0"55. 



Hab. Astrolabe Range of S.E. New Guinea. 



Obs. In plumage E. fallax resembles Salvadori's description of 

 M. hrachi/rhyncha of Schlegel, but there is no trace of white over 

 the eye in the present bird. 



The feathers on the forehead and loreal region are erect and the 

 tips slightly glossy ; a very slight metallic gloss on the head and chest. 

 The bill is stout and strong, arched to the tip, where it is laterally 

 compressed. On the whole this bird has the appearance of a 

 miniature Dicrurus, and may have to be placed in a new genus. 



