166 MR. A. R. WALLACE ON BIRDS FROM NEW GUINEA. [June 10, 



3. TODOPSIS GRAYI. 



Beneath bluish white, almost white on the throat ; head light- 

 greenish blue, the centre of the crown dusky ; a black spot on the 

 ear-coverts extending towards the nape ; back dusky, the feathers 

 margined with greenish blue ; wings dusky, the quills margined 

 with rufous olive, shoulder-coverts margined with greenish blue ; tail 

 dusky olive, with a minute whitish spot at the tips of the feathers ; 

 thighs rufous-tipped. Bill black ; feet dusky. 



Total length 5f in. ; wing 2^ in. ; bill from gape -j^ in. 



The bill in this species is nearly as broad as in Machcei'irhynchus. 

 I have named this interesting bird after Mr. George Robert Gray, 

 who has described the other species of this genus sent home by me. 



Hab. N.W. peninsula of New Guinea: Mountains of Sorong. 



4. Gracula pectoralis. (PI. XX.) 



Black, the feathers broadly margined with metallic green and 

 purple ; plumes of the neck and breast decomposed, and of a rich 

 orange-buff colour, as are also the vent, rump, and upper tail-coverts ; 

 on the nape a collar of whitish buff reaching round to the orange of 

 the throat ; under tail-coverts cream -white, tinged with orange at 

 the base ; a white band across the wings towards the tips. Iris 

 yellow ; bill and feet pale yellow. 



Total length 10 in. ; wing 5f in. 



The young bird has the breast and belly black, uniformly mar- 

 gined with light orange. 



This species differs from the rest of the genus in having neither 

 wattles nor naked skin on the face, but in general structure and co- 

 loration closely resembles the other species. 



Hab. N.W. peninsula of New Guinea: Sorong. 



5. Ptilonopus humeralis. (PI. XXI.) 



Very near P. iozonus, G. R. Gray, but a little larger, and at once 

 distinguished by the violet-grey patch on the shoulder haying its 

 lower half deep purple ; the tail also wants the grey apical band of 

 that species, which is replaced by a subapical narrow one, only visi- 

 ble on the lateral feathers and beneath. The wing-coverts are all of 

 a rich violet grey, margined with green. Chin ashy ; the rest as in 

 P. iozonus. Bill greenish, tipped with bright yellow, base above red 

 and swollen ; feet purple red. 



Total length 8| in. ; wing 4|- in. 



Hab. Salwatty, and the adjacent coast of New Guinea. 



