494 Mil. a. 13. SHAllPE ON THE 



Fam. Ctpselidjd. 



35. Ctpseltjs pacificus (Lath.), Sclater, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 599. 

 Log. Port Moresby. One adult specimen obtained. 



[36. CoLLOCALiA TEEBJE-EEGIN^, Bumsay, P.Z. S. 1874, p. 601 ; 

 Gould, Birds of New Guinea, part i. 



Observed, according to Mr. Petterd ; but no specimens were 

 sent.] 



Order PASSERES. 



Eam. PiTTiD^. 



37. Pitta novje-gfine^, Mull. &f Schl. ; Sharpe, antea, p. 315. 

 Log. " Grenerally distributed in the brushes." 



Earn. Ttjedid^. 



38. Maltjeits albosoapulatus, Meyer ; Sharpe, antea, p. 315. 

 Log. Plentiful at Port Moresby. 



Dr. Meyer's type specimen having been sent by him to Mr. 

 Gould, I have had an opportunity of comparing Mr. Stone's 

 specimens with it. I find them identical in plumage ; but the 

 bird from S.E. New Guinea is smaller. Total length 4"1 inches, 

 culmen 0"5, wing 1"8, tail 1*65,^ tarsus 0"85. Probably twenty 

 specimens were in Mr. Stone's collection, but unfortunately the 

 sexes were not indicated. I could, however, perceive no differ- 

 ence in colour beyond a less glossy appearance in some. These 

 were probably females, as D' Albertis's specimens seem to resemble 

 the males exactly. 



39. Cisticola EUPiCEPs, Gould; ;S'^«rjoe, antea, p. 315. 

 Log. Port Moresby. 



All Mr. Stone's examples are similar and agree with Cape-Tork 

 specimens of C. ruJiGeps. 



40. Geeygone cineeascens, sp. n. 



General colour above ashy brown, with a faint tinge of olive on 

 the rump ; wing-coverts brown, narrowly edged with whity brown; 

 quills brown, edged externally with whity brown,these edges broader 

 and paler on the secondaries; two centre tail-feathers ashy brown, 

 subterminally darker brown ; rest of the tail-feathers ashy brown, 

 with a large white spot on the tip of the inner web, before which is 

 a broad subterminal bar of black, the inner web below this having 

 another white notch ; at the base of the bill a line of white feathers ; 

 region of the eye and ear-coverts light brown ; cheeks and entire 



