430 MK. K. B. SHABPE ON THE BIHDS OF NEW GUINEA. 



-SIgotheles Bennetti, Sahad. Sf B'Alh. ; Salvad. t. c. i. 

 p. 525. No. 86. " Bowshukker." Taburi district. [A G^.] 



Macropteetx mtstacea (Less.); Salvad. t. c. i. p. 537. 

 No. 137. Morocco district. " Oiloya." [A. G.'] East Cape. 

 Iris umber-brown ; beak and feet black. {Hunstein.) 



CoLLOCALiA ESCUiiENTA (i.) ; Salvad. t. c. i. p. 540. No. 190. 

 Choqeri district. " Winbiago." [_A. G.'\ 



CoLLOCALiA EUCIPHAOA {TJiunh.); Salvad. t. c. i. p. 544. 

 No. 191. Choqeri district. " Winbiago." [^. G^.] 



HiEUNDO JAYANICA, Spar7'm. ; Salvad. op. cit. ii. p. 3. No. 165. 

 Morocco district. " Urubiago." \_A. G.'\ 



Peltops Blainvillei {Less. Sf Gam.) ; Salvad. op. cit. ii. p. 8. 

 No. 112. Choqeri district. "Torri-iba." Eyes deep crimson; 

 legs black. [_A. O.'] 



MoNAECHA MELANOPSis (Vieill.) ; Salvad. t. c. ii. p. 16. No. 100. 

 Choqeri district. "Nageoa." [_A. G.^ 



Agrees witb the description of Australian birds given in my 

 Catalogue (vol.. iv. p. 430), and with specimens in the Museum 

 from the continent of Australia and South-eastern New Gruinea. 

 Mr. Groldie does not seem to have considered it distinct from 

 M. periophthalmicus ; and until we know the coloration of both 

 sexes of the latter bird, it is possible to imagine that it may have 

 a female indistinguishable from the male of M. melanopsis of 

 Australia. I think this is scarcely likely to be the case ; and as 

 we know that M. melanopsis is by no means uncommon in South- 

 eastern New Guinea, it is most likely that Mr. Groldie procured 

 both species in the same locality, but did not notice the differences 

 between them. 



MoNAECHA PEElOPHTHA-LMicus, Sharpe, anted, p. 318. No. 100. 

 "Nageoa." Morocco district. [^A. G.'] 



At first sight this species would appear to be the same as 

 Jf.yrfli^'er of Sclater from the Arfak Mountains ; but in the de- 

 scription of the type given by me in my ' Catalogue,' the feathers 

 round and in front of the eye are described as " hoary white, the 

 black colour confined to the chin and upper part of the throat, 

 lores, and feathers at the angle of the mouth.^^ 



In the species from the Astrolabe Mountains the whole of the 

 feathers round the eye and below it are also black. I add a de- 

 tailed description : — General colour above pearl^y grey, a little 



