432 MR. K. B. SHAEPE ON THE BIRDS OF NEW GUINEA. 



MoNACHELLA MuELLERiANA (Sclil.) ; SMrpe, Cat. B. Brit. 



Mus. iv. p. 83.— M. saxicolina, Salvad. t. c. ii. p. 83. No. 167. 



Morocco district. " Jada." Found with Grallina Bruijni. 



[A. G.-] 



PoECiLODEYAS ALBiEACiES, Sliarpe, anteh, p. 318. No. 90. 

 Choqeri district. " Iddimattamatta." Legs yellow. [A. G.'\ 



Adult. Greneral colour above olive-green, with a concealed spot 

 of silky white on the sides of the rump ; lesser and median wing- 

 coverts like the back ; primary-coverts and greater series dusky 

 brown, edged with olive-green, the latter slightly tinged- with 

 rufous-brown near the tips ; quills dusky brown, externally olive, 

 a little more yellow in colour than the back ; tail-feathers light 

 brown edged with olive, and having a small tip of ashy white 

 at the end of the inner web ; forehead blackish, extending over 

 the eye ; top of head dark slaty grey, with blackish shaft-streaks 

 to the feathers, which are also very faintly tinged with olive ; lores, 

 feathers in front of the eye impinging on the forehead, feathers 

 above and around the eye, as well as the space below the eye, 

 pure white ; ear-coverts slaty black ; cheeks and chin white, 

 faintly washed with yellow ; throat and under surface of body 

 bright yellow, the sides of the breast and flanks olive-greenish, a 

 tinge of which is also on the centre of the breast ; axillaries 

 bright yellow ; under wing-coverts white washed with yellow, 

 with a dusky patch near the edge of the wing which is also 

 yellow ; quills ashy brown below, whitish along the edge of the 

 inner web. Total length 4*5 inches, culmen 0"55, wing 2*85, tail 

 1'9, tarsus 8. 



MiCRCECA ELAVOTiEESCENs ((rrfl!j/) ; Salvad. t. c. ii. p. 92. No. 

 143. Morocco district. " Bimadamada." [_A. G.] 



PsEUDOGERTGONE PALPEBEOSA (Wallace) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. 

 p. 230. — Gerygone palpebrosa, Salvad. t. c. ii. p. 96. No. 103. 

 Choqeri district. " Chioile." [A. G.^ Hitherto known from the 

 Aru Islands and the Arfak Mountains in North-western New 

 Gruinea. 



^THOMTiAS GUTTATA, sp. n. No. 179. Choqeri district. 

 "Domida." [A. G.'} 



General colour above olive-green, a little clearer and lighter 

 on the lower back and rump, the head rather more dusky olive ; 

 least wing-coverts like the back, the greater series dull ashy 

 brown, externally washed with olive-green ; quills dull ashy brown, 



