434 MR. E. B. SHAEPE Olf THE BIED8 OF KEW GUINEA. 



the scapulars like the mantle ; the lower back, rump, and upper 

 tail-coverts lighter and more maroon-brown ; two centre tail- 

 feathers chestnut, with a subterminal mark of blackish. ; remainder 

 of tail-feathers black, tipped with chestnut, increasing in extent 

 towards the outermost, which is also cbestnut along the outer web ; 

 wing-coverts chestnut; bastard- wing and priuiarj^-coverts black; 

 quills black, externally chestnut, broader on the secondaries, the 

 innermost of which are entirely cbestnut ; entire head and nape 

 as well as the sides of the face and ear-coverts slaty grey, blackish 

 on the lores and on extreme base of forehead and below the eye, 

 the ear-coverts also blackish ; fore part of cheeks and chin ashy 

 grey ; hinder cheeks and throat chestnut barred with grey ; re- 

 mainder of under surface rich chestnut, becoming paler towards 

 the flanks and uuder tail-coverts ; under wing-coverts like the 

 breast, as also the axillaries; quills black below, rufous along the 

 inner web. Total length 6'8 inches, culmen 0"8, wing 4"2, tail 

 3'4, tarsus 0'85. 



Apparently only females of this new species have been sent ; and 

 on comparing them with the hen of -27. schisticeps, it is evident that 

 tliey do not belong to the same species, as in the bird now sent 

 the ear-coverts and cheeks are dark ashy grey instead of being 

 rufous. I have compared them carefully with our specimens in 

 the British Museum. 



Edoliisoma melas (Milll.) ; Saload. t. c. ii. p. 143. No. 140 

 [c? ad.]. Morocco district. " Nagioa." Nos. 81 [c? juv.], 82 

 [$ ad.]. Taburi district. "Toato." [A. G.] 



TiAJjA.QE'KAnv (Less.); Salvad.t. cAi.^. 161. No. 117. Choqeri 

 district. " Dellorrome." [A. G.] The characters mentioned by 

 Count Salvador! seem to be constant ; and it is perhaps better to 

 separate X. karu from JO. leuco^nela. 



Campoch^ea Sloetii (ScJil.) ; Salvad. t. c. ii. p. 165. No. 120. 

 Choqeri district. '* Jannao." {_A. G'.] 



Aetamus leucogastee (FflZ.) ; Salvad. t. c. ii. p. 167. No. 125. 

 Morocco district. " Ta-ito." [A. (?.] 



Chibia caebonaeia {8. Miill.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 238. — 

 Dicruropsis carbonaria, Salvad. t. c. ii. p. 177. No. 83. Taburi 

 district. " Kekkacino." [A. GJ] 



CH-ffiTOEHTNCHTJS PAPTJENSis, Meyer; Salvad. t. c. ii. p. 183. 

 No. 102. Choqeri district, " Kecio." [A G^.] 



