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coverts briglit blue ; bastard- wing feathers black ; primary-coverts 

 black, edged with blue ; quills black, the primaries slightly, the 

 secondaries more plainly washed with blue externally, the inner- 

 most with olive-brown ; tail dull blue, brighter blue on the edges 

 of the feathers ; base of forehead and lores black, succeeded by a 

 band of dull blue across the foreliead, and forming a distinct eye- 

 brow, which extends to behind the ear-coverts, which are black ; 

 cheeks, lower portion of ear-coverts, and entire throat pure 

 white, narrowly edged with a line of black ; remainder of under 

 surface bright blue ; the under tail-coverts blue, with a broad 

 spot of black at the ends ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 blackish, the outer ones washed with blue ; quills ashy blackish 

 below. Total length 9 inches, culm en 1-05, wing 37, tail 4'3, 

 tarsus 1*35. 



Adult female. Differs from the male in having the entire upper 

 surface chestnut, without any blue ; the chestnut colour is, how- 

 ever, much duller than in the male, except on the lower back and 

 rump ; crown of head dusky brown ; wings as in the male ; tail 

 dull blue, the two centre feathers brown ; lores and plumes at 

 base of nostril black, surmounted by a narrow line of rufous, 

 washed with blue above the eye, and inclining to whitish above 

 the ear-coverts ; cheeks and throat white ; remainder of under 

 surface blue as in the male. Total length 8'5 inches, culmen 1, 

 wing 3*65, tail 3"9, tarsus 1'3. 



Young male. Like the old female, but more dusky on the back, 

 and showing some blue feathers interspersed amongst the rufous 

 plumes of the rump. 



Sab. Astrolabe Mountains, South-eastern New Guinea {coll. 

 A. Ooldie). 



This new species is closely allied to Eupetes castanonotus of 

 Salvadori (' Orn. del. Papuasia,' ii. p. 411); but that bird is described 

 as having the head chestnut like the back, whereas in JE. pulclier 

 it is decidedly dusky in colour. Again, in Count Salvadori's de- 

 scription E. castanonotus is said to have a black band from the 

 lores, surrounding the white throat and widening out on the 

 breast. There is only a narrow black edging to the throat in the 

 bird from South-eastern New Gruinea. 



CmCLOSOMA AJAX {Temm.) ; Salvad. i. c. ii. p. 416. No. 195, 

 Choqeri district. " Ugato." \_A. G.'] Shot in Milne Bay. 

 Iris yellow ; feet flesh-coloured (Htmstein). 



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