442 ME. E. B. SHAEPE ON THE BIEDS OP NEW GUINEA. 



Detmcedus Beccaeit, Salvad. ; id. t. c. ii. p. 417. No. 107. 

 Choqeri district. " Nike." [^. G.] 



CiSTicoi/A ETjncEPS, Gould ; Solvad. t. c. ii. p. 423. No. 121. 

 Morocco district. " Tuaita." Ground-bird. \_A. G.'] 



MuNiA GEANDis, SJiarpe, antea, p. 319. No. 105. Taburi 

 district. " Quaita." [A. G.'] 



General colour above light bay, the rump and upper tail-coverts 

 shining straw-yellow ; least and median wing-coverts like the 

 back ; greater coverts darker and more chestnut; primary-coverts 

 and quills dusky brown, externally chestnut, the innermost secon- 

 daries entirely of the latter colour ; ceutre tail-feathers straw- 

 yellow, dark brown along the middle ; remainder of tail-feathers 

 dark brown, edged with straw-yellow ; entire head and neck all 

 round jet-black, as well as the breast and entire under surface, 

 with the exception of a patch of light chestnut on the sides of the 

 breast and upper flanks ; under wing-coverts and axillaries light 

 reddish, the lower series ashy rufous ; quills dusky brown below, 

 ashy rufous along the edge of the inner web. Total length 

 4 inches, culmen 0"5, wing 2'2, tail 1*55, tarsus 0*65. 



DONACICOLA NIGEICEPS, Bamsay ; Salvad. t. c. ii. p. 441, 

 No. 113. Choqeri district. " Tudita." Eyes very dark ; legs dark 

 slate-colour. \_A. G.'] A very distinct species, of which Mr. 

 Goldie sends a large series. 



MiNO DuMONTi, Less. ; Salvad. t. c. ii. p. 466. East Cape 

 {Bunstein). 



Mabtjcodia Comeii, Sclater ; Salvad. t. c. ii. p. 497. " Shot on 

 Normanby Island ; not seen elsewhere. Kind of Crow, with a 

 windpipe commencing at the beak and extending down the throat 

 to the abdomen, and back to the throat. Their note is a whistle — 

 r-r-r-r-r. Iris red ; feet black." {Sunstein.) 



Manucodia chaltbeata (Penn.) ; Salvad. t. c. ii. p. 498. 

 No. 79. Taburi district. "Manadubu." {_A. G^.] 



Phontgama Keeatjdeeni, Less. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 180. — 

 P. Jamesii, Sharpe, t. c. p. 181. — Manucodia Keraudrenii, Salvad. 

 t. c. ii. p. 510. East Cape {Hunstein). As already mentioned, I 

 am content to believe P. Jamesii to be the same as P. Keraudreni. 



Phonygama Htjnsteini, sp. n. — P. siniilis P. Keraudreni, 

 Less., sed purpurea, nee chalybeo-nitens, capite undique oleaceo- 



