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second. Tail composed of 1.2 feathers, rather more than 

 two-thirds of the leugth of the ^viug ; rectrices about equal in 

 length, slightly pointed at the tips. Metatarsus long, longer 

 than the middle toe with claw, covered in front with a lamina 

 which shows some two or tliree divisions only near the toes. 

 Sexes dissimilar in coloration. 



Dammeria henuici, sp. n. 



Adult male. Above dark slaty blue; lores and feathers of 

 the forehead darker, nearly black. Above the lores, from the 

 eye to nearly the middle of the forehead, aline of pure white 

 feathers, similar to that found in many species of the genus 

 Brachypteryx. Under surface dark slaty blue; chin darker, 

 almost black ; in the middle of the throat a white, sometimics 

 concealed, patch. Feathers of the chest and breast with 

 narrower or wider longitudinal white spots near the tips ; 

 those of the belly and sides of rump tipped with white; 

 under tail-coverts nearly black with white patches. Remiges 

 brownish grey towards the bases of the inner webs ; under 

 wing-coverts slate-colour, partly tipped with Mhite. Iris 

 brown, bill black, feet blackish plumbeous. Total length 

 about 130 mm., wing 68-69, tail 50, metatarsus .20, culmeu 

 from forehead about 15^ bill from end of nostril to tip 7. 



Acbdt female. Above olive with a ru>ty wash; a buff 

 superciliary line from the forehead to above the eye. 

 Remiges olive-brown, outer webs edged with rusty brown, 

 pale brown towards the base of tlie inner webs. Ear-coverts 

 with pale shaft-lines. Under surface rusty butf, tirigliter on 

 the throat and chest, and wash.ed with olive on the sides and 

 Hanks; feathers of the chest with olive patches, producing a 

 somewhat striped appearance. Feet pale tlesh-colour. ^Viug 

 6-1—65 mm. 



Immature male. Resembles the adult female, but with the 

 upper surface darker and the feathers tipped with ferru- 

 ginous, the chest more streaked, and the superciliary stripe 

 less developed. 



Hub. Island of Dammer in the Band a Sea, vrhere it was 

 discovered by -Mr. Kilhn. 



