432 Aüt. Reichenow und Herman Schalow: 



439. G eocichla p apuensis. 



IL Seebohm^ Cat. Brit. Mus. Vol. 5. Passeriformes. 1881. 

 p. 158. 



Allied to G. Heinii Gab. Tail with twelve feathers; general 

 colour of tlie underpartS; especially the belly and under tail-coverts, 

 white, barred on the breast and flanks with black; out-side tail 

 feather on each side tipped with white on the inner web fore an 

 inch or more; subterminal spots on feathers of crown and nape 

 ochraeeous brown. Legs, feet, and claws pale brown. 



Wing 4,4; tail 3,05; culm. 0,95; tars. 1,12 inches. 



Hab. : New Guinea. 

 4" 440. Hylociclila Aliciae Bichnelli. 



R. Ridgway, Proc. Un. St. Nat. Mus. 1881. April 6. 1882, 

 p. 377. _ 



Sirailar to H. Aliciae^ but much smaller and (usually) with 

 the bin more slender. 



Wing 3,40—3,50; tail 2,60—2,90; culmen 0,50—0,52. 



Hab. : Northeastern United States (Ulster Coiinty, New York), 

 -t" 441. Hylociclila fuscescens salicicola. 



R. Ridgway, Proc. Un. St. Nat. Mus. 1881. April 6. 1882. 

 p. 374. 



Similar to H. fuscescens, but averaging decidedly larger, the 

 Upper parts much less tawny, and the jugulum less distinctly bufP. 



"Wing 3,80—4,25; tail 2,95—3,40; culmen 0,55-0,60. 



Hab.: Rocky Mountains district. 

 j^ 442. Mar garops dominicensis. 



G. N. Lawrence, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1881. p. 165. 



The entire upper plumage is of a rieh dark brown, the crown 

 is darker and has the edges of the feathers of a lighter shade; 

 tail and quill feathers of a darker brown than the back ; axillars 

 and under wing-coverts white; the lores are blackish brown; the 

 feathers back of the eyes and the ear-coverts have narrow shaft 

 streaks of pale rufous; the feathers of the neck and upper part 

 of the breast are of a warm dark brown, tbose of the chin and 

 middle of the throat with light rufous centres, those of the lower 

 part of the neck and the upper part of the breast have also light 

 rufous centres, but in addition each feather has a light terminal 

 Spot ; on the lower part of the breast and on the sides the feathers 

 have white centres, bordered strikingly with brown ; the markings 

 of the breast-feathers are squamiform in shape, those of the sides 

 lanceolate; the abdomen is white, a few feathers on the upper 

 part are very narrowly margined with brown; under tail eoverts 

 brown, terminating with white; outer feathers of thighs brown, 

 the inner whitish; „iris tea color;" there is a naked space around 

 the eye; bill yellow, with the basal half of the upper mandible 

 dusky; tarsi and toes pale yellow. 



Length 9 inches; wing 5; tail 3^2; tarsus 1^/4; bill from 

 front ^^/lei from gape iVs- Hab.: Island of Dominica. 



