206 Ant. Reichenow und Herman Schalow: 



The female has all the upper and under surface brown, 

 with the breast strongly tinged with red. 



Petroeca ramsayi. 



R. B. Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. IV (1879), p. 172. 



Adult male: Similar to P. goodenovii but distinguished by 

 the centre of the throat being scarlet and not black. Length 

 4,5 inches, culmen 0,4, wing 2,5, tail 1,85. — Female similar 

 to the hen of P. goodenovii but having the forehead and anterior 

 crown dull brick red. 



Hab.: Western Australia. 



Tniethotylacus . 



Cabanis, Ornith. Centralbl. Nr. 18, 15. September 1879, 

 p. 138. 



.{■ Catharus alticola. 



Salvin et Godmann, Biologia Central! Americana Zool. 

 Aves p. 3, Sept. 1879. 



Supra oleagineo - brunneus, uropygio, alis et cauda conco- 

 loribus, pileo paullo rufescentiore; subtus grisescens, ventre imo 

 et crisso albis; rostri maxilla Cornea, mandibula flava; pedibus 

 pallide corylinis. Long, tota 6,75, alae 3,5, caudae 3,0, rostri 

 a rictu 0,9 inches. 



Obs. : Similis G. melpomenae, sed alis extus et corpore supra 

 minus cinnamomeis et rostri et pedum coloribus distinguendus. 

 A. C. frantzii uropygio et cauda oleagineis nee cinnamomeis 

 notatus. 



Hab.: Guatemala (Volcan de Fuego, 6 to 10,000 feet). 



IV. Folge. 



ballidäe. 



Rallus insignis. 



P. L. Sclater, P. Z. S. pt. 1, I.Juli 1880, p. &Q, pl. VIII. 



Supra saturate fuscescenti oleagineus; pileo, capitis lateribus 

 et cervice postica rufo perfusis; subtus niger, fasciis angustis 

 albis usque ad medium ventrem instructus; alis nigricantibus, 

 albo intus transfasciatis, secundariis externis dorso concoloribus; 

 rostro nigro, pedibus carneis. 



Lg. 12, al. 5,4, caud. 1,3, rostri a rictu 1,8, tars. 2,7. 



Hab.: Nova Britannia. * 



Zapomia Watersi. 



Bartlett, Proc. Zool. Soc. pt. IV 1879 (1. April 1880), 

 p. 772, pl. LXIII. 



c/ : Beak dark brown ; top of head, neck, throat, and breast 

 chestnut - brown, darker on top of the head, paler on the cliin; 

 centre of back, scapulars, and upper wing-coverts dark brown, 

 each feather having an elongated black centre; primaries and 

 secondaries dusky brown ; upper tail - coverts, tail, and under 

 tail-coverts dark chestnut-brown, tipped with black ; belly, thighs, 



