104 Ant. Reichenow uad Herman Schalow: 



Wing rather short, obtusely pointe-fourth quill the longest; third 

 and fifth nearly equal. Tai! moderate, of twelve feathers whieh 

 are subspinose at the apex. Tarsi short. Inner and outer toes 

 nearly equal. Two outer toes connected at base. 



Approaching Golluricincla in structure of bill but exaggera- 

 ting the exsertion of the tips of the tail feathers in that genus. 



135. Prionodura Newtoniana. 



Ch. W. de Vis, Proc. Lin. Soc. N. S. Wales Vol. 7 p. 562. 



Above uniform olive-brown, beneath impure grey. Under sur- 

 faee of wing with the base of the inner webs of the primaries 

 and the entire inner webs of the secondaries broadly edged with 

 pale sulphur-yellow. Under surface of shafts of wing and tail 

 feathers yellow. Gape yellow. Length 8V4 in; wing 4^2; tars 

 iVs; bill %. 



Hab.: TuUy River, Queensland. 



Fam. ORIOLIDAE. 



136. Mim et a decipiens. 



P. L. Sclater, Proc. Z. S. London 1883 p. 199. 



Fuscus fere unicolor, superciliis albidis, pileo nigricanti strio- 

 lato; subtus paulo dilutior, gutture et cervice antica albis, prae- 

 cipue ad latera nigro guttulatis ; pectoris summi plumis quibusdam 

 nigricanti striolatis; regione auriculari nigricante; rostro et pe- 

 dibus nigris. 



Long, tota 11,8; alae 6,5 caudae 5,0. 



Hab.; Larat, insulam Tenimberensem. 



Obs. : Similis M. bouroensi, sed gula albida nigro transversim 

 guttulata et pectoris summi plumis nigricanti striolatis distin- 

 guendus. 



Fam. S2URNIDAE. 



137. Calornis crassa. 



P. L. Sclater, Proc. Z. S. London 1883 p. 56. T. 14. 



Obscure cineraceo-viridis nitore chalybeo ; subtus, praecipue 

 in ventre, paulo magis cineracea; alis caudaque nigris extus 

 dorsi colore lavatis ; remigum marginibus interioribus fuliginosis ; 

 rostro et pedibus nigris ; cauda fere aequali aut paulum rotundata. 

 Long, tota 7,3; alae 4,1 ; cauda 2,8. Fem. supra cineracea, striis 

 scaparum nigris variegata; alis caudaque fusco nigris; subtus 

 alba nigro flammulata; crassitie fere eadem. 



Hab.: Larat, inss. Tenimberensium, 



Obs.: Species cauda fere aequali, corpore crasso, rostro 

 robusto et colore maris uniformi notabilis. 

 Fam. ICTERIDAE. 



138. Eucorystes. 



P. L. Sclater, Ibis (5) Vol. 1. p. 147. 



E. gen. nov. Ocyalo clypeo frontali maximo supra oculos 

 producto, rostri culmine incurvato, crista nuchali tenui et alis bre- 

 vioribus diversum. 



Typ.: Cassicus Wagleri Gray. 



