18 PASSE Bh 
shorter, with culmen straight, and with gonys likewise straight, not ascending. Rictal bristles 
obsolete. Wing rather long, somewhat pointed; third, fourth and fifth primaries longest; first 
primary narrow, short, not reaching beyond tip of primary coverts; secondaries short. Tail 
about half as long as wing, much rounded, with rectrices broad and distinctly rounded at tip. 
Tarsus about as long as hind toe with claw, and longer than middle toe; claw of hallux equal 
in length to digit, Wing 83, tail 44, tarsus 15, bill 18,5 mm. 
Coloration. — Plumage soft. Sexes slightly different. The adult female is coloured as 
follows : Forehead, chin and a few feathers on ear coverts bright rosy red; general colour of 
upper and under parts black, the feathers with broad plumbeous margins; on the lower rump 
a number of rosy-red spots, Quills dusky, the inner webs of primaries and outer secondaries 
with a broad white band, as in some species of Neositta. Rectrices dusky, the four outer pairs 
with broad, pink tips. The male differs by having a broad band across forehead and the sides 
of the head crimson, and the throat-feathers also crimson with white bases. Young males have 
the forehead and throat cinnamon; back and breast are mottled, secondaries and rectrices 
tipped with cinnamon, Bill black, feet yellow. 
Geographical Distribution. — New Guinea. Monotyfpic. 
Habits and Nidification unknown. 
1. Daphenositta miranda De Vis. 
Daphoenositta miranda De Vis, The Ibis (7), Vol. 3, p. 380 (1877) (Mount Scratchley, Brit. New Guinea; — 9). 
Daphoenositta miranda frontalis Oort, Notes Leyd. Mus. Vol. 32, n° 4, p. 214 (Dec. 1910) (Hellwig Mts., S.W. New 
Guinea; = ©). 
Fig. The Ibis (7), Vol. 4, 1898, p. 208, pl. 4. 
Hab. Mount Scratchley in British New Guinea, at elevations of 12.000 feet; southern Dutch New 
Guinea | Hellwig Mts.) 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE 
Fig. 1. Head of Sitta canadensis whiteheadi, o. 
— 2. Head of Sitta europza europea. 
— 2a, Foot of Sitta europza europza. 
Tail of Sitta europea europea. 
— 3. Head of Callisitta frontalis frontalis, o. 
— 3a. Foot of Callisitta frontalis frontalis, o". 
— 4, Head of Sitta europzea sinensis. 
5, Callisitta formosa, 
— 6. Head of Neositta albifrons, co. 
— 7. Head of Neositta albifrons, Q. 
Munich, Ist June IoIt. 
