34 CATALOGUE OF BIRDS FROM NEW GUINEA. 



Rectes STREPITANS. 



Rectes strepitans, Jacq. & Puch. Voy. Pole Sud, t. 6. f. 1 . 

 Rectes ferrugineus, Bp. Compt. Rend. xxxi. p. 563. 

 Hab. New Guinea (west coast) (Homb. fy Jacq.). 

 a, b. Aru Islands. Procured from Mr. Wallace. 



Myiolestes megarhynchus. 



Muscicapa megarhyncha, Quoy & Gaim. Voy. Astrol. t. 3. f. 1. 



Myiolestes megarhynchus, Mull., Pr. B. Consp. Ay. i. p. 358. 



Napothera elaeio'ides, Mull. (Mus. Lugd.). 



Hab. New Guinea (Havre-Dorey). From the Leyden Museum. 



Myiolestes aruensis. 



Myiolestes aruensis, G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. S. 1858, p. 180. 



Differs from the M. megarhynchus hy heing of an obscure olive- 

 colour, darker on the head ; the outer webs of quills greyish brown ; 

 and the under surface pale rusty colour, with the throat more in- 

 clined to white. 



Length 7" 3'" ; wings 3" 4'". 



5 similar to the $ , but with the greater wing-coverts and tertials 

 deep rusty brown. 



a. Aru Islands. Procured from Mr. Wallace. 



Myiolestes pulverulentus. 



Myiolestes pulverulentus, Mull. ; Pr. B. Consp. Av. p. 358. 

 Hab. New Guinea (Matter). 



Cracticus cassicus. 



*£~ Ramphastos cassicus, Bodd. Tabl. PI. Enl. d'Aubent. p. 38. 

 Coracias varia, Gm. S. N. i. p. 381. 

 Barita Sonnerati, Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 346. 

 Barita varia, Mull. Verh. Ethn. p. 22. 

 ■§- Cracticus cassicus, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 300. 

 Hab. New Guinea (Auct.) ; Lobo (Mutter). 



Cracticus personatus. 



Cracticus personatus, Temm. (Mus. Lugd.) ; Sclater, Proc. L. S. 

 1858, p. 162 ; ? G. R. Gray, Proc. Z. S. 1858, p. 180. 



Hab. New Guinea; Lobo (Mutter). 



a-c. Aru Islands. Procured from Mr. Wallace. 



These specimens differ from C. varians in having the black extend- 

 ing further on the breast, and in having more white at the tips of 

 the outer tail-feathers. 



Cracticus Quoyi. 



Barita Quoyi, Less. Voy. Coqu. t. 14. 



Cracticus Quoyi, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. App. p. 14. 



Hab. New Guinea ; Havre-Dorey (Lesson). 



a, b. Aru Islands. Procured from Mr. Wallace. 



