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larger expanse of scarlet on the head and neck. The habitat 
is the southeast. 
Another species from southeast New Guinea, along the Fly 
River, differs from the first'named chiefly i in having a glossy 
black upper surface instead of blue. It is known as D. rubri- 
gulare. 
Smaller and more plainly colored is D. pectorale, whose lead- 
ing tints are olive-green above, yellow on head and rump, no 
scarlet whatever excepting on the upper breast, the remaining 
under parts and tail-coverts light yellow, exclusive of the 
whitish under wing-coverts. 
From the Bay of Gielvink comes D. gielvinkianwm or mafoor- 
ense, of an olive color above glossed with steel-blue. Here 
again a shade of red appears on the crown, rump, upper tail- 
coverts and breast. The under surface is a yellowish-white 
bordered along the sides with olivaceous. A more brightly 
tinted variety is named D. jobiense. 
The genus Oreocharis of the Diceide, represented by one 
species, is peculiar to New Guinea; this is Oreocharis arfaki, 
collected by Mr. Goldie in the Antedlobe Mountains. This is 
a larger bird by two inches than those of an allied kind just 
considered. The color above is dissimilar, viz.: an olivaceous, 
somewhat glossed. The dusky wings, however, are touched 
with green and yellow on some of the feathers. So, too, the 
tail above. Crown of the head and sides glossy black, melting 
into bottle-green on the neck. About the eye are dashes of the 
brightest corn-yellow. This is the color also of all the under 
parts, excepting the black throat. The under wings are paler, 
with black touches. A reddish stripe may be seen in the gold _ 
ground of the under parts. 
Urocharis longicauda is likewise the sole species of the genus 
Urocharis, and occupies the same region of the Arfak Moun- 
tains. Above the general color is a shining black, the only 
exceptions being the rump, which is gray, and the tail, where 
on the outer feathers a long spot is visible. The side face is 
olivaceous; this is the color on the under body mingled with 
pale yellow. The female is larger by more than half an inch, 
and is a smooth olive-green. Length, about five inches. The 
tail nearly half this figure. 
