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middle feathers which are partially white. There are scat- 

 tered markings, moreover, of black, intermingled with white 

 on the back and wings. All else is a pure white above and 

 beneath. The female is perhaps not of such glossy plumage 

 and has less white on the back. She is also smaller than her 

 mate by half an inch. Total length 13 inches. 



Another species from Southeastern New Guinea, collected 

 by Mr. Stone and others, is called Cradicus mentalis or spald- 

 ingii. This Dr. E. P. Ramsay of the Sydney Museum believes 

 to be identical with C. crassirostris, a species separated by 

 Count Salvadori from C. quoyi, already described, though by 

 some regarded as one and the same. 0. mentalis is about 10 

 inches long. The white is banded so as to divide the black of 

 neck and back. Chin black. 



In addition to those not very happily named birds — Eupe- 

 tes— already mentioned in a previous article, two or three spe- 

 cies may be briefly described. 



Eupetes incertus is colored above a warm ruddy brown, the 

 tail not quite so bright. White, bordered by dusky covers 

 the throat, side face and abdomen. Over the chest and along 

 the side body the plumage is rufous, the under tail coverts 

 buff. Bill and feet are dark. Total length about 7 inches. 

 The mountains of the northwest are the home of this species, 

 as also of Eupetes leucostictus whose breast is flecked with white 

 as its name indicates. This Eupetes is boldly colored with its 

 chestnutbrown head and mantle, and its glossed dark green 

 body and black wings spotted white on the coverts. Instead, 

 however, of the usual white throat, the throat is black, al- 

 though there is much white on either side. Black marks, too, 

 lie on the face near the eye, the chin and upper breast. The 

 lower parts are gray with a bluish tinge. The tail is black, 

 the exterior feathers tipped with white, the middle ones oily 

 green. The bill, feet and eye are black. Altogether this spec- 

 imen is a remarkably fine one, unlike, in many respects, most 

 of its family. 



Eupetea pulcher, discovered in the Astrolabe Mountains, by 

 Mr. Goldie, may be briefly described as differing from E. cas- 

 tftnotus (Amer. Nat., No. 343, p. 634) only in having the head 



