a decidedly dusky shade instead of chestnut, and a narrow- 

 black edging to the throat in place of a somewhat broad band 

 of black. Length 9 inches. Female a trifle smaller. 



Eupetes ajax (Temm.) or Cinclosoma ajax, as Dr. Sharpe pre- 

 fers to call it, classing it as distinct from the Eupetes, is a 

 thrushlike bird about the same size as the foregoing. The 

 general color above is a dull brown, becoming darker near 

 and upon the tail and wings. The wing coverts, however, are 

 a shining black ; the same is true of the exterior tail feather-. 

 excepting their ends. About the head also there is consider- 

 able glossy black which runs down the sides of the neck and 

 becomes the sole color of the throat and upper breast. 



White, which appears on the face, is seen on the underparts 

 sometimes rimmed with a streak of black, as on the breast 

 and abdomen, sometimes intermixed with it as on the tail and 

 wing coverts. The sides of the body are of a ruddy tinge. 



The general color of Eupetes nigricrwms above, including 

 the tail and wings, is bluish, becoming dark, almost black 

 towards the wing extremities, with bluish margins. On the 

 face, especially about the eye there is much black ; a band of 

 the same runs around the neck, bordering the pure white 

 throat. White spots the cheeks, also enclosed by black. The 

 under parts are a slate color, with a bluish cast ; this is true as 

 well of the tail and under wing. Length 8 inches. The fe- 

 male is similar though a little smaller. The male lacks the 

 clear stripe of white above the eye, which the female possesses. 

 Habitat, Southeastern New Guinea. 



Of the Drymoedus, a group allied with the Eupetes, a species 

 named Drymoxdn* beccarii is the inhabitant of Southern New- 

 Guinea and the neighboring islands. The color of this pretty 

 bird is a warm brown above, the head darker, the wings pale 

 brown and black with white tips. The tail is similarly 

 marked. White and black markings diversify the side face 

 about the eye. The rest of the face and throat are clear white. 

 The under parts are a buff, more or less variable ; the crissum 

 a dark brown. As on the wings above, so below the colora- 

 tion contains bars of white in addition to the dusky brown. 

 The bill is black. The length is about 7 inches. 



