1895.] Birds of New Guinea. 635 
barred with white. Middle tail feathers brown tipped with 
white. The head is of a darker brown with a spot of black 
beneath each eye. The cheeks and throat are a dingy white. 
Under parts are of a paler brown running into ashy along the 
sides. Under tail-coverts brown, under wing-coverts dusky 
tipped with wide white bars. Bill black. Feet light. Length, 
7 inches. 
A Moluccan Bulbul—Criniger chloris—is a rather long, 
slender bird of a shaded yellow color, about 8.5 inches in 
length. The head is dark, almost black, sides of the throat 
slightly speckled. Tail is long and broad. Bill long and 
black. Feet black. Iris black. Male and female alike. 
This graceful bird inhabits Batchian and Gilolo, falling, there- 
fore, within the geographical limits of Papua. 
Though dull in color the Naked-faced Honey-eater—Melipo- 
tes gymnops—is not the least interesting of the division of birds 
to which it belongs. Very many of the honey eaters are remark- 
able for their rich variegated plumage and the elegance of their 
forms. New Guinea contains numerous species peculiar to its 
own territory, while sharing with other portions of Malaysia 
the possession of many more. The species just noted comes 
from the Arfak Mountains. It is a small bird with a total 
length of 8.5 inches only. The prevailing color is dark brown 
cinereous, deepest on the back and shoulders. The face is bare 
and of a dingy yellow or mud color; a tint almost the same 
is seen on the thighs and near the vent. These are the only 
parts which can boast of any brightness. The abdomen and 
lower breast present a slightly mottled or striated appearance 
because of the presence of straggling light feathers over the 
dark slate ground color. The under tailis also of a slate color 
unrelieved excepting by the white quills. Bill and feet black, 
the former short and sharp. D’Albertis classified this honey- 
eater as a new genus and new species, calling it also a beauti- 
ful bird. It hardly deserves this epithet as we have seen. 
Among the many Lories of New Guinea, one of the love- 
liest in harmonious blending of rich colors is the Red-fronted 
Chalcopsitta scintillata, Temm. It is of small size, only a foot 
long and of a warm, soft green plumage set off with carmine 
