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almost as deep a hue. All else is a glossy green-reflecting 
black, save a few yellow feathers near theneck. Bill, feet and 
eyes are light yellow. Length, 10 inches. Another species— 
Melanopyrrhus or Gracula anais, has less vivid orange than 
orientalis, but is marked similarly excepting on the head 
which instead of a rich yellow is glossy black, the bright 
color not appearing until a broad collar is seen round the 
neck and throat. 
D’Albertis in his Journal desea another Mina, very 
scarce, which he considered new to science. The male has the 
“head, neck and breast of a rich orange golden color; 
throat and sides of the head, dark blackish green; abdomen 
above and below black, each feather margined with dark 
shining green; rump and tail-coverts deep golden orange; 
belly yellow, under tail-cover white tipped by a light yellow, 
wings and tail black, primaries white spotted, bill, eyes and 
feet, yellow.” The traveler named the bird Mina. robersonia. 
The Chestnut-backed Eupetes—EHupetes castanonotus, is a 
small, noticeable bird found among the Astralobe Mountains 
in Eastern New Guinea, and in those of the northwest. The 
general color above is a rich chestnut. The lower back, 
rump and upper tail-coverts a clear blue. Wing-coverts are a 
bright blue with the shaft lines plainly visible. Some red- 
dish stains tinge the scapulars while some small black feathers 
may also be descried. The tail is of a dull blue cast with 
clearer edges. The head is banded by a pale blue stripe 
above the eyes. Black markings diversify the face and run 
as a narrow rim around the pure white throat and cheeks. 
The under parts are a bright blue. At the termination of the © a 
under tail-feathers are broad patches of black. The length of 
the male bird is 9 inches. The female is somewhat smaller, 
differing further in having the entire upper surface chestnut 
without any blue. The tone is duller, however, excepting on 
the lower back and rump. 
Beccaris Scrub Robin—Drymoedus beccarii—is a plain 
bird, distinctively Australian in character, found in the 
mountainous regions of New Guinea. The general color 
above is a lightish brown, wing-coverts ashy brown and black 
