OENITIIOLOOY OP NEW GUINEA. 



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chest;, and sides of upper breast yellowisli green, darker on the 

 latter ; remainder of under surface of body bright yellow ; under 

 wing-coverts and axillaries whitish, washed with yellow, with a 

 dark greenish patch near the outer edge of the wing ; quills dusky 

 brown below, whitish along the basal edge of the inner web ; 

 bill black ; feet pale yellowish in skin. 



This appears to me to be a'very distinct species of Poecihdrijas, 

 nearer to P. capito and P. leitcops than to any other, but quite 

 different from either. The ' Key to the Species ' in my Catalogue 

 (vol. iv. p. 241) will require modification as follows : — 



b. Abdomen yellow. 



c'. Lores with a large white spot &c 



d' . Lores yellow, as also entire under surface ; head olive- 



yellow like the back papuana. 



c'. Lores grey, like the rest of the head, sides of face, and 

 chin; above olive-yellow ; below bright yellow, with 

 the fore neck and chest green, forming a broad baud 

 across the chest flavicincta. 



19. EniPiDrEA macijlipectus, Grai/ ; SJiarpe, Cat. B. iv. 

 p. 326. 



Not to be distinguished from Aru-Island birds in the collec- 

 tion. A single example sent by Mr. Broadbent. 



20. Aeses aetjensis, Sharpe, Notes Leyden 3Ius. i. p. 21, ef 

 Cat. B. iv. p. 410. — Arses enado, Bamsciy, I. c. p. 269. 



A pair in Mr. Broadbent's collection. The male seems to have 

 even less black on the chin ; and the female is rather brighter 

 rufous and not so dark brown on the back. The bird from S.E. 

 New Gruinea may yet prove to be a distinct species from that of 

 the Aru Islands when more complete series are available for 

 comparison. 



21. PAciixcEpnALA leucooastea, Salvad. <^ B* Albert. Ann. 

 Mus. Civic. Genov. vii. p. 822. 



An adult specimen in Mr. Broadbent's collection. I have com- 

 pared it with the type, kindly lent to me by Count Salvadori. 



22. CiNCLOSOMA AJAx. — Eupetos ajax, Temm. PI. Col. ii. pi. 

 573 ; Gray, Iland-l. B. i. p. 267, no. 3913.— E. Goldiei, Bamsay, 

 I. c. p. 303. 



An adult male in Mr. Broadbent's collection, which he calls a 

 "Mountain-Thrush." Signer D'Albertis exhibited a specimen 

 from the Ely River at a recent meeting of the Zoological Society, 

 and informed me that Count Salvadori had examined the series 



