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STRIPJED PROMEllOPS. 



Promerops striatus. P. fuscus, subtus albo nigroque undutatus, 



Cauda lougissima. 

 Brown Promerops^ beneath white with black undulations, and 



very long tail. 



Upupa Papuensis. U. fusca, subtus albo nigroque fasciata, capiie 

 colloque atris, rectricibus duabus intermediis longissimis. Lath, 

 ind. orn, 



Promerops brun a ventre raye. Buff, ois, PI. Enl. 638. Aud. 



et Viell. Prom. pi. 7. 

 Kew Guinea brown Promerops. Lath. syn. 



First described and figured by Sonnerat ; total 

 length about twenty-two inches : colour of the 

 head similar to polished steel : throat black : neck, 

 back, wings, and tail brown : breast and remainder 

 of the under parts white, undulated by numerous 

 transverse black stripes, each feather having two 

 white and two black bars ; the tail is very long, 

 and strongly cuneated, the two exterior feathers 

 measuring about four inches, and the rest length- 

 ening gradually towards the two middle ones, 

 w^hich measure thirteen inches : the bill is about 

 two inches and a half long, considerably curved, 

 and of a blackish colour : the legs yellowish brown. 

 In the female the head and neck are brown : in 

 other respects the sexes resemble each other. Na- 

 tive of New Guinea, inhabiting large woods. 



If the above description by Sonnerat be cor- 

 rect, it follows that this bird must be perfectly 



