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Show 1883.] MR. P. L. SCLATER ON BIRDS FROM TIMOR LAUT. 55 Obs. Proxima M. rufigula ex Timor, sed ventre et subalaribus fulvis distinguenda. The single " male " in the collection is labelled, "Irides dark brown, bill lavender-blue, legs and feet black : " it was obtained in Larat on August 2nd, 1882. 16. MICROSCA HEMIXANTHA, sp. nov. Supra flavicanti-olivacea ; alis caudaque fuscis dorsi colore marginatis, loriset linea super ciliari obsoleta flavidis ; macula auriculari fusca ; subtus flava, remigum marginibus internis albidis ; subalaribus fiavis; rostri fusci mandibula inferiore pallida ; pedibus nigris : long, tota 4*8, ala 2*9, cauda 2*1. Hab. Larat et Loetoe. Obs. Species Pcecilodryadi papuana, quoad colores, fere similis, sed, ut videtur, generi Microeca apponenda. 17. GRAUCALUS UNIMODUS, sp. nov. Totus cinereus, loris nigris; alis et cauda nigris, illarum tectricibus extus dorso concoloribus, remigibus cinereo anguste marginatis; subalaribus pallide isabellinis ; remigum marginibus internis albi-canti- cinereis ; rostro et pedibus nigris : long, tota 13*0, ala cauda 6*3, tarsi 1*1. Hab. Larat, inss. Tenimberensium. Obs. Species Graucalo caruleo-griseo affinis, sed colore corporis cinerascentiore et remigibus intus non albis distinguenda. Mr. Forbes's single specimen, a female (marked "Irides black; bill, legs, and feet black"), was obtained on Larat, August 4th, 1882. The male would probably be nearly similar. 19. LALAGE MOSSTA, sp. nov. Supra sericeo-nigra; superciliis brevibus et uropygio albis; alis nigris, tectricibus minoribus et majoribus et secundariis albo terminatis; corpore subtus, subalaribus et remigumpogoniis internis ad basin omnino albis; cauda nigra, rectricibus duabus externis albo terminatis ; rostro et pedibus nigris : long, tota 6*2, ala cauda 3*3. Hab. Inss. Tenimberenses. Obs. Affinis L. atro-virenti et L. tricolori, sed superciliis curtis albis dividenda. The label of the single specimen has been torn off; and the exact island in which it was found is consequently not known. 22. PACHYCEPHALA ARCTITORQUIS, sp. nov. (Plate XIII.) Supra cinerea, alis caudaque nigris cinereo limbatis, pileo nucha et capitis lateribus nigris; subtus alba, torque jugulari angusto nigro; subalaribus et remigum marginibus interioribus albis; rostro et pedibus nigris : long, tota 5*5, ala, 3*0, cauda 2*2. Fem. Supra fusca, in pileo rufescens; alis nigris extus rufo limbatis ; subtus alba, obsolete nigro striata. Hab. Larat, inss. Tenimberensium. |
