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Show 452 MR. SCLATER ON T W O BIRDS FROM N E W BRITAIN. [Apr- 5, nis ad basin flavo transvittatis ; subalaribus flavicanti-yiridibus cauda subtus schistaceo-nigrd, rectricum apicibus latisflavis, harum quatuor utrinque extimarum pogoniis internis ad basin sanguineo-rubris ; rostro flavo, pedibus pallide carneis, ungui- Bus nigris. Long, tota 6'7, ala? 3'4, cauda valde graduate rectr. ext. 1*5, med. 3'2. Hab. Nova Britannia {Kleinschmidt). Obs. This beautiful little Parrakeet is quite new to me, but seems to belong to the section including Tr. palmarum and its allies (Finsch, Papag. ii. p. 869.) The description is taken from a female; but Mr. Kleinschmidt says the sexes are nearly alike in plumage. He obtained his specimens in December last near Balura in the Blanche-bay district of N e w Britain. " Iris yellowish red, bill yellowish red with darker point, feet red ; native name Airara." I have slightly altered Mr. Kleinschmidt's M S . name for this bird, as the chin-spot is not brown {rufus), but nearly crimson (coccineo-ruber). 2. ORTYGOCICHLA RUBIGINOSA, sp. et gen. nov. ORTYGOCICHLA l, gen. nov. ex fam. Timeliidarum. Dasyornithi forsan affine, sed rostro compresso elongato, vibrissis rictus nullis, aut saltern vix conspicuis et frontis plumis exstan-tibus diversum ; uropygium valde plumosum ; alee modica? rotundato?, rem. quarto et sequentibus ad nonum inter se fere a?quali-bus; pedes validiusculi, digitis amplis; cauda rectricibus xii, valde graduatis. ORTYGOCICHLA RUBIGINOSA, sp. nov. (Plate XXXIX.) Supra terreno-fusca, alis et cauda ext its rufescentibus; froute, superciliis, capitis lateribus et corpore medio subtus ferrugineo-rubris ; hypochondriis dorso concoloribus; rostro nigro, pedibus corylinis. Long, tota 7'5, ala? 3*3, cauda? rectr. med. 3#5, ext. 20, rostr. a rictu 0"9, tarsi 1'2. Hab, Nova Britannia (Kleinschmidt). Obs. This is apparently a new form of Timeliine bird, and quite unknown to me. Mr. Kleinschmidt obtained it in November last near Bakalai, in the Blanche-bay district of New Britain, and gives notes, of which the following are a translation :- " Lives on the ground, and runs with head projecting forwards like a Quail. When in captivity it retired at night into a bundle of grass placed in the corner of its cage on the ground to sleep. Here, suddenly expanding its long dorsal feathers, sinking its rounded wings, and drawing in its head, it looked like a loose round bundle of brown grass-stalks. Food grasshoppers. Iris bright grey, with a light-brown tinge; bill dark horn-colour above, almost black, beneath brighter ; legs, feet, and claws dark horn-colour. Native name Talbe-rara. Breeds in November and December, and said to lay in a hollow in the ground without any nest." An egg sent with the bird (see Plate X X X I X . ) is very densely and 1 6prv%, coturnix, et Kix^n, turdus. |