OCR Text |
Show 1873.] MR. P. L. SCLATER ON BIRDS FROM N E W GUINEA. 691 oleagineo perfuso : cauda nigra, rectricibus lateralibus albo terminatis, mediis autem omnino oleagineis dorso concoloribus: rostro nigro ; pedibus obscure plumbeis : iride nigra : long, tola 7 poll. Angl., alee 3, caudce 3*4, rostri a rictu 1, tarsi 1*2. Hab. Atam, apud montes Papuanos Arfak dictos (d'Albertis). Obs. I have placed this well-marked species in Eupetes on account of its slender bill and long cuneate tail; but it is certainly not a very typical form of that genus, having the front slightly bristled. The wings are short and rounded, the sixth, seventh, and eighth primaries being the longest. The tail of the single skin examined is imperfect; but the external rectrix is apparently about an inch shorter than the median pair. The acrotarsia are smooth, and the scutal divisions almost entirely obsolete. The specimen was obtained by Signor d'Albertis at Atam in October 1872. 2. MONARCHA FRATER, sp. n. Cinerea; rostri ambitu nigerrimo: regione auriculari alba: alis caudaque nigris : ventre, crisso et subalaribus castaneis : rostro cineraceo, pedibus nigris: iride castanea : long, tota 6, alee caudce 2*8. Hab. Atam, apud montes Papuanos Arfak. Obs. Species assimilis M. carinatee ex Australia et ejusdem formae, sed facie angustiore nigra et ventre saturatiore castaneo diversa. 3. LEUCOPHANTES BRACHYURUS, sp. et gen. nov. Leucophantes gen. nov. ex fam. Muscicapidarum, rostro ad basin dilatato, apice uncinato, rictu setis paucis armato: alis longius- Fig. 1. Head, wing, and foot oi Leucophantes brachyurus 44* |