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Show 1873.] MR. P. L. SCLATER ON BIRDS FROM NEW GUINEA. 693 et scapularibus albo extus marginatis : rectricibus lateralibus albo terminatis: subalaribus et remigibus intus ad basin albis: rostro et pedibus nigerrimis: long, tota 7*5, alee 4, caudce 3*tarsi 0*8 ,• iride nigra. Hab. Papua, Sorong. Obs. Sp. colore corporis laetissime flavo ab omnibus hujus generis hucusque descriptis satis diversa. 8. CLIMACTERIS PLACENS, sp. n. Supra murino-brunneus, pilei plumis rufescentibus, scapis pallidioribus, et nigro anguste terminatis: alis nigris, fascia lata remigum basin transeunte et subalaribus ochraceo-fulvis, remigum apicibus et secundariis dorso proximis obscure fuscis : cauda nigra, cinereo terminata, rectricibus duabus mediis dorso fere concoloribus : subtus dilutior, magis cinerascens, ventre toto et crisso et ochraceo striatis; plaga suboculari utrinque rufa : rostro nigro; pedibus flavicantibus; iride nigra: long, tota 5*4, alee 3*2, caudee 2*5, tarsi 0*9, digiti post, sine ungue 0*6. Hab. Atam, apud montes Papuanos Arfak. This discovery of a typical species of this Australian genus in New Guinea is of very great interest. Dr. Schlegel has already recorded the existence oi Sittella in the same country (Ned. Tijdsch. iv. p. 47). 9. PTILOTIS CINEREA, sp. n. Fusca, alis caudaque vegetioribus; capite toto et corpore subtus cinereis; abdomine medio pallidiore: remigum et rectricum marginibus internis rufescenti-ochraceis : rostro nigro ; pedibus cijiereis: iride leete castanea: long, tota 8, alee 41, caudee tarsi 1*1, rostri a rictu 0*95. Hab. Atam, apud montes Papuanos Arfak. This is a plain uniformly coloured species of Ptilotis, apparently somewhat resembling P. unicolor, Gould. The inner margins of the wing- and tail-feathers are of a pale salmon-colour. The wing is pointed, the fourth and fifth feathers being equal and longest ; the first is short, reaching to a length of 2*3 in. from the bend. The gonys is nearly straight, the culmen much arched. The nostrils are lateral and linear. 10. PTILOTIS MELANOPHRYS, sp. n. Supra fusca, alis et cauda extus flavo anguste marginatis; pileo cinereo lavato : loris et lateribus capitis nigris, fascia suboculari flava: subtus alba, pectore flavo tincto et striis longitudinalibus fuscis asperso : remigum et rectricum marginibus internis cum tectricibus subalaribus rufescenti-ochraceis: rostro nigro, pedibus albidis : iride nigra : long, tota 8*5, alee 4*3, caudce 3*8, tarsi Hab. Atam, apud montes Papuanos Arfak. This Ptilotis belongs to the same group as P. sonorus, Gould, and its allied species. It may be tbe Ptilotis auriculata of the Leyden |