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Show 1873.] MR. P. L. SCLATER ON BIRDS FROM NEW GUINEA. 695 and bare stripe behind the rictus. These are separated by a scanty line of feathers extending beneath the eye. A pair of these birds were obtained by Signor d'Albertis at Atam in October 1872. 12. MELIPOTES GYMNOPS, gen. et sp. n. (Plate LVI.) Melipotes* gen. nov. ex fam. Meliphagidarum, rostro crassiusculo, breviore quam caput, culmine arcuato, gonyde recta; naribus ovalibus : regione auriculari late nuda et subtus carunculata alis modicis : cauda modica paulum elongata. Fig. 3. Head, wing, and foot of Melipotes gymnops. MELIPOTES GYMNOPS, sp. n. Ex cinereo niger : regione oculari late nuda et subtus in carunculam auricularem producta carnea : alis fuscescenti-olivaceo extus limbatis : tectricum alarium superiorum minorum et ventris plumis striis elongatis pallide cervinis scapam occupantibus et inde maculas cordiformes excurrentibus ornatis : ventre imo et crisso cum tectricibus subalaribus et remigum Umbo interiore rufescenti-cervinis: rostro nigro, pedibus obscure plumbeis : iride nigra long, tota 9, alee 4*5, caudee 4*2, tarsi 1*2, rostri a rictu 0*95. Hab. Atam, apud montes Papuanos Arfak. This form of the* Meliphagine family is very distinct on account of the denudation of the whole ocular region, which is fringed below by a narrow caruncle. D'Albertis's notes do not give the colour of these * MeAi, met, et TTOT^S, pofator. |