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Show 696 MR. p. L. SCLATER ON BIRDS FROM N E W GUINEA. [Nov. 4, naked parts ; but they are probably orange or flesh-colour. The bill is short and rather stout; the nostrils are short and suboval, and situated in a shallow groove near the central feathers. 13. .ZEGOTHELES ALBERTISI, sp. n. Clare rufus, fere castaneus, pileo antico et laterali cum scapularibus et alarum tectricibus maculis albis rotundis nigro partim cinctis ornatis : subtus preecipue in ventre dilutior et albo nigroque cre-bro variegatus : remigum et rectricum pogoniis interioribus nigris, exterioribus rufis, indistincte nigro transfasciatis : rectricum mediarum apicibus pure rufis : rictu utrinque vibrissis elongatis, incurvis, filamentis lateralibus munitis, obsito : rostro nigro, pedibus rosaceo-albis, iride dare castanea: long, tota 7*5, alee 4*5, caudee 3*8, remige quarto longissimo. Hab. Atam, apud montes Papuanos Arfak. Obs. Sp. ab AE. wallacii crassitie minore, pedibus debilioribus, rostro minus lato et colore rufo dignoscenda, et in honorem Domini de Albertis rerum naturalium in montibus Papuanis exploratoris acerrimi dicata. 14. PTILONOPUS BELLUS, sp. n. (Plate LVII.) Clare psittaceo-viridis, maculis scapularium paucis obscure cceruleis: pileo superiore rosaceo-rubro : vitta semilunari pectoris supra flava, subtus alba : plaga in ventre medio rosaceo-rubra ; ventre imo, crisso et tibiis flavo mixtis : remigibus et rectricibus interne schistaceis, harum vitta apicali dilutiore : rostro flavo : pedibus obscure rubris : iride flava: long, tota 9, alee 5*2, caudee 3*3. Hab. Atam, apud montes Papuanos. This fine Pigeon belongs to the group of P. rivolii, P. prasinorrhous and its allies. It seems to resemble P. speciosus of Schlegel (Ned. Tijdschr. iv. p. 23) in having the upper part of the thoracic band yellow, but differs much from that species in having the whole crown of the head of a fine rosy red, like the patch in the middle of the abdomen. I conclude these descriptions with a complete list of the species in Signor d'Albertis's present collection, with the localities at which they were obtained. I. PASSERES. 1. Eupetes ceerulescens, Temm. Andai. 2. leucostictus, sp. n. Atam. 3. Melampitta lugubris, Schl. Atam. 4. Rhipidura gularis, Mull, et Schl. Kulokadi. 5. hyperythra, G. R. Gray. Atam. 6. Monarcha frater, sp. n. Atam. 7. Peltops blainvillii, Garn. Sorong. 8. Todopsis cyanocephala, Q. et G. Ramoi. 9. Leucophantes brachyurus, sp. et gen. nov. Atam. 10. Rectes cirrhocephalus, Less. Kapaur. 11. dichrous, Bp. Atam. |