. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 27. HTLIOTA. 247 Ailult female. Like the male, but the white on the throat not ex- tending onto the chest, and the bill a trifle smaller. {Id. 1. c.) Ilah. Queensland. Ohs. Mr. Eamsay speaks of having seen a good many specimens of this supposed new species, llv. Godman's collection contains a single example, which has the loral spot white, with the eye-ring only tinged with rnfous, which also pervades the cheeks and chin. This would seem to indicate that the rufous tinge is a sign of immaturity ; and the species is certainly doubtful. 11. Poecilo
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 27. HTLIOTA. 247 Ailult female. Like the male, but the white on the throat not ex- tending onto the chest, and the bill a trifle smaller. {Id. 1. c.) Ilah. Queensland. Ohs. Mr. Eamsay speaks of having seen a good many specimens of this supposed new species, llv. Godman's collection contains a single example, which has the loral spot white, with the eye-ring only tinged with rnfous, which also pervades the cheeks and chin. This would seem to indicate that the rufous tinge is a sign of immaturity ; and the species is certainly doubtful. 11. Poecilodryas papuana. (Plate VIII. fig. 1.) Micrceca paptiana, Meyer, Sltz. Geselhch. Isis, , p. 75; id. Ahhandl. Dresden, i. p. 9. Leucophantes hypoxanthus, Scdvml. Ann. Mus. Civic. Gennv. vii. , Pcecilodryas papuana, Sharpe, Notes Lcyden Mus. i. no. 7, p. 25. Adidt male (Atam : typo of Leiico];dianies ). General colour dull olive-yellow, the shafts of the plumes lighter yellow, the head slightly duller than the back ; wing-coverts like the back; quills brown, externally edged with dull olive-yellow; tail brown, washed with olive-yellow on the margins of tho"^feathers; lores and' a ring round the eye bright yellow; in front of the eye a dusky spot; sides of face yellow, the ear-coverts washed with greenish; under surface of body bright yellow, washed with olive on the sides' of the breast and flanks ; under wing-coverts and axillaries yellow; quills ashy brown below, with whitish edgings to the inner webs! Total length 4-4 inches, culmeu 0-45, wing^ 2-85, tail 1-8, tarsus 0-65. {Mus. Genov.) Hah. North-western New Guinea. a. Ad. sk. Arfnlv Mountain?, New Guinea. h. Ad. sk. Arfak Mountains {Bruijn). Dr. A. B. Meyer [C.]. Leiden Museum [P.]. 27. HYLIOTA. Ilyliotn, Swains. C/assif. B. ii. p. 2G0 (1837) Typo. II. Wing of Hyliofa flavigastra. Jtawje. Confined to Africa. Key to the Species. a. Thighs white; rump whitish .... h. Tliighs black ; rum
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