. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 7. HTPOSITTA. 365 7. Sittella papuensis. Sitta papuensis, Schl. X. T. D. 8vo, iv. p. 47 (1871) ; Rosenb. Heist. n. Geelvinksh. p. 139; id. Malay. Arch. pp. 553, 585 (1879). Sittella papueusis, Sharpe, Zool. Rec. viii. p. 63 (1873) ; Salvad. Arm. Mas. Civic. Genov. xvi. p. G3; id. Orn. Papuasia e delle Molucche, ii. p. 242. Above dusky brown, streaked with black and marked with some obsolete white spots; head aud throat white ; upper tail-coverts white, the rump streaked with black; breast and abdomen dusky, marked with obsolete white spots ; midd
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 7. HTPOSITTA. 365 7. Sittella papuensis. Sitta papuensis, Schl. X. T. D. 8vo, iv. p. 47 (1871) ; Rosenb. Heist. n. Geelvinksh. p. 139; id. Malay. Arch. pp. 553, 585 (1879). Sittella papueusis, Sharpe, Zool. Rec. viii. p. 63 (1873) ; Salvad. Arm. Mas. Civic. Genov. xvi. p. G3; id. Orn. Papuasia e delle Molucche, ii. p. 242. Above dusky brown, streaked with black and marked with some obsolete white spots; head aud throat white ; upper tail-coverts white, the rump streaked with black; breast and abdomen dusky, marked with obsolete white spots ; middle of the abdomen streaked with dusky ; under tail-coverts marked with triangular black spots, terminated with white; feathers of the neck, back, and scapulars blackish in the middle, the lateral margins dusky brown; rump and upper tail-coverts white, the former longitudinally streaked with black; wings dusky, paler below ; anterior lesser wing-coverts of the greater scries white ; third, fourth, and fifth tail-feathers white on the middle portion of the inner web : tail black, the lateral feathers marked with an apical white spot; bill dusky, the tip black; feet yellow. Total length 4*75 inches, wing 3-2, tail 1-65, tarsus 0-65, bill 0-45. {Salvadori, I. c.) Female. Above dusky, varied with blackish ; head black; upper tail-coverts white; under surface white, streaked with black, (hal- vadori, I. c.) Hab. Xew Guinea. 7. HYPOSITTA. ^ Type. Hypherpes,^. Ae?paud.) H. coralHrostris. Hypositta, A. Neirfo)!, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 438 H. Head, bill, aud foot of H. coraUirostris. Bill shorter than rest of head, broader than high across the nostrils; culmen sharp and curved downwards, with a small tooth and a notch; mancUbula curved upwards. jS'ostrils oval, half exposed; nasal and rictal bristles well developed. First primary equal to half second primary; tip of wing formed by 4th, 5th, and 6th primaries ; secondaries five sixths of whole wing in length. Tail square,
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