. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 22 CAMPOPHAGIB^. Aihtlt female (Mt. Epa, Now Giiiuoa, DWhertis). from the male in bcin^- of a less brilliant yclloAV, the uiantlo more shaded with olive, and the grc)' head being washed with yellow ; sides of faee, throat, and fore neck grey, instead of black as in the male, the feathers in front of and round the eye black, the ear-coverts also darker grey. Total length T'H inches, culmeu 0'5, wing 4';3, tail 3-8, tarsus 0*75. {Mus. Civic. Genov.) Hub. North-western and south-eastern New Guinea. 3. PTEROPODOCYS. Type. Pteropodocvs,
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 22 CAMPOPHAGIB^. Aihtlt female (Mt. Epa, Now Giiiuoa, DWhertis). from the male in bcin^- of a less brilliant yclloAV, the uiantlo more shaded with olive, and the grc)' head being washed with yellow ; sides of faee, throat, and fore neck grey, instead of black as in the male, the feathers in front of and round the eye black, the ear-coverts also darker grey. Total length T'H inches, culmeu 0'5, wing 4';3, tail 3-8, tarsus 0*75. {Mus. Civic. Genov.) Hub. North-western and south-eastern New Guinea. 3. PTEROPODOCYS. Type. Pteropodocvs, GotiUl, Birds of Aiisfr. folio, ii. pi. 59 (1840) ; ." P. phasianclla. Tail of Ptcropodoci/!! jjhasiaHcUa (veduced). Range. Confined to Australia. 1. Pteropodocys phasianella. Graucalus phasianellus, Gould, R Z. S. 1830, p. 142. Ceblepyris maxima, Riipp. Mm. Senckcnh. iii. p. 28, Taf iii. Campephaga phasianella. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 283; id. IIand-1. B. i. p. 337, no. .TOOS. Pteropodocv'i phasianella. Gould, B. Anstr. ii. pi. 59; Bp. Consp. i. p. 355; ilriehrnh. Voj/'. Neuholl. pp. 427, 283; Hartl. O. 1864, p. 446; Gould, Iland-l. B. Austr. i. p. 199; Ramsayi Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. pt. 2, p. 181. Adult. General colour above French grey, the ear-coverts darker, as also the feathers round and in front of the eye, these darker por- tions varied with wavy cross lines of dull white; back, rump, and upper tail-coverts pure white, with narrow bars of black ; least wing- coverts dark ashy grey; remainder of the wing black with some- what of a greenish gloss, the outer primaries with a narrow edging of white ; tail-feathers black, white at base, and narrowly tipped. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology. [Birds]. London
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