and round the fore and lower part of the latter white, with hairlike
black shaft-lines ; ear-coverts dark brown ; chin and cheeks
white, the hinder part of the latter streaked with duskj^ brown ;
lower throat tinged with yellow and streaked with blackish centres
to the fea thers; remainder of under surface white, slightly tinged
with yellow and broadly streaked with dark brown on the fore neck
and chest and with rufous-brown on the breast and abdomen;
thighs and tarsal plumes yellowish, spotted wnth brown ; under tail-
coverts white, with a few heart-shaped spots near the end of the
feather; axillaries and under wing-coverts deep yellowish huff,
broadly streaked with chocolate-brown, the central markings more
or less irregular in shape; quills dusky brown, barred with white,
somewhat ashy whitish on the quills, but very pure white on the
lower series of under wiiig-coverts, which resemble the lower surface
of the quills in appearance. Total length 15 inches, culmen 0'85,
wing 10'2, tail 6‘5, tarsus 1-45.
3. Corvus coronoides, V. H.
Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. p. 20.
a. cf ad. Port Molle, Queensland, May 1881.
4. Oriolus flavicinctus {King).
Sharpe, t. c. p. 206.
Mimeta flavocincta, Ramsay, t. c. p. 188.
a. $ . Port Darwin, Oct. 1881. Bill flesh-colour; legs and feet
slaty grey ; iris bright red.
A smaller bird than the Cape-York examples (wing 5*2 inches),
with rather a smaller alar speculum. The black centres to the
feathers of the upper surface are wider, and the bird consequently
appears darker ; but this is probably due to abrasion and wearing
away of the plumage.
5. Sphecotheres flaviventris, Gould.
Sharpe, t. c. p. 225; Ramsay, t. c. p. 188.
a, b. 2 . Thursday Island, Aug. 1881. Iris black.
6. Chihia hracteata {Gould).
Sharpe, t. c. iii. p. 236; Ramsay, t. c. p. 182.
a, h. S . Priday Island, Aug. 1881.
c. (S. Port Darwin, Oct. 1881. Iris orange-colour.
7. Grallina picata {Lath.).
Sharpe, t. c. p. 272; Ramsay, t. c. p. 180.
a. S . Port Curtis, April 1881.
8. Pinarolestes rufigaster {Gould).
Sharpe, t. c. p. 296.
Colluricincla rufigaster, Ramsay, t. c. p. 181.
a. Thursday Island, June 10, 1881.
9. Graucalus hypoleucus, Gould.
Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 36 ; Ramsay, t. c. p. 180.
a. 2 . Thursday Island, August 1881.
10. Graucalus melanops {Lath.).
Sharpe, t. c. p. 30; Ramsay, t. c. p. 180.
a. d imm. Port Molle, Queensland, May 1881.
b. 2 imm. Thursday Island, July 1881.
11. Lalage leucomelsBua {V. ^ H.).
Sharpe, t. c. p. 106.
Campephaga leuconiela, Ramsay, t. c. p. 181.
a. 2 ad. Friday Island, Sept. 1881. Iris dark brown ; biU black ;
legs and feet dark grey.
b. 2 juv. Thursday Island, July 1881. Iris black; hill black;
legs and feet dark grey.
Count Salvador! (Orn. Papuasia, ii. p. 163) separates the Australian
form of this species from the Papuan, which he calls
Lalage Icaru (Less.). This view seems to me to he correct, for the
Papuan race appears to have less white on the wing-coverts and to
be permanently barred below, whereas the adult male of the Australian
Lalage is uniform on the under surface.
1 2 . Lalage tricolor {Siuains.).
Sharpe, t. c. p. 92.
Campephaga humeralis, Ramsay, t. c. p. 181.
a. cJ imm. Port Darwin, Oct. 24, 1881.
13. Pseudogerygone magnirostris {Gould).
Sharpe, t. c. p. 223.
Gerygone magnirostris, Ramsay, t. c. p. 133.
a. Thursday Island, Sept. 1881.
14. Myiagra latirostris, Gould.
Sharpe, t. c. p. 381 ; Ramsay, t. c. p. 182.
a. S . West Island, Sept. 1881.