246 Mr. Vicors’s and Dr. HorsriezD’s Description of the 
fascià albà in medio notatæ ; subtus pallide fusce, pogo- 
niis, ut supernè, albo-notatis. Tectrices inferiores alb. 
Abdominis latera parce coccineo imbuta. Rectrices; prima 
alba, strigâ longâ basali interna, brevique subapicali ex- 
terná fuscis notata ; secunda fusca, strigà in medio pogonii 
externi, margineque apicali albis notata: cæteræ fusco- 
nigra, subtus pallidiores. Pedes fusci. Longitudo corpo- 
ris, 94; ale a carpo ad remigem Lows 22; cauda, 24s ; 
rostri ad rictum, circiter, 1; tarsi, 4. 
In honorem Viri reverendissimi eruditissimique, SAMUELIS Goop- 
ENOUGH, Carliolensis Episcopi, Societatis Linneanæ Pro- 
Puxsipis, in Historie Naturalis Scientia prastantis, hanc 
avem eaimiam nominavimus. 
This beautiful species was discovered by Mr. Brown on the 
South coast of New Holland in 1802. 
Genus. RHIPIDURA*. 
Rostrum breve, depressum, basi latum, apice compressum, cul- 
mine arcuato ; mandibulá superiore apice emarginatà ; nari- 
bus basalibus, ovalibus, setis plumulisque fere obtectis ; rictu 
vibrissis confertis mandibulas longitudine ferè superantibus 
instructo. | 
Ale mediocres, subacuminatæ ; remige prima brevissimá, se- 
cundá dupló longiore, tertià et quartá, que est longissima, 
gradatim longioribus. 
Cauda elongata, patula, apice rotundata. 
Pedes mediocres, graciles, acrotarsiis paratarsiisque integris. 
This group may be at once recognised as offering strong 
marks of distinction from the true Muscicapa in the fan-like 
structure of the tail. In the birds which feed entirely or par- 
* ‘Piris flabellum, and oupa cauda. S " 
tially 
