64 Zoological Society, 



corporis fuscescenti-olivaceo, apud partes inferiores pallidiore ; 

 primariis clariore marginatis ; humeris internis luteolis. 



Lores and orbits deep brown ; all the plumage brownish olive ; the 

 under surface paler than the upper ; primaries margined with brighter 

 olive than the other parts of the body ; under surface of the shoulder 

 pale buff; irides obscure red; bill dark olive-brown; naked gape 

 fleshy white, passing into yellow at the corner of the mouth ; legs 

 and feet light ash-grey. 



Male. — Total length, 7 inches ; bill, 1 ; wing, 3| ; tail, Z\ ; tarsi, 1. 



Hah. Port Essington. 



The sexes are alike in colour, but the female is considerably 

 smaller in size. 



Myzomela obscura. Myz. colore corporis sordid^ fusco, apud 

 partes inferiores pallidiore, et ad caput tincturd vinaced. 



The whole of the plumage dull brown, with a vinous tinge on the 

 head ; paler on the under surface ; irides bright red ; bill dark green- 

 ish black ; feet dark bluish grey ; tarsi tinged with yellow. 



Male. — Total length, 5 inches ; bill, | ; wdng, 2 J ; tail, 2^ ; tarsi, |. 



Hab. Port Essington. 



The sexes differ only in the female being much smaller in size. 



Glyciphila fasciata. Glyc. vertice fuscescenti-nigro, plumis ad 



apicem lunuld parvuld albd ornatis ; uropygio rufo tincto , faciei 



laterihus, guld et corpore suhtus alhis, ah angulis oris strigd an- 



gustd fuscescenti-nigrd per latera colli ductd ; pectore lineis semi- 



circularihus fuscescenti-nigris transversim fasciato-laterihus et 



crisso luteolis, laterum plumis strigd centrali fuscescenti-nigrd 



longitudinaliter notatis. 



Crown of the head brownish black, with a small crescent of white 



at the extremity of each feather ; feathers of the back very dark 



brown, margined with bufty brown ; rump tinged with rufous ; wings 



and tail dark brown, fringed with light brown ; sides of the face, 



throat, and under surface white ; from the angle of the mouth down the 



side of the neck a narrow stripe of brownish black ; chest crossed by 



a number of semicircular brownish black fasciae ; flanks and under 



tail-coverts buff^, the former with a stripe of brownish black down 



the centre ; irides reddish brown ; bill greenish grey ; feet aurora-red. 



Total length, 4| inches ; bill, ^ ; wing, 2J ; tail, 2|- ; tarsi, |-. 



Hah. Port Essington. 



Entomophila? rufogularis. Ent. capite et corpore superiore 

 fuscis ; primariis et caudce rectricihus, externe colore cerino mar- 

 ginatis, guld ferrugined . 

 Head and all the upper surface brown; wings and tail darker 

 brown ; primaries, secondaries and tail-feathers margined externally 

 with wax-yellow ; throat rust-red ; sides of the head and all the un- 

 der surface very pale brown ; bill and feet dark purplish brown. 

 Total length, 4f inches ; bill, ^ ; wdng, 2f ; tail, 2^ ; tarsi, ^. 

 Hah, North coast of Australia. 



Entomophila } albogularis. Ent. capite saturat"^ cinereo, cor^ 

 pore superiore fusco ; alis cauddque saturatiorihus j primariis, 



