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Forehead rust-red ; crown of the head, back of the neck, upper 

 part of the back and the wings olive-brown ; lower part of the back 

 and upper tail-coverts rust-red ; tail brownish grey, the two centre 

 feathers obscurely tipped with white, and the remainder white for 

 one-third of their length from the tip ; throat white ; ear-coverts 

 dark brown ; chest black, the feathers being edged with white as 

 they pass on to the abdomen, which is wholly white ; flanks and un- 

 der tail-coverts very faintly tinged with buff; irides blackish brown ; 

 bill black ; feet dark brown. 



Total length, 5 J inches ; bill, | ; wing, 2 J ; tail, 3| ; tarsi, | . 



This species is nearly allied to Rhipidura ruffrons, but differs in 

 being much smaller, in the red not extending on to the plumes and 

 shafts of the tail-feathers, and in there being more white on their 

 extremities. 



Hab. Port Essington, north coast of Australia. 



MicR^cA FLAviGASTER. Mlc. corpove supeHove fuscescenti- 

 olivaceo ; alls cauddquefuscis, colore pallidiore plumis marginatis ,- 

 guld albd, corpore inferiore flavo. 

 All the upper surface brownish olive ; wings and tail brown, mar- 

 gined with paler brown ; throat white ; all the under surface yellow ; 

 irides dark brown ; bill blackish brown ; feet blackish grey. 

 Total length, 3| inches ; bill, | ; wing, 2 J ; tail, 2 J ; tarsi, ^. 

 Hab. Port Essington. 



Gerygone* magnirostris. Ger. corpore suproifusco, infrh albo ; 

 primariis leviter olivaceo -marginatis ; caudd prope apicem indi- 

 stincte fuscescenti-nigro vittatd. 



All the upper surface brown ; margins of the primaries slightly 

 tinged with olive ; tail-feathers crossed near the extremity by an in- 

 distinct broad band of brownish black ; all the under surface white, 

 tinged with brownish buff ; irides light brown ; bill olive-brown ; the 

 base of the lower mandible pearl-white ; feet greenish grey. 



Total length, 3 J inches ; bill, -f^ ; wing, 2^ ; tail, 1 J ; tarsi, |^. 



Hab. Port Essington. 



Gerygone chloronotus. Ger. capite et nuchdfuscescenti-cinereis ; 



dorso, alarum tectricibus, uropygio, tectricibus caudce, remigum 



primorum marginibus, et per partem dimidiam basalem marginibus 



caudcB rectricum nitide olivaceo-viridibus ; corpore subtiis, lateribus, 



crissoque olivaceo-flavis. 



Head and back of the neck brownish grey ; back, wing-coverts, 



rump, upper tail-coverts, margins of the primaries, and the margins 



of the basal half of the tail-feathers, bright olive-green ; primaries 



and tail-feathers brown, the latter becoming much darker towards 



the extremity ; under surface white ; sides and vent olive-yellow ; 



irides wood-brown ; upper mandible greenish grey ; lower mandible 



white ; feet blackish grey. 



* Psilopus of the former parts of these * Proceedings,' and for which the 

 term Gerygone is now substituted, the former term having been previously 

 employed. 



