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basal half of the primaries being white ; for which reason he proposes 

 to characterize it as 



Entomyza albipennis. Ent. corpore suprd, et alls e viridi au- 

 reo-olivaceis ; primariis fuscis ; pogoniis internis per dimidium 

 basale niveis. 



Crown of the head and back of the neck black ; lower part of the 

 face, chin and centre of the chest slaty black ; a crescent- shaped 

 mark at the occiput, a line from the lower mandible passing down 

 each side of the neck and all the under surface pure white ; upper 

 surface and wings greenish golden olive ; primaries brown, the basal 

 half of their inner webs snow-white; tail feathers brown, tinged with 

 golden olive, all but the two centre ones tipped with white ; bill, 

 bare space surrounding the eye and feet in all probability the same 

 as in E. eyanotis. 



Total length, 12 inches; bill, 1|; wing, 6; tail, 4f- ; tarsi, If. 



Hab. Port Essington on the northern coast of Australia. 



Nearly allied to E. eyanotis, but always distinguishable from that 

 species by the white basal half of the primaries. 



A new Myzomela differing from all the other members of the genus 

 in its pied colouring and the black band across the chest, which sug- 

 gests the specific name of 



Myzomela pectoralis. Myz. gutture et corpore subtus albis, 

 pectore fascid angustd nigrd transverslm notato. 



Forehead, crown of the head, the upper surface, wings, tail and a 

 narrow band across the chest, black ; throat, upper tail-coverts and 

 all the under surface white ; bill and feet black. 



Total length, 4 \ inches; bill, f ; wing, 2£; tail, If; tarsi, £. 



Hab. North-west coast of Australia. 



A second example of the genus Dasyornis, inhabiting Swan River, 

 which I propose to call 



Dasyornis lOxVGirostris 1 . Das. colore ut in D. Australi; differt 

 autem staturd corporis minore, rostro grandiore. 



All the upper surface brown ; wings, tail-coverts and tail rufous 

 brown, the latter indistinctly barred with a darker tint ; under sur- 

 face gray, gradually passing into the brown of the upper surface ; 

 irides bright reddish brown ; bill and feet dark horn- colour. 



Total length, 7| inches; bill, J; wing, 2$ ; tail, 4; tarsi, J. 



Hab. Western Australia. 



This is a somewhat smaller bird, but has a longer bill than D. 

 Australis. 



An entirely new form, belonging to the family Saxicolinee, and 

 nearly allied to Petro'ica, I propose to make the type of a new genus, 

 Dry modes, signifying a lover of woodland places : — 



Genus Drymodes. 

 Characteres generici. — Rostrum rectum, ad latera apicem versus paulo 

 compressum, fere longitudine capitis, apice leviter denticulato, 

 basi vibrissis parce instructa. Alee mediocres, rotundatre, re- 



