142 Zoological Society. 



Nearly allied to but much less in size than Muscicapa macroptera, 

 Vig. and Horsf., and from which it may also be distinguished by 

 the base of the outer tail-feather being brown. 



Myiagra latirostris. My i. corpore supra, alis cauddque intense 

 caruleo-cinereis ; capite et nuchd fulgide virescentibus ; gutture 

 et pectore arenaceo-lutedlis ; abdomine albo. 



All the upper surface, wings and tail dark blueish gray, with a 

 shining greenish lustre on the head and back of the neck ; throat 

 and chest sandy buff; under surface white; bill much dilated la- 

 terally and black ; irides blackish brown ; feet black. 



Total length, 6 inches; bill, f; wing, 2j; tail, 2j; tarsi, f . 



Hab. North-west coast of Australia. 



From the collection of Mr. Dring. 



Hirundo leucosternus. Hir. dorso medio, gutture et pectore 

 albis ; abdomine, uropygio, alis cauddque nigris et chalybeio-caru- 

 leo-nitentibus. 



Crown of the head brown, bounded with white ; back of the neck 

 brown ; centre of the back, chin, throat and chest white ; the re- 

 mainder of the plumage black, slightly glossed with steel-blue ; bill 

 black ; feet brown. 



Total length, 1\ inches; bill, / B ; wing, 3|; tail, which is deeply 

 forked, 2 J; tarsi, 1 7 ^. 



Hab. Interior of Australia. 



The only specimen of this bird that has ever come under my 

 notice, was given me by Mr. Charles Coxen, who informed me it 

 was shot by one of his men while flying in company with another 

 over a small pool on the banks of the Namoi. 



A small bird inhabiting the scrubs of the River Murray. It is a 

 new form, nearly allied to Acanthiza. The generic term is suggested 

 by the ruddy colouring of the throat. 



Genus Pyrrhol^emus. 



Characteres generici. — Rostrum quam caput brevius, ad latera paulo 

 compressum, ad apicem denticulo vix notando, vibrissis parvulis 

 ad basin, naribus linearibus et operculo tectis. Aim breves, rotun- 

 datse, remigum primo perbrevi, tertio longissimo. Cauda brevis, 

 rotundata, concava. Tarsi mediocres ; digitus externus quam in- 

 ternus longior. 



Pyrrhol^emus brunneus. Pyrrh. superne brunneus; gutture rufo. 

 Lores greyish white ; all the upper surface and wings brown ; 

 tail brownish black, the three lateral feathers on each side largely 

 tipped with white ; centre of the throat rufous ; the remainder of 

 the under surface brownish grey, passing into sandy buff on the 

 flanks and under tail-coverts ; bill and feet blackish brown*, 

 Total length, 4 \ inches; bill, \; wing, 2J; tail, £; tarsi, |§. 

 Hab. Belts of the Murray in South Australia. 

 The female differs in having no red on the throat. 

 A highly interesting Pigeon from the north-west coast, which, as 

 it differs from all the other forms of its family, and is said to inhabit 



