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6. Myiagra plumbea concinna Gould. 



There does not seem to be any difference between Myiugra plnmhe.u, from the 

 Loaisiade Islands and New Guinea, and J/, concinna, from Queensland, except 

 that the latter has a deeper black loral line ! The two forms can only be regarded 

 as two verj' close subspecies. 



7. Rhipidura setosa isura Gould. 



One fine male of this very distinct subspecies. Cf. Nov. Zool. v. V. pp. 525-6, 

 where I divided Rh. setosa into five subspecies. 



8. Rhipidura mfifrons (Lath.). 

 A male, shot 25. 7. 1898, has the wing only 09-5 mm. long. 



9. Malurus dorsalis (Lewin). 



Specimens from Cape York seem to be smaller than those from North-western 

 Australia. Wing of i 40 — 42 mm. 



10. (?) Sericornis magnirostris (Gould). 



Three skins from Cape York have very distinct whitish tips to the series 

 of greater wing-coverts, and are rather brownish on the chest and flanks. Their 

 iris is " blood-red, feet light horn-colour, bill dark brown." 



11- (?) Gerygone conspicillata Gray. 



6 Cape York, 23. 6. 1898. "Iris bright hazel, feet slate-coloar, bill black." 

 According to the descriptions of Sharpe in Cat. B. v. IV. this specimen is 

 G. conspicillnfa and not G. magnirostris. It agrees with specimens from 

 Fergnssou Island, which I consider to be G. conspicillata. 



12. Gerygone personata Gould. 

 " Iris light red, feet bluish slate-colimr, bill black and dark." 



13. Zosterops westernensis vegeta subsp. nov. 



Tlie Zosterops from Cape York differs from specimens from New South 

 Wales and Victoria (the type is from Western Port in Victoria) in being smaller 

 and the colours somewhat clearer. The flanks are less brown, the under tail- 

 coverts bright snlphur-yellow instead of white, with a faint tinge of yellow, as 

 in Z. ivesternensis westernensis. " Iris light brown, feet dark slate-colour, bill 

 black, bluish slate-colour towards the base of the lower jaw." Tj'pes shot in July, 

 Cape York. The /f/«"fe is like the mule ; one oii\x>i females has a sulphur-yellow 

 wash on the middle of the abdomen, S wing 5(1 — 57, ? wing 56 — 57 mm. 



Zosterops westernensis tephropleura, from Lord Howe's Island, is more like 

 the Cape York bird than like typical Z. westernemis, but larger, the wing more 

 than 60 mm. 



