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27. — Colluricincla superciliosa (male). JV. Sp. 



All the upper surface slaty grey ; lores, a broad line extending 

 from the nostrils and over the eye, throat, centre of the abdomen, 

 and under tail coverts, white ; feathers of the throat with a dark 

 line down their centres ; under tail coverts slightly washed with 

 brown ; breast grey ; flanks rather lighter, and tinged with rufous ; 

 wings brown, margined with grey ; tail grey ; shafts of the feathers 

 brown above, white beneath ; bill black ; legs and feet bluish 

 black ; irides very dark hazel. Total length, 9*9 inches, wing, 5 ; 

 tail, 4-2; tarsi, 1*2; bill from forehead, 1-1 ; bill from gape, l'l. 



One specimen only, of this very distinct species, was shot at 

 Cape Grenville by Dr. James. 



28. — Colluricincla parvula, Gould. 



Six males and one female, Cape York ; one female, Cape 

 Grenville ; one male and two females, Palm Island. 



29.— Chibia bracteata, Gould. 

 Two males, Palm Island ; one male, Brook Island. 

 Common at both places, and throughout all the wooded Islands 

 in Torres Straits. 



30. — Manucodia Gouldi, G. R. Gray. 



Two males, one female, and three young, Cape York. 

 A very noisy bird, and pretty plentiful in the brushes about 

 Somerset. 



31. — Rhipidura rufifrons, Latham. 



One male and two females, Cape York. 



Frequents the brushes, and is far from being common. 



32. — Rhipidura isura, Gould. 



One young female, Gulf of Carpentaria. Obtained from Mr. 

 Broadbent. 



33. — Piezorhynchus nitldus, Gould. 

 Four males and four females, Cape York ; one female, Dun- 



geness Island ; one female, Long Island. 

 Inhabits the dense mangroves and thickets. 



