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<S, Sonth Alligator River, ITi. viii. 1003 (No. 1541). 



S, Eureka, Northern Territory, 15. ii. 1903 (No. 1059). 



? jnv., Nellie Creek, Northern Territory, 15. ii. 1903 (No. 1075). 



170. Cracticus argenteus Gonlil. 



CrcirliciiK nrciPiileim Goiild, P.Z.S. 1840. p. Vli\ (N.W. Australia). 



6 ? ad., Granite hills. In miles east of Sonth Alligator River, 12, 13. viii. 1903 

 (Nos. 1542, 1543). 



? jiin . Red sandstone hills near Sonth Alligator River, 11, v. 1903 (Nos. 1316). 



171. Gymnorhina tibicen longirostris subspec. uov. 



Difiers from (t. tibicen tibicen in its larger size and especially in its much longer 

 bill. (J ad.: wing, 251 to 267; bill, 72-5 to 73-5 mm. Tiipe : d ad., Nnllagine, 

 N.W. Australia, 10. iv. 1901 (No. R. 92). 



(j. tibicen tibicen was originally described from New Soutli \Vales, and the 

 birds from there have the bill about a centimetre shorter. 



Mr. Tnnney sent only : 



2 (J ad., Nnllagine, N.W. Australia, 16. iv. I'.iijl (Nos. R. 92 and 93). 



172. Pachycephala lanoides Gould. 



P.irlnicpiihihi hinnnhK Gould, P.Z.S. IS^'J. p. 142 (N.W. coa.st of Australia). 



2c? ad., 4 ? ?, Derby, in mangroves near the sea-shore, 20. xii. 1901 and 

 March 19ii2(Nos. 366, 1570, 15^(6, 15S7, 1605, 1607). "Iris reddish-brown in lioth 

 sexes, feet leaden grey, bill black." 



173. Pachycephala rufiventris falcata Gonld. 



P,irl,i/r,/,lial,i ftilcalii Gould, P.Z.S. 1842. p. l.U (Port Essington). 



/'. inf. fulcuta evidently re]iresents P. /■({/! /7//;V('///r/.>( in N.W. Australia, but 

 the North Queensland birds before me are not /'. r.fulcata 1 



1 (J juu., 1 ?, Derby (Nobby Wall), 7. xii. 1901 (Nos. R. 282, 283). 



3 ? juv.. Eureka, February 1903 (Nos. 1115, 1116, 1117). 



S, Fish-hole, Elvira River, We.st Australia, 12. v. 1902 (No. R. 46(1). 



3cJc?, 1 ?, Sonth Alligator River, March and Ajiril 19(13, October 19(i2 and 

 l'.)ii3(Nos. 731, 1273, 1479, 1621). " 6 ad. : Iris hazel-brown (red), feet black, bill 

 biark-." 



174. Poecilodryas pulverulentus (Bj).). 



Myidlesles jiiiln-ndiiiliis Bp., Cump. Av. i. p. 3.08 (1850 : ex S. Jliill. M.S., New Guinea). 



Unfortunately we have no specimens from New (iuinc;i, which are said to be 

 indistinguishable from Australian ones. If they should be separai)le, the Australian 

 form would have to be called I'oeciloilri/a.s pulverulentus leucura ({ould. 



