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In my opinion liotli PoeciloclrynisunA Rnpaultria are genera of the l/;A?««/;«V/rt/,' 

 and not of the Laniidae ; but a careful revision of these and allied trenera, with the 

 help of all known species, is desirable. 



2 <S S, 2 ? ?, Alligator River, September 1903 (Nos. l.">si), 15S8, 159(), MVZ'Z). 



We also received a pair from fJape York, collected by Mr. H. Jardine, which 

 are in every way similar to those from the Alli<;ator River. 



175. Poecilodryas cinereiceps spec. nov. 



S])eciei Poeciloilryati piiheruli'iituH dictae liand dissimilis, sed minor, notaeo 

 cinerascente, nnicolore, cnpite minime nigrescente. 



This new species difier.s at a glance from /'. pitlcentleiifiis ; the upper surface 

 is much jialer, not so bluish-grey, but lighter and more ashy, and the crown is not 

 in the least blackish, but of the same ashy-grey colour as the back. The lores 

 only are blackish. Underside as in P. pulcerulentus, also the tail black, with a 

 wide band in the basal half (e.xcept on the two central rectrices) white, upper tail- 

 coverts black, under tail-coverts white. Bill (c?) about 14-5 rara. : wing, S 83 to 

 84, ? 78 mm. (In P. piih-eridpntm the c? has the wing about 87 to 91 mm., 

 the ? 81 to 82-5 mm. long.) Typi> : <S ad., obtained on island near Hampton 

 Harbour, 13. vii. 1901. No. 193, Tunney coll. 



Mr. Tunney sent only three examples : — 



2 S ad. from island near Hampton Harbour, 13. vii. 1901 CNo<. R. 192, 193). 



1 "(?" (but probalily a ?), apparently less adult, Derby, 9. i. 19u2 (No. R. 373). 



This, as well as the two from the island, were obtained among the mangroves. 



Besides these, we have in the collection 2 cJ ad. and 1 ? ad., collected near 

 Derby in March 1901, and sent to us by Mr. Robert Hall; and 1 ? from the 

 N.W. (!ape, 23. ii. 1902, collected by Mr. Tom (barter. 



Mr. Carter describes the iris as reddish hazel, the bill as black, legs and feet 

 as purplish horn-colour. Mr. Tuuney calls the iris brown, the " legs black." 



This is a very interesting addition to the Australian ornis, evidently hitherto 

 overlooked. 



KCi. Spheiiostoma cristatum (umlil. 



Siihninxliima rr'i«t»tiii,i (iouhi, I'.Z.fi. 1«37. p. MtO ("In Nova Cambi-i'i .\ustrali, apud or:un 

 (iricnt.ilem ''). 



cJ?, Nnliiigiiie, N.W. Australia, 19. iv. 19ol (Nos. U. 10."), loij). 



177. Neositta leucoptera (Gould). 



Sitlella leucoptera Gould, P.Z.ti. 18;5y. p. 144 ("North-west coast of Australia"). 



2 ? ?, Meda Station, Kimberley, 8. ii. 1902 (Nos. 385, 380). 



cJ ?, Derby, G, 7. iii. 1902 (Nos". 1008, 1009). 



?, Eureka, Northern Territory, 2. ii. 1903 (No. 1100). 



2 (Jc?, South Alligator River, end of March and \\)v\\ 19ii3 (Nos. 1277, 1278). 



The ? from Eureka has the black e.\tended over tiie chin ; in the S (No. 1277) 

 from the South Alligator River, the black reaches over the forehead to the base of the 

 bill. 



