318 NOTES ON SOME RECENTLY DESCRIBED BIRDS, 



in the adults of those found north of Rockingham Bay. There 

 are several species of New South Wales birds represented in 

 North Australia by species differing only in intensity of coloring 

 and size ; for instance Pitta strepitans, Lopholaimus antarcticus, 

 Carpopliaga magnified, Astur novce-hollandice, Malurus lamberti. 



Rhipidtjra. 

 Under this genus the Tasmanian form of R. albiscapa, is very 

 properly separated into a distinct species, under the name of 

 Rhipidura saturata. It is probable however, that this name will not 

 stand, having been used by Salvador^' already for R. maculipectus 

 of Gray. I therefore propose to distinguish this bird under the 

 name R. sharpei. R. saturata, Salvadori, is from Salvatti.f 



Bhipidura tricolor, Vieillot. 



This proves to be the oldest of the numerous specific names 

 given to our Rhip. motac ill o ides of Yig. and Horsf. ; pi. 86 of 

 Gould's Bds. of Australia. 



a. R.motacilloides ; b. R. picata, Gould; c. R. melanoleuca; are 

 mentioned as varieties of this species. 



Myiagra rubecula, Lath. 



This is the Todus rubecula, of Latham, and the Myiagra plumbea 

 of Yig. and Horsfield, but not the M. nidida of Gould, as stated 

 by me in P.L.S., of N. S. Wales II., p. 182. 



Under the genus Piezorhynchus, we find Gould's Monarcha 

 trivirgata, which not being identical with the Monarcha 

 (Drymophila) trivirgata of Temminck — must take the name of M. 

 gouldi, Gray. The true M. trivirgata, Temm. is from Timor. Mr. 

 Sharpe unites Monarcha, or as he calls it Piezorhynchus gouldi, the 

 New South Wales bird, with the Piezorhynchus albiventris, Gould, 

 of Cape York ; this is undoubtedly an error, as the birds from 



* Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xii , p. 323. (1878). 

 f Since writing the above I find Mr. Sharpe has altered the name of this 

 species to R. diemenensis. 



