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These specimens are undoubtedly the same as the Australian 

 individuals described under this name by Mr. Gould 

 Loc. Yule Island, Hall Sound. 



Family PITTID^. 



33. — Pitta nov^-gdin^, Mull. ^ Schleg. 



Sharpe op. cit. XIII. , pp. 315 and 494. 



Several fine specimens of this beautiful species, which is found 

 tolerably common in all the damp scrubs along the coast during 

 certain seasons of the year. 



Loc. Hall Sound, on the banks of the Ethel River. 



Family LANIID^. 



34. — Cracticus cassicus, Bodd. 



Sharpe, t. e. pp. 317, 499. 



This appears to be the most common species of the genus found 

 on the South Coast ; I have received two other species from Port 

 Moresby. 



Loc. Hall Sound, &c. 



Family DICRURID^. 



35. — Chibia carbonaria, S. Mull. 



Sharpe, Gat. B. III., p. 239 ; Journ Linn. Soc. Zool. XIII. , 

 p. 499 ; Dicrurus carbonarius, S. Mull, Salvad. ^' A. B' Albert. 

 Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. VII., p. 821, (1875) ; Ramsay, P, L. S., 

 AT. S. W., vol. I, p. 392. 



Very common all along the South Coast. 



Loc. Hall Sound, Katau, &c.. 



Family ARTAMID^. 



36.— Artamus leucopygialis, Gould. 



Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust.p. 154 ; id. P. Z. S., 1842, p. 17 ; 

 Ramsay, P. L. S., N. S. W., vol. II, p. 179. 



The New Guinea specimens are slightly smaller than those from 

 N. S. Wales. 



Loc, Kataii. 



