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the chest, and extending on the sides of the neck to the ear 

 coverts, the lower portion of the breast, and the abdomen, flanks, 

 and under tail coverts bright rich yellow ; a band across the 

 breast greenish-olive like the back, the olive extending slightly 

 towards the flanks over the axillaries ; bill black; ''iris brown; 

 legs and feet bright orange." (K.B.) 



Total length, 5 in to 5*2 ; wing, 3"55 ; tail, 2*25 ; tarsus, 0"85; 

 hind to3, 0*5 ; bill from forehead, 0*77 ; from gape, 0*85 ; from 

 nostril to the tip, 0*45 ; bristle black, extending to nearly the tip 

 of the bill ; bill robust. 



The female is the same in plumage, but slightly smaller, 4' 8 ; 

 wing, 3-35 ; tail, 2*15 ; tarsus, 075 ; hind toe, 0*4 in. ; bill from 

 forehead, 0*72 in. ; from gape, 0*8 ; from nostril to tip, 0*4. in. 



Loc, Mountain scrubs, near Goldie's River. 



This is a fine robust species, with a strong bill, and wings 

 reaching to the end of the tail. It exhibits much of the form 

 and general appearance of the genus Leucophantes of Dr. Sclater. 



Family MUSCICAPID^. (?) 

 78. — Gertgone inconspicua, Bamsay, P.L.S., N.S.W., vol. Ill, 



p. 116. 



This species comes near G. chloronotus of Mr. Gould, but difiers 

 in having a pure white throat ; and the chest, breast, abdomen, and 

 under tail-coverts citron yellow ; from G. albogularis, it may be 

 distinguished by having the tail of a uniform tint, without any 

 bar or white tip ; a spot in front of the lores, and a ring round 

 the eye, white ; an oblique blackish spot, from in front to under 

 the eye, across the gape ; flanks tinged with olive ; under wing 

 coverts white, washed with citron colour ; tail and wings brown 

 above, the outer webs washed olive ; the quills lighter brown 

 below, shafts of the tail feathers white at the base below, brown 

 above ; all the upper sarface of the body olive brown, tinged 

 with green ; bill black ; legs and feet lead colour. 



Total length from tip of bill, 3*7 ; wing, 2*1 ; tail, 1*7 ; tarsus, 

 0-7 ; bill from forehead, 0-5. Sex ^ ? 



Hah.f scrubs on banks of Laloki River, where Morton informs 

 me he obtained it among the leafy tops of the trees. 



