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also that of E. ma^nirostris as synonyms of E. auitralis. It is a matter of opinion whether he is 

 right in so doing. Possibly the type of E. chrysorrhoiis, to which species Dr. Ramsay first drew 

 attention," may be only a brighter coloured northern race of E. aiisfralis, due to climatic 

 variation, but if it is as rich in colour as Dr. Ramsay's type from Cardweli, under the MS. 

 name of E. magmrostris, now before me, I hold that it is more entitled to recognition than many 

 others which are accorded full specific rank. 



The nest of Eopsaltria chrvsorrhoiis is formed chiefly of the skeletons of lea\es and portions 

 of the dead leaves of the lawyer-vine (Calamus australis), the exterior being covered with fine 

 green moss held in position with a thin network of spider's web, to which is attached here and 

 there pieces of pale greenish-grey lichen; inside it is lined with strips of dead leaves of the 

 lawyer-vme and fibre. .\n average nest measures externally three inches in diameter by two 

 inches and three-quarters in depth, and the inner cup two inches and a quarter in diameter 

 by two inches in depth. The nest figured was taken by Mr. H. R. Elvery, near Hallina, and 

 is built close to the base of some leaves growing on the upper portion of a stem of a lawyer- 

 vine, to which it is attached by spider's web. The eggs are two in number for a sitting, and 

 typically are not to be distinguished from those of Eopsaltria australis. A set of two, taken in 

 the Tweed River District, near the Queensland border, are oval in form, and of a dull green 

 ground colour, which is uniformly freckled and blotched with dull yellow and reddish-brown. 

 Length (A) o-88 x 07 inches; (B) o-88 x o-68 inches. Four eggs, taken by Mr. Elvery from 

 a nest on the igth September, i8g8, and which only contained a single egg on the 17th inst., 

 is apparently the result of two birds laying in the same nest, for they are of two distinct types, 

 and vary considerably in colour, disposition of markings, and size. Length: — (.\) o-g x 0-69 

 inches; (B) 0-87 x 0-73 inches; (C) 0-91 x 0-66 inches; (D) o-g x 0-65 inches. Another set of 

 two, taken near Lismore, is of a rich greenish-blue ground colour, which is freckled and 

 spotted but particularly on the larger end with purplish-red. Length: — (A) o'88 x 0-63 inches; 

 (B) 0-92 X o'63 inches. 



Eopsaltria gularis. 



(>rey-bi;easted kubin. 



Gobe-mouche a gorge blanche, Quoy et Gaini., Voy. de I'Astrol., Atlas, pi. I, fig. 1. 



Muscicapa gularis, Quoy et Gaira., Voy. de rAstrol., Zool., 'roiii. I., p. 176 (1<S;30). 



Eopsaltria griseogularii, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc, 18.'?7, p. 14 1: id., Hds. Austr., fob, Vol. TIL, jil. 



12 (1848); id., Handbk. Bds. Austr., Vol. I., p. 29i (18G.5). 

 Eopsaltria georgiana (nee Quoy et Gaim.), Gadow, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., Vol. VIII., p. 178 (1883). 

 Eopsaltria gularis. North, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 2nd ser., Vol. XXVII., p. 76 (1902). 



Adult m.\le — General colour above ashy-grey, the lower back tiuged witli olive-yellow ; rump 

 and upper tail-coverts olive-yelknv ; quills dark brown externally edged with grey ; tail-feathers dark 

 brown, externally washed with olive-yellow, the lateral feathers tipped with white; lores blackish; 

 chin, throat, and fore-neck white; upper portion of the breast grey ; remainder of the under surface 

 bright yellow; "bill black; legs and feet black; iris dark brown;" (Morgan). Total length 0'7 

 inches, wing 35, tail 2-6, bill 5, tarsus 085. 



Adult female — Similar in plumage to the male. 



Distribution.— Western Australia, South Australia. 



/~|^HE type of the present species was figured and described by MM. Quoy and Gaimard 



-L from a specimen collected at King George's Sound, Western Australia, during the 



"Voyage of the Astrolabe." Subsequently Gould described and figured the same species 



under the name of Eopsaltria griscogularis, from a specimen in a collection at Fort Pitt, 



• Proc. Zool. Soc, 1868, p. 384. 



