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Rhipidura isura, Gould. Northern Fantail. 

 Sctosura sctosa isura. 



One 3, 2 ?$. Slightly lighter-coloured than North-Western 

 and Macarthur River (N.T.) skins. Wing, 83 mm. Since the 

 article by H. G. Barnard and myself on the " Birds of Rockmgham 

 Bay " [Emu, xvii., p. 23), an examination of a larger series 

 indicates that the birds in that district are a darker race ; wing 

 also larger — 90 mm. 



It should be stated that Gould's type locality for R. isura is 

 " North-West Coast " {P.Z.S., 1840, p. 174). not "Port Essington," 

 as shown on Mathews's " List," p. 186. 



Rhipidura (motacilloides) picata, Gould. Lessor Black-and-White 



Fantail. 

 Leucocirca tricolor picata. 



One S. Wing, 90 mm.' Smaller and not so black above as 

 the familiar southern form. 



Myiagra concinna, Gould. Blue Flycatcher. 

 Myiagra ruhecnla concinna. 



One S, wing 73 mm. ; i ?, wing 70 mm. Mathews shows Port 

 Essington as the type-locality of this species. Gould, in his works, 

 states that concinna " is a native of the North-Western portion of 

 Australia." See also original description, P. Z. S., 1847, p. 221. 

 King River (N.T.) specimens are not so brilliantly plumaged as 

 North-Western birds, and are smaller than the southern race — 

 plumbea {rubecula). 



Piezorhynchus nitidus, Gould. Shining Flycatcher. 



Piezorhxnchus alccto nitidus. 



Two '30, I ?• These examples were collected on the Liverpool 

 and Glyde Rivers, and may be clubbed with tormenti (Mathews), 

 from North-West Austraha, which is Gould's type-locality. (See 

 P. Z. S., 1840, p. 171.) Wing of both, 90 mm., and females 

 have chestnut-brown backs, whereas in alecto, from Cape York, 

 and wardelli, from Cardwell, the backs of the respective females 

 are lighter (cinnamon-rufous). In alecto the male has a bluish- 

 black sheen, as against greenish-black of all the other males. 

 The wing of alecto is 95 mm., and it has a much bigger bill, and 

 may be a separate species. 



In Gould's "Handbook," i., p. 250, there is quoted Gilbert's 

 interesting original field notes concerning the Shining Flycatcher 

 at Port Essington and its nest. 



Graucalus hypoleucus, Gould. White-belhed Cuckoo-Shrike. 



One ci, I ?. Wing, 149 mm. Same as Macarthur River birds, 

 wliich do not differ from North-West specimens (parryi, Mathews). 

 North Queensland specimens have more grey on the breast, for 

 which Mathews lias suggested the name stalkeri. Wing, 153 mm. 



Cisticola (exilis) lineocapilla, Gould. Grass-Warbler. 



One (5*, I $. Strongly striped specimens, the male without the 



