10. I'l^'AKOLESTES. 293 



5. Collyriocincla pallidirostris. 



Adult. General colour above ashy brown, the head rather more 

 grey, with indistinct brown shaft -lines ; wing-coverts also a little 

 greyer than the back ; quills brown, externally ashy grey, the 

 secondaries rather clearer grey on the outer webs ; upper tail-coverts 

 ashy grey ; tail brown, all the feathers ashy grey on their margins 

 and slightly paler at the extreme tips : a spot in front of the eye 

 white ; round the eye a circlet of whitish feathers ; over the eye a 

 very faint eyebrow of dull white feathers ; car-coverts uniform ashy 

 brown, with faint whitish shaft-lines ; cheeks and throat dull white, 

 with faint mesial streaks of rufous brown ; Ijrcast and sides of body 

 light ashy brown, the centre of the body dull white, the entire 

 breast marked with obscure mesial streaks of light rufous brown ; 

 thighs ashy brown ; under tail-coverts dull white, with light brown 

 shaft-streaks ; under wing-coverts light orange-buff, the axillariea 

 ashy brown like the breast ; under surface of quills ashy brown, 

 light tawny buff along the inner web ; bill pale yellowish or whitish 

 horn-colour; " iris brown " {Elsey). Total length 9-2 inches, cul- 

 men 1, wing 4"85, tail 4-4, tarsus 1'2. 



Hah. Northern Australia. 



a. Ad. St. Port Essington, Mav 13, 1840. Capt. Chambers, R.N. [P.]. 



b. $ ad. sk. Nicholson River, Aug. 24, 1850, J. R. Elsey, Esq. [P.]. 



lat. 19° 40', long. 138°. 



10. PINAROLESTES*. 



Myiolestes, uuet. recent., nee Cahanis, 1850. 



7 

 lleml ii{ Pi/iarolestes megarhi/nckiis. 



Range. New Cfuinea and adjacent Papuan Islands; Pelew Islands; 

 Northern Australia and islands of Torres Strait ; Fiji Islands. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Bill light yellowish horn-colour or light 

 brown. 

 a. Round the eye a ring of whitish or bufl' 

 feathers, 

 rt". Lores fulvous ; throat only a little paler 

 fawn-colour than the breast ; ear- 

 coverts rufous brown, with fulvous 

 shaft-streaks meyarhynchus, p, 295. 



* Type P. videiisis. 



