296 PRioNoriDJi. 



2. Pinarolestes parvulus, 



Colluricincla parvula, Gould, P. Z. S. 1845, p. 62 ; Gray, Gen. B. i. 

 p. 295 ; Gould, B. Amtr. ii. pi. 78 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 366 ; Gould, 

 Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 225 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 386. 



Adult. General colour above ashy brown, the head slightly darker 

 and more greyish ; lores and a streak above the eye dull white, 

 forming a distinct eyebrow ; round the eye a ring of duU whitish 

 feathers ; ear-coverts fulvous brown ; cheeks whitish, washed with 

 brown on the hinder parts ; wings brown, the least wing-coverts 

 sho-htly ashy, the greater series fulvous towards the tips, the quills 

 externally fulvous brown ; tail-feathers light brown, washed slightly 

 with ashy on both webs, and tipped narrowly with huffy white ; 

 throat dull white ; rest of under surface pale fulvous, rather deeper 

 on the flanks and under tail-coverts, the fore neck and chest with 

 narrow streaks of dark brown ; under wing-coverts pale fawn-buff, 

 the edge of the wing whitish : lower surface of quills ashy brown, 

 pale fulvous along the base of the inner web ; " bill blackish grey ; 

 tarsi bluish grey ; iris dark brownish red " {Gould). Total length 

 7-6 inches, culmen 0-S5, wing 3-7, tail 3-25, tarsus 1-05. 



Hah. Northern Australia. 



a. Ad. St. Port Essington. Dr. Sibbald [P.]. 



3. Pinarolestes rufigaster. 



Colluricincla rufogaster, Gould, P. Z. S. 1845, p. 

 Intr. p. xxxvii ; Bp. Cony), i. p. 366 ; Gould, 1 



^ 80 ; id. B. Austr. 

 Handb. B. Austr. 

 p. 226"; Gray, Hand-l B. \. p. "^m. 

 Myiolestes gou'ldi, Gra;/, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 180. 

 Myiolestes griseatus, Gray, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 180. 

 Collm-icincla parvissima, Gould, Ann. ^- May. Nat. Hist. (4) x. 

 p. 114. 

 Adidt male (Cajie York). General colour above dull olive-brown, 

 the head and hind neck slightly more shaded with grepsh, the rump 

 and upper tail-coverts more decidedly olive ; round the eye a ring 

 of buffy white feathers ; plumes in front of the eye also whitish ; 

 ear-coverts greyish brown, with narrow lighter shaft-streaks ; least 

 wing- coverts coloured like the back ; greater series of coverts and 

 quills brown, washed with olive ; tail-feathers brown, slightly 

 washed with olive on the edges of the feathers ; cheeks and throat 

 white washed with buff; rest of under surface of body yellowish 

 fawn-colour, deeper on the flanks, the fore neck slightly streaked 

 with ashy brown ; mider wing-coverts deej) fawn-colour ; quills 

 ashy brown below, pale fawn-buff from the base upwards along the 

 inner web. Total length 7*2 inches, culmen 0-85, wing 3-55, tail 3, 

 tarsus 1-05. 



(Tounr/ ?). Above olive-greenish, the crown of the head distinctly 

 greyish, in strong contrast to the back; above the eye a broad 

 streak of dull brick-red ; roiuid the eye a ring of isabelline feathers ; 

 lores isabelline : ear-coverts ashy brown, with lighter shaft-lines ; 



