18. P8EPD0GERVG0NE, 223 



the eye a dusky spot ; round the eye a ring of greyish-white 

 feathers ; ear-coverts and sides of neck ashy brown like the head ; 

 cheeks and under surface of body ashy white, with a browner shade 

 on the chest and sides of the breast, the under tail- coverts slightly 

 tinged with yellow ; sides of the body pale lemon-yellow ; under 

 wing-coverts and axillaries white, with a slight wash of pale yellow ; 

 quills brown below, margined with white along the inner web. 

 Total length 3"G inches, culmcn 0*4, wing 2, tail VG, tarsus 0-7. 

 Ifab. New Caledonia. 



a. Ad. sk. Island of Nu, New Caledonia, J. Macgillivray, Esq. [C.]. 

 April 20, 1858. (Type of species.) 



10. Pseudogerygone fusca. 



Psilopus fuscus, Gould, P. Z. S. 183", p. 147 ; id. Syn. B. Aiistr. pt. iv. 

 Gerygone fusca, Gotdd in De Strzelecki's Phj/s. Descr. of N. S. Wales 



and ['an Diemeii's Land, p. .321 ; id. B. Austr. fol. ii. pi. 98 ; Bp. 



Consp. i. p. 293 ; Jieichenb. Vcig. NerihoU. pp. 70, 288 ; Gould, 



Handh. B. Austr. i. p. 267 ; Ramsay, Proc, Litm. Sac, N. S, W. 



ii. p. 183. 

 Acanthiza fusca, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 189; id. Iland-l. B. i. p. 219, 



no. 3134. 

 Pseudogerygone fusca, Sharpe, Notes Leyden Mas. i. no. 9, p. 29. 



Adult (Cape York, J. Cocl-erell). General colour above brown, 

 slightly more rufescent on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; lesser 

 and median wing-coverts like the back, the greater coverts and 

 quills dark brown, narrowly margined with the brown of the back, 

 incHning to whity brown on the edges of the primaries ; tail ashy 

 brown, with a broad shade of black towards the ends of the feathers, 

 all of which, with the exception of the two centre ones, have a large 

 white spot near the end of the inner web, the outermost being crossed 

 by a subterminal white bar, the tip being dusky brown ; lores and 

 a lino over the eye greyish white, as well as the eye-ring and 

 feathers below the eye ; in front of the eye a blackish spot ; sides of 

 the face, sides of neck, and throat ashy grey, shading oif into grej-ish 

 white on the breast, and to pure white on the abdomen ; thighs 

 brown; flanks and under tail-coverts washed with buff; under 

 wing-coverts and axillaries white ; quills dark brown below, whitish 

 along the edge of the inner web ; " bill and feet black ; iris light 

 reddish yellow " {Gould). Total length 3-8 inches, culmen 0*4, wing 

 1'9, tail 1-7, tarsus 0-65. {Mu,t. F. DuCane Godnmn.) 



Another specimen in Mr. Godman's collection, perhaps a female, 

 is much more fulvous-brown above, especially on the rump and upper 

 tail-coverts ; the sides of the body are tawny buff, as well as the 

 under tail-coverts, leaving only the breast and centre of the abdo- 

 men whitish. Total length 3-7 inches, culmen 0-4, wing 1-9, tail 

 VQ, tarsus O'Go. 



Huh. Australia : "Wide-Bay district ; Richmond and Clarence- 

 River districts ; New South Wales ; Victoria. 



11. Pseudogerygone IsBvigastr a. 

 Gerygone laevigaster, Gould, P. Z. S. 1842, p. 133; id. B. Amfr 



