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feathers edged -with blue-black like the back ; quills ashy black 

 below, greyer along the edge of the inner web. Total length o'2 

 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 2*85, tail 2-4, tarsus O'Go. {Mas. 

 Genov.) 



Adult female (Kordo, Beccarl). Different from the male. General 

 colour above ashy grey, the head inclining to bluish grey ; wing- 

 coverts like the back, the greater series and the quills brown, edged 

 with lighter ashy brown ; tail-feathers brown, margined with ashy 

 brovra ; lores, sides of face, and ear-coverts dusky grey, darker in 

 front of and below the eye, the hinder part of the eyelid somewhat 

 whitish ; cheeks white : under surface of body greyish white, 

 slightly mottled on the breast with darker suVjterminal marks of 

 ashy ; abdomen and under tail-coverts pure white ; thighs ashy 

 brown ; under wing-coverts ashy brown, edged with white, the 

 axiUaries white, with dusky -brown bases. Total length 5-2 inches, 

 culmen 0-55, wing 2-6, tail 2-:5, tarsus 0"65. {Mus. Genov.). 



Hah. Island of Misori in the Bay of Geelvink. 



11. Myiagi-a latirostris. 



Myiagra latirostris, Gould, P. Z. S. 1S40, p. 172; Gould, B. Audi: 

 folio, ii. pi. 92; Reich. J'oi/. Neulwll. p. '2i^, no. 569 ; Bp. Consp. i. 

 p. -321; Gray, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 176; Gould, Handb. B. Austr. i. 

 p. 2o6; Finsch, Neu-Guittea, p. 170; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 328, 

 no. 4918 ; Sliarpe, Joiirn. Linn. Svc. xiii. p. 498. 



Adult iuale. General colour above leaden grey, darker and more 

 glossy on the head ; lesser and median coverts like the back ; the 

 greater coverts, primary-coverts, and quills dusky brown, externally 

 edged with leaden grej' like back, rather more hoary on the secon- 

 daries ; tail-feathers dusky brown, externally leaden grey ; sides of 

 face leaden grey, not so glossy as the crown; eyelid whitish; 

 feathers in front of and below the eye, lores, and base of forehead 

 light ashy grey; cheeks, throat, and chest pale orange- rufous ; 

 remainder of under surface white, tinged with orange on the sides 

 of the breast ; thighs white, with dusky bases ; under wing-coverts 

 and axillaries white ; quills ashy browni below, whitish along the 

 inner webs ; " bill black ; feet black ; iris blackish brown " (Gould). 

 Total length 6-5 inches, culmen 0-G, wing 2-So, tail 2-75, tarsus 

 0-7. 



Adult female. Different from the male in being much paler every- 

 where ; the back ashy grey, the head only with greenish gloss ; 

 wing-coverts like the back : quills brown, with ashy-brown margins ; 

 tail-feathers blackish, externally ashy grey, the two outer feathers 

 paler brown, the outennost edged along the outer web with dull 

 whitish, as wcU as the tip of the inner web ; sides of face light ashy 

 grey, the feathers in front of the eye and at base of forehead hoary 

 whitish ; rest of under surface as in the male, but very much paler 

 orange-rufous on the throat and chest. Total length 6-4 inches, 

 culmen 0'6, wing 2-9, tail 2-S, tarsus 0-75. 



Ohs. Following the identifications of Mr, Gray and Mr. Wallace, I 



