382 MVSCICAPID^. 



keep the Aru-Islands Mijiagni as identical with the North-Australian 

 M. latirostrls, but the specimens do not agree very well with 

 Gould's figure. The Australian examples in the Museum are 

 females in such worn plumage as to be useless for purposes of com- 

 parison. 



Ilab. Northern Australia, Aru Islands, S.E. New Guinea. 



Dr. Sibbald [P.]. 



J. R. Elsey, Esq. [P.]. 



A. E. WaUace, Esq. [C.l. 

 A. R. Wallace, Esq. [O.J. 



12. Myiagra rufigula. 



Myiagra rufigula, Wallace, P. Z. S. I860, pp. 485, 491 ; Grai/, Hand-l. 

 B. i. p. 328, no. 4919. 



Adult male (tj'pe of species). General colour above leaden grey, 

 with a greenish gloss ; wing-coverts like the back ; quills dusky 

 blackish, externally edged with grey ; tail blackish, slightly shaded 

 with greenish on the edges of the feathers, the outermost one 

 narrowly edged with white at the tip and also along the outer web ; 

 sides of face leaden grey, like the head ; eyelid in front white ; a 

 narrow frontal line and feathers in front of the eye conspicuously 

 lighter ashy grey ; cheeks, throat, and chest rich orange-chestnut, 

 extending upon the sides of the breast ; rest of under surface of body 

 and under tail-coverts pure white, the flanks washed with orange ; 

 thighs white, with dusky bases ; under wing-coverts and axiUaries 

 white, faintly washed with orange-buif ; quills ashy brown below, 

 edged with white along the edge of the inner web. Total length 5-9 

 inches, culmen 0'6, wing 2-75, tail 2*5, tarsus 0-7. 



Adult female. Different from the male ; much lighter grey above, 

 the head uniform with the back and only slightly glossed with steel- 

 green ; lesser and median coverts like the back ; greater series dusky 

 brown, narrowly tipped with white ; quills dusky brown, edged with 

 ashy ; tail blackish, obsoletely tipped with white, more plainly on the 

 penultimate feather, the outermost paler brown, edged with white 

 along the outer web and at the tip of the inner web ; sides of face like 

 the head, the feathers in front of the eye and at the base of the forehead 

 hoary grey ; cheeks, throat, and chest deep orange-rufous, paler on 

 the throat ; rest of under surface white, slightly shaded with orange- 

 buff on the flanks and on the wing- coverts. Total length 6 inches, 

 culmen 0-6, wnng 2-6, tail 2-5, tarsus 0'65. 



Hah. Timor group of islands. 



«. S ad. sk. 8emao Island. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



(Type of species.) 

 h,c. c5' $ ad. sk. Timor. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C 



d, e. (S ad. sk. E. Timor. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C 



