176 LANIIDJE. 



operculated, parti)' covered bj- feathers ; nasal and rictal bristles 

 fairly developed. First primary half the Icugth of the second ; 

 wings long and pointed, the third to the sixth primaries being sub- 

 equal in length, while the rest, like the secondaries, are very short. 

 Tail square, shorter than the wing ; each feather pointed. Tarsus in 

 front covered with transverse scales which have a tendency to fuse. 



The genus Eopsaltria is intermediate between the PacJiycephalince 

 and the Musciccqjince. 



Range. Australia and Polynesian subregion. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Abdomen bright yellow. 



a'. Only the upper throat whitish australis, p. 176. 



b'. Forehead and upper chest grey. 



a". Back grey (/eorgiana, p. 178. 



b". Back olive-brown Jlavtj/astra, p. 179. 



b. Abdomen dingy yellowish white. 



c'. Crown of head reddish brown cueullata, p. 179. 



d'. Crown olive-grey caledonica, p. 180. 



c. Underparts white, rest of plumage black. [p. 180. 

 c'. Basal half of tail-feathers white ptdvendcnta, 



f. Tips of tail-feathers white gtilaris, p. 181. 



1. Eopsaltria australis. 



Motacilla australis, White s Juurn. pi. at p. 239. 



Southern Flycatcher, Lath. Gen. Supp. vol. ii. p. 219. 



Muscicapa australis, Lath. Ind. Or?}., Siippl. p. 1. 



Todus tlavigaster, Lath. Ind. Oni. vol. i. p. 108. 



Sylvia flavigastra, Latli. Ind. Orn., Supp. p. liv. 



Yellow-breasted Thrush, Lewm, Birds of N. HoU. pi. 23. 



Pachycephala australis, Virj. Sf Horsf. Linn. Travis, vol. xv. p. 242. 



Muscipeta australis, Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 385. 



Eopsaltria flavicollis, Swains. Class. B. vol. ii. p. 250. 



Eopsaltria australis. Gray, List of Gen. Birds, 2nd edit. p. 45 ; 



id. Gen. B. i. p. 272 ; id Hand-l. 'B. i. p. 389, no. 6913 ; Bpj. C. A. 



1 p 327 ; Gould, Handb. B. Avstr. p. 293 ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. 



Soc. N. S. W. ii. 1878, pp. 183, 206. 



under surface white ; lores dark brown, a faint light-brown line over the eye ; 

 throat tinged with ashy grey, becoming browner on tlie chest, which is crossed 

 with a brownish band ; sides of chest and flanks brown ; abdomen, under tail- 

 and winn'-coverts silky white ; tail above brown, tinged witli olive-brown like 

 the wings, the shafts black, on the under surface of a clearer ashy brown, the 

 shafts of the feathers being white. 



" This species in general appearance resembles Pachycephala simplex o'l Gould, 

 but has no stripes on the breast or on the under surface ; the bill is also longer." 

 " Total length 5-5 Inches, wing 3-3, tail 2-5, tarsi (shot away), bill 0;55." 

 (Bamsay.') 



See also with regai-dto this very doubtful bird, " Pachi/ccphala ditbia," p. 219. 



(2) Lanius gambieranus, Less. Echo de M. S. 1844, p. 232 ; id. Suppl. (Euvr. 



deBiiff. 1837, p. 329 {teste Finsch and Hartlauh). 



Eopsaltria gambierana, Hartl. Wiegm. Archiv f. Naturg. 1852, p. 133; 



Gray, Cat .B. Trap. Isl. Pacif. Ocean, p. 21 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 390, 



no. 5920. 



