16. EOPSALTRIA. 18l 



Very similar to E. gularis, but distinguished from that and every 

 other known species by the white at the basal portion of the lateral 

 tail-feathers. 



This is a very aberrant species of EopsaJtria, and should probably 

 be referred to the genus Pcecilodnjas, as has been done by Salvador! 

 I.e. It is, accordiug to the latter author, P. cinerta of Sharpe (Cat. 

 B. iv. p. 243). 



Adult male. General colour above dark leaden grey ; wing-coverts 

 and quills of the wing uniform blackish brown, which colour becomes 

 a little lighter on the outer web and the terminal half of the quills ; 

 upper tail-coverts black ; central pair of the tail-feathers entirely 

 blackish brown like the terminal half of the other pairs, the basal 

 half of which is quite white ; bill black ; feet black-brown. 



The sexes are alike in plumage. 



cS . Total length 6-1 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 3-2, tail 2-8, tarsus 0-9. 



IJab. Cape York, New Guinea, and the Aru Islands. 



a. c? ad. sk. Somerset, Cape York. J. Gould, Esq. 



b-(/. Ad.sk. Cape York (C'ycAwW/). F. D. Godman and 0. 



Salvin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



7. Eopsaltria gularis. 



Gobe-mouche a gorge blanche, Quoi/ et Gaim. Voy. Astral., Atlas, pi. iv. 



fig. 1. 

 Muscicapa gularis, Quoy et Gaim. Voy. Astro!., Oiseau.r, p. 176. 

 Eopsaltria leucogastra, Gould, P. Z. S. 1846, p. 19 ; id. B. Aitstr. 



fol. iii. pi. 13 ; id. Handb. B. Aiistr'. i. p. 226 ; Bp. C. A. i. p. 328. 

 Eopsaltria gularis. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 389, no. 5914 ; Ramsay, 



Proc. Linn. Soc. X. S. W. ii. (1878) p. 183. 



Adult male. General colour above, head, hind neck, scapulars, and 

 dipper tail-coverts uniform dark slaty grey ; wing-coverts and quills 

 brownish black, terminal half of the quills somewhat lighter and 

 the terminal end of the secondaries narrowly margined with whitish; 

 tail-feathers like the quills, the central pair entirely uniform, the 

 other pairs with larger white tips to the end of the inner web ; 

 lores and a small spot immediately in front of the eyes black ; ear- 

 coverts grey ; chin, throat, and the whole under surface of the body 

 white, the breast just slightly tinged with grey ; edge of the wing 

 white, under wing-coverts blackish grey ; under surface of quills 

 blackish, with the basal part white, forming a patch ; bUl and feet 

 black (Gould) ; iris " dark brown." 



The sexes are alike in plumage. 



J . Total length 5-5 inches, culmen 0-72, wing 3-2, tail 2-7, 

 tarsus 0-95. 



2 . Total length o*5 inches, culmen 0-62, wing 3-1, tail 2-7, 

 tarsus 0-95. 



Ilab. Western Australia. 



a. c? ad. sk. W. Australia, near the Vasse, J. Gould, E.-q. [C.]. 



Nov. 25, 1842. 



b. 2 ad. sk. W. Australia, near the Murray, J. Gould, Esq. [C.l. 



Nov. 4, 1842. 



c. cJ ad. sk. W. AustraUa, Nov. 30, 1842. Gould Collection. 



d. Ad. sk. W. Australia. Gould Collection. 



