Zoology of Neiv Guinea. 323 



Cypselid^. 



CoLLOCALiA spoDioPYGiA, Peale^ Ramsay, /. c. p. 265. 



It would have been interesting to know if the specimens 

 which are now assigned to this species by Mr. Ramsay are 

 not the same as those described by him as Cypselus terra- 

 regince, P. Z. S. 1S7^, p. 601. 



MUSCICAPID^. 



Rhipidura castaneothoraX; Ramsay, sp. nov., /. c. p. 270. 



The description of this species applies in every respect to 

 a specimen of i?. hyperythra, Gi'ay (= rufiventris, MiilL), from 

 Northern New Guinea. 



Rhipidura ambusta, Ramsay, sp. nov., ibid. 



Mr. Ramsay does not mention any species to which his 

 R. ambusta is allied. It seems to me that if it is not the 

 same as R. threnothorax, MiilL, it must be very nearly allied 

 to it. 



There is another Rhipidura lately described by Mr. Ram- 

 say, R. episcopalis (Proc. Linn. Soc. N. I. W. ii. p. 371), 

 which, I think, has been rightly identified with R, leucothorax, 

 Salvad., by Mr. Sharpe (Cat. B. iv. p. 474). 



EopsALTRiA PLACENs, Ramsay, sp. nov., /. c. p. 372. 



This is a good species, which has been described quite 

 recently also by Mr. Sharpe as Poecilodryas flavicincta (Ann. 

 & Mag. Nat. Hist. April 1879). As it belongs to the group 

 of P. capito (Gould) and P. leucops (Salvad.), it seems that 

 its proper place is in the genus Pcecilodryas. 



MicRCECA ALBOFRONTATA, Ramsay, sp. nov., /. c. p. 304. 

 The description applies in every respect to my Monachella 

 saxicolina {= Muscicapa muelleriana, Schleg.). 



Gerygone inconspicua, Ramsay, /. c. pp. 116, 273. 

 I should say that this species is nearly allied to G. chry- 

 sogaster, Gray, if not the same, 



Malurid^. 

 ? ToDOPSis CYANOCEPHALA, Q. ct G,, apud Ramsay, /. c. 

 J). 274, 



