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A still younger specimen has obsolete barrings on the 

 throat and upper breast. 



33. Edgliisoma tenuirostre (Jard.) ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 55. 

 " Generally found in company with Gravcuhis melanops, 



but by no means common. Iris brown; bill and feet black ^' 

 {Olive). 



34. *Lalage karu (Less. & Garn.) ; Hartert, Nov. Zool. 

 V. p. 524 (1898). 



Lalaye leucomelcBna Sharpe, t. c. p. 106 (partim). 

 Two males and a femule from Cooktown. 

 "Very plentiful and not shy; generally in pairs. Iris 

 brown ; bill and feet black '^ {Olive). 



35. ^PiEzoRHYNCHUs NiTiDUS Gould ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 416. 

 Two males. 



" Plentiful in the mangrove swamps. Iris brown ; feet 

 black ; bill slate with the tip black.''' (Olive). 



36. fPiEZORHYXCHus GOULDi (G. R. Gr.) ; Sharpe, t. c. 

 p. 419 (partim). 



Two specimens, also a nest and eggs, in almost every 

 respect indistinguishable from the nest and eggs of Arses 

 candidior described by Mr. Le Souef in ' Ibis,'' 1897, p. 397, 



37. tMoNARCHA MELANOPSis (Vicill.) ; Sharpe, t, c. p. 430. 

 '' Iris brown ; feet black ; bill slate'' [Olive). 



38. t Arses kaupi Gould; Sharpe, t. c. p. 411. 



" Fairly plentiful in scrub country, and not shy ; they run 

 up and down the tree-trunks somewhat like a Creeper. Iris 

 brown ; feet black ; bill bluish slate ; wattle round eye royal 

 blue" {Olive). 



39. fHETEROMYiAs ciNEREiFRONs (Ramsay) ; Sharpe, t. c. 

 p. 239. 



Three specimens. Apparently an upland species found 

 above 2000 feet. 



According to Mr. Olive they are ground birds, and only 

 take refuge in the trees when disturbed. '' Iris brown ; feet 

 whitish; bill black with a white tip" {Olive). 



