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  FROM 
  MELANESIA. 
  

  

  and 
  round 
  the 
  fore 
  and 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  white, 
  with 
  hair- 
  

   like 
  black 
  shaft-lines 
  ; 
  ear-coverts 
  dark 
  brown 
  ; 
  chin 
  and 
  cheeks 
  

   white, 
  the 
  hinder 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  streaked 
  with 
  dusky 
  brown 
  ; 
  

   lower 
  throat 
  tinged 
  with 
  yellow 
  and 
  streaked 
  with 
  blackish 
  centres 
  

   to 
  the 
  feathers 
  ; 
  remainder 
  of 
  under 
  surface 
  white, 
  slightly 
  tinged 
  

   with 
  yellow 
  and 
  broadly 
  streaked 
  with 
  dark 
  brown 
  on 
  the 
  fore 
  neck 
  

   and 
  chest 
  and 
  with 
  rufous-brown 
  on 
  the 
  breast 
  and 
  abdomen 
  ; 
  

   thighs 
  and 
  tarsal 
  plumes 
  yellowish, 
  spotted 
  with 
  brown 
  ; 
  under 
  tail- 
  

   coverts 
  white, 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  heart-shaped 
  spots 
  iitar 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  

   feather 
  ; 
  axillaries 
  and 
  under 
  wing-coverts 
  deep 
  yellowish 
  buff, 
  

   broadly 
  streaked 
  with 
  chocolate-brown, 
  the 
  central 
  markings 
  more 
  

   or 
  less 
  irregular 
  in 
  shape 
  ; 
  quills 
  dusky 
  brown, 
  barred 
  with 
  white, 
  

   somewhat 
  ashy 
  whitish 
  on 
  the 
  quills, 
  but 
  very 
  pure 
  white 
  on 
  the 
  

   lower 
  series 
  of 
  under 
  wing-coverts, 
  which 
  resemble 
  the 
  lower 
  surface 
  

   of 
  the 
  quills 
  in 
  appearance. 
  Total 
  length 
  15 
  inches, 
  culraen 
  0-85, 
  

   wing 
  10'2, 
  tail 
  6'5, 
  tarsus 
  1--15. 
  

  

  3. 
  Corvus 
  coronoides, 
  F. 
  ^ 
  U. 
  

   Sharpe, 
  Cat. 
  B. 
  Brit. 
  Mus. 
  ill. 
  p. 
  20. 
  

  

  a. 
  (S 
  ad. 
  Port 
  MoUe, 
  Queensland, 
  May 
  1881. 
  

  

  4. 
  Oriolus 
  flavicinctus 
  {King). 
  

  

  Sharpe, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  206. 
  

  

  Mimeta 
  flavocincta, 
  Ramsay, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  188. 
  

  

  a. 
  2' 
  ^^^^ 
  Darwin, 
  Oct. 
  1881. 
  Bill 
  flesh-colour; 
  legs 
  and 
  feet 
  

   slaty 
  grey 
  ; 
  iris 
  bright 
  red. 
  

  

  A 
  smaller 
  bird 
  than 
  the 
  Cape-York 
  examples 
  (wing 
  5*2 
  inches), 
  

   with 
  rather 
  a 
  smaller 
  alar 
  speculum. 
  The 
  black 
  centres 
  to 
  the 
  

   feathers 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  surface 
  are 
  wider, 
  and 
  the 
  bird 
  consequently 
  

   appears 
  darker 
  ; 
  but 
  this 
  is 
  probably 
  due 
  to 
  abrasion 
  and 
  wearing 
  

   away 
  of 
  the 
  plumage. 
  

  

  ^ 
  5. 
  Sphecotheres 
  flaviventris, 
  Gould. 
  

  

  Sharpe, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  225 
  ; 
  Ramsay, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  188. 
  

   a,h. 
  $ 
  . 
  Thursday 
  Island, 
  Aug. 
  1881. 
  Iris 
  black. 
  

  

  6. 
  Chibia 
  bracteata 
  {Gould). 
  

   Sharpe, 
  t. 
  c. 
  iii. 
  p. 
  236; 
  Ramsay, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  182. 
  

  

  rt, 
  6. 
  c? 
  . 
  Friday 
  Island, 
  Aug. 
  1881. 
  

  

  c. 
  (S 
  . 
  Port 
  Darwin, 
  Oct. 
  1881. 
  Iris 
  orange-colour. 
  

  

  7. 
  Grallina 
  picata 
  {Lath.). 
  

   Sharpe, 
  t. 
  c. 
  p. 
  272 
  ; 
  Ramsay, 
  f. 
  c. 
  p. 
  180. 
  

   o. 
  J. 
  Port 
  Curtis, 
  April 
  1881. 
  

  

  