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Total length, 6 75 in. ; bill, 0'6 in. ; wing, 5 in. ; tail, 4 in. ; tarsus, 

 8 in. 



Hab. : 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8. 



So. L. leUCOmelseiia, Vig. and Hors. (L. karu, Lesson), Pied Cater- 

 pillar-eater. 



Under tail coverts bufif or fawn in both male and female. In 

 male the under surface is uniform. In female under surface of 

 body is fawn (lighter on throat) and crossed with wavy lines of 

 dusky blackish, vanishing on tliroat, and absent on lower abdomen 

 and under tail coverts, which are more richly coloured. 



Hab. : 1, 2, 3, 4. 



FAMILY— MUSCICAPID^. 



Bill broadened or rather fiat, generally furnished with numerous rictal 



bristles ; culmen keeled. 



Genus — MICRCECA. — Wings extremely long ; distance between wings 

 and tip of tail not exceeding length of tarsus. 



86. M. fascinans, Lath., Brown Fly-catcher. 



Belly and under tail coverts white ; outer tail feathers entirely 

 pure white ; axillaries light brown. Wing, 3 "45 in. 

 Hab. : (2), 3, 4, 6, 7. 



87. HI. aSSiiniUs, Gld., Lesser Brown Fly-catcher. 



Belly and under tail coverts white ; outer tail feathers blackish- 

 brown, white at tip of inner web and along outer one. Wing, 

 3'35 in. Smaller than M. fascinaus. 

 Hab. : 1, 8, 9. 



88. M. flavigaster, Gld., Lemon- breasted Fly-catcher. 



Belly and under tail coverts yellow ; above olive-brown ; throat 

 white or paler yellow ; lores dull white. Wing, 275 in. 

 Hab. : 1, 2. 



89. HI. pallida, De Vis, Pale Fly -catcher. 



Roy. Soc. Queensland, vol. i., p. 159 Nearest to M. fascinans. 

 Hab. : 2, 8. 



Genus— PETROiCA.— Bill about equal in height and breadth at the 



nostrils. 



90. P, le^&ii, Sharpe (P. multicolor, Swain.), Scarlet- breasted Robin. 



Male, upper surface black ; frontal white mark large ; throat 

 black ; breast scarlet. Female, throat and back grey. 

 Hab. : 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 



91. p. campbelli, Sharpe. 



Male, small white frontal band, and less white on wing than in 

 P. leggii, to which it is closely related. 

 Hab. : 9. 



92. P. phoenicea, Gld., Flame breasted Robin. 



Male, upper sui-face slaty-grey ; frontal mark small ; only, the chin 

 black, remainder of tliroat and breast orange-scarlet. Female, 

 uniform brown above ; breast faint red ; no red in young. 

 Hab. : 4, 5. 



93. P. goodenovii, Vig. and Hors., Red-capped Robin. 



Male, forehead red ; throat black. Female, body grey ; forehead 

 " faint scarlet." 



Hab. : 6, 7, 9. 



94. P. rosea, Gld. (Erythrodryas rosea), Rose-breasted Robin. 



Male, v/ing coverts without any white ; breast rose pink ; with 

 white outer tail feathers. Female, spot of buff on forehead ; 

 secondaries whitish-bufF marked ; under surface brown. 

 Hab. : 2, 3, 4. 



