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feathers of the under surface have Pv narrow dark line down the cen- 

 tre ; thighs gray ; irides dark brown ; bill black ; feet dark brown. 



Total length 8^ inches ; bill, 1 ; wing, 5 ; tail, 4^ ; tarsi, 1^. 



The sexes are alike in colour. 



About the size of Colluriciacla cinerea, Vig. and Horsf., from which 

 it may be distinguished by the uniform colouring of the back and 

 the bulfy tint of the lower part of the abdomen and under tail-coverts. 



Hab. Swan River, Western Australia. 



Pachycephala rufogularis. Pach.mas : corpore superne fusces- 

 centi-cinereo ; guld et corpore subtus rufis ; pectore vittd fusces- 

 centi-cinered obscure notatd. 



Foem. a mare differt corpore subtus albescenti-cinereo haud rufo. 



Male. — Crown of the head and all the upper surface deep brown- 

 ish gray ; wings and tail dark brown, the feathers margined with 

 grayish brown ; lores, chin, throat, under surface of the shoulder and 

 all the under surface reddish sandy browTi, crossed on the breast by 

 a broad irregular band of grayish brown; irides reddish brown; bill 

 black ; feet blackish brown. 



Female. — Differs from the male in having the throat and under 

 surface grayish white, the chest lieing crossed by an obscure mark 

 of grayish bro\ATi and with a line down the centre of each feather. 



Total length, 7 inches; bill, |; wing, 4^; tail, 3|; tarsi, 1, 



This species is somewhat allied to P. pectoralis, but maj' be di- 

 stinguished from it by the rufous colouring of the throat, and by the 

 band across the chest being grayish brown instead of black. 



Hab. South Australia. 



Pachycephala ixorxata. Pack, olivaceo-fusca, abdomine palli- 

 diore; plumis corporis inferioris strigd fused centrali leviter no- 

 tatis. 



All the upper surface grayish olive ; wings and tail bro\\Ti, the 

 feathers of the former broadly margined with lighter brown ; all the 

 under surface bro^ATiish gray, becoming nearly white on the vent and 

 under tail-coverts, with a fine stripe of pale brown down each fea- 

 ther ; irides dark brown ; bill blackish brown, fleshy towards the 

 base ; feet blackish bro^\'n. 



Total length, 7 inches; bill, |; wing, 3J ; tail, 3^; tarsi, 1. 



This bird has somewhat the appearance of the young or female of 

 P. gutturalis, but its larger size and shorter and more robust bill 

 distinguish it from that species. 



Hab. Belts of the Murray in South Australia. 



ZosTEROPS chloroxotus, Zos. dorso olivaceo-viridi ; gutture et 

 crisso virescenti-flavis. 



Lores black ; crown of the head and all the upper surface olive- 

 green ; primaries and tail feathers brown, margined with olive-green ; 

 throat and under tail-coverts light greenish yellow; breast and under 

 surface gray, tinged with browTi on the abdomen and flanks ; irides 

 wood-brown ; bill brown, lighter on the under mandible ; legs and 

 feet dark-gray. 



Total length, 4^ inches; bill, y'j; ; wing, 21; tail., 1|; tarsi, ^. 



Hab. Western Australia. 



