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basal half of the primaries being white ; for which reason he proposes 

 to characterize it as 



ExTOMYZA ALBiPENNis. Ent. corpore supra et alls e viridi au- 

 reo-olivaceis ; primariis fuscis ; pogoniis internis per dimidium 

 basale niveis. 



Crown of the head and back of the neck black ; lower part of the 

 face, chin and centre of the chest slaty black ; a crescent-shaped 

 mark at the occiput, a line from the lower mandible passing down 

 each side of the neck and all the under surface pure white ; upper 

 surface and wings greenish golden olive ; primaries brown, the basal 

 half of their inner webs snow-white; tail feathers bro\\ni, tinged with 

 golden olive, all but the two centre ones tipped with white ; bill, 

 bare space surrounding the eye and feet in all probability the same 

 as in ^. cyanotis. 



Total length, 12 inches; bill, 1|; wing, 6; tail, 4f ; tarsi. If. 



Hab. Port Essington on the northern coast of Austraha. 



Nearly allied to E. cyanotis, but always distinguishable from that 

 species by the white basal half of the primaries. 



A new Myzomela differing from all the other members of the genus 

 in its pied colouring and the black band across the chest, which sug- 

 gests the specific nanie of 



Myzomela pectoralis. Myz. gutture et corpore subtus albis, 

 pectore fascid angustd nigra transversirn notato. 



Forehead, crown of the head, the upper surface, wings, tail and a 

 narrow band across the chest, black ; throat, upper tail-coverts and 

 all the under surface white ; bill and feet black. 



Total length, 4| inches; bill, ^■, wing, '2^\ tail, 1|; tarsi, ^. 



Hab. North-west coast of Australia. 



A second example of the genus Dasyornis, inhabiting Swan River, 

 which I propose to call 



Dasyornis longirostris. Das. colore ut in D. Australi ; differt 

 autem staturd corporis minore, rostra grandiore. 



All the upper surface brown ; wings, tad-coverts and tad rufous 

 brown, the latter indistmctly barred with a darker tint ; under sur- 

 face gray, gradually passing into the brown of the upper surface ; 

 irides bright reddish brown ; bdl and feet dark horn-colour. 



Total length, 7,> inches; bill, ^; wing, 2|; tail, 4; tarsi, g-. 



Hab. Western Australia. 



This is a somewhat smaller bird, but has a longer bill than D. 

 Australis. 



An entirely new form, belonging to the family Saxicolina, and 

 nearly allied to Petrdica, I propose to make the tj^pe of a new genus, 

 Drymodes, signifying a lover of woodland places : — 



Genus Drymodes. 

 Characteres generici. — Rost ruin rectum, ad latera apicem versus paulu 

 compressum, fere longitudine capitis, apice leviter denticulato, 

 basi vibrissis parce instructa. Alie mediocrcs, rotundatse, re- 



