14 COLLECTIONS FROM MF.LANESIA. 



15. Myiagra nitida, Gould. 

 Sharpe, t. c. p. 375 ; Ramsay, t. c. p. 182. 

 a. <S . Fitzroy Island, May 1881. 



1G. Myiagra rubecula (Lath.). 

 Sharpe, t. c. p. 373 ; Ramsay, t. c. p. 182. 



a. 3 . Percy Island, April 1SS1. 



b. J. Port Molle, May 1881. 



17. Myiagra concinna, Gould. 

 Sharpe, t. c. p. 374 ; Ramsay, t. c. p. 182. 



a. J. Booby Island, Aug. 31, 1881. 



b. $ • Booby Island, Aug. 1881. 



c. cJ. West Island, Sept. 1881. 



d. Friday Island, July 1881. 



e. cJ. Friday Island, Aug. 1881. 

 /. Thursday Island, Sept. 1881. 



The differences between this species and M. rubecula are, to my 

 mind, not satisfactorily established ; but until better specimens reach 

 the British Museum from N.W. Australia (the habitat of the typical 

 M. concinna) it will be difficult to settle the question. 



18. Rhipidura rufifrons (Lath.). 

 Sharpe, t. c. p. 319 ; Ramsay, t. c. p. 182. 



a. d . Booby Island, Aug. 1881. 



19. Rhipidura tricolor (V.). 



Sharpe, t. c. p. 339. 



Sauloprocta motacilloides, Ramsay, t. c. p. 182. 



«, b, c. Port Curtis, April 1881. 

 d. 2 • Port Darwin, Oct. 1881. 



20. Piezorhynchus nitidus, Gould. 

 Sharpe, t. c. p. 410 ; Ramsay, t. c. p. 182. 



a. 2 • Horn Island, Torres Straits, Sept. 1881. Iris orange-red ; 



bill greenish grey ; legs and feet dark. 



b. 2- Thursday Island, Aug. 1881. Iris dark ; bill horn-colour, 



black at tip ; legs and feet grey. 



21. Piezorhynchus medius, sp. n. 



a. £. Tort Molle, May 1881. Iris black; bill light grey ; legs 

 and feet dark. 



