40 ON BIRDS COLLECTED BY THE ' CHALLENGER.' 



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A single specimen in full plumage, from Cape York. " No. 149, <$ . 

 Eyes black, legs and bill black. Stomach contained green fruit." 



20. NECTARINIA FRENATA, Milll. 



Nectarinia australis, Gld. B. of Austr. Suppl. pi. 45 ; id. Handb. B. 

 Austr. i. p. 584. 



Three specimens from Cape-York Island (two males in full plumage, 

 and a female) of this Sun-bird, which Mr. Sclater has recently shown to 

 be the Nectarinia frenata of Miiller (see P. Z. S. 1877, p. 104). " No. 

 153, <?; 154, rf; 155, $. Eyes brown, legs and bill black. Stomach 

 contained small insects." 



21. ZOSTEROPS LUTEUS, Gld. 



Zosterops luteus, Gld. B. of Austr. iv. pi. 83 ; id. Handb. B. Austr. i. 

 p. 590. 



One specimen from Booby Island (" No. 197, $ . Eyes brown, feet 

 and bill with a bluish tinge. Stomach had small seeds "), which agrees 

 with a specimen of this species collected by Macgillivray, kindly lent to 

 me by Mr. Gould for comparison. 



22. CACOMANTIS FLABELLIFORMIS (Lath.). 



Cacomantis flabelUformis, Gld. Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 618. 



Cuculus cineraceus, Gld. B. of Austr. iv. pi. 86. 



A female, from Cape York, of this Cuckoo, agreeing with specimens in 

 Mr. Godman's collection, except in having the breast and underparts 

 much duller rufous, and faintly freckled and banded with dusty indica- 

 tions, probably, of a young bird. " No. 146, $ . Cuckoo. Eyes brown, 

 legs yellow on hind aspect, brown on front, bill brown. Contained 

 insects in stomach." 



23. CENTROPUS PHASIANFS (Lath.). 



Gentropus jphasianus, Gld. B. of Austr. iv. pi. 92 ; id. Handb. B. Austr. 

 i. p. 634. 



A female from Cape York. "No. 163. Legs bluish, bill horn. 

 Stomach contained insects." 



24. MICROGLOSSUM ATERRIMUM (Gmel.). 



Microylossum aterrimum, Gld. B. of Austr. Suppl. pi. 61 ; id. Handb. 

 B. Austr. ii. p. 27 ; Finsch, Pap. i. p. 370, 



P. Z. S. 1878, A pair of specimens from Cape York. " No. 185, tf : eyes black ; 

 p. 126. stomach contained seeds and fruit. No. 188, $ : stomach contained 

 fruit, same as 185." The male has the beak larger, and feathers of the 

 crest more developed than the female. 



