60 Zoological Society. 



Forehead rust-red ; crown of the head, back of the neck, upper 

 part of the back and the wings olive-brown ; lower part of the back 

 and upper tail-coverts rust-red ; tail brownish grey, the two centre 

 feathers obscurely tipped wdth white, and the remainder white for 

 one-third of their length from the tip ; throat white ; ear-coverts 

 dark brown ; chest black, the feathers being edged with white as 

 they pass on to the abdomen, which is wholly white ; flanks and un- 

 der tail-coverts very faintly tinged with buff; irides blackish brown ; 

 bill black ; feet dark brown. 



Total length, 5^ inches ; bill, f ; wang, 2|| ; tail, 3f ; tarsi, |. 



This species is nearly allied to Rhipichira rujifrons, but differs in 

 being much smaller, in the red not extending on to the plumes and 

 shafts of the tail-feathers, and in there being more white on their 

 extremities. 



Hah. Port Essington, north coast of Australia. 



MicR^CA FLAviGASTER. M'lc. covpore siipcriore fuscescenti- 

 olivaceo ; alls cauddquefuscis, colore paUidiore plumis marciinutis j 

 guld alba, corpore infcriore flavo. 



All the upper surface brownish olive ; wings and tail brown, mar- 

 gined with paler brown ; throat white ; all the under surface yellow ; 

 irides dark brown ; bill blackish brown ; feet blackish grey. 



Total length, 3| inches ; bill, |] ; wing, 2| ; tail, 2^ ; tarsi, i. 



Hab. Port Essington. 



Gerygone* magnirostris. Ger. corpore supra fusco, infra albo ; 

 jirimariis leviter olivaceo-marginatis ; caudd prope apiccm indi- 

 stincte fuscescenti-nigro vittatd. 



All the upper surface brown ; margins of the primaries slightly 

 tinged with olive ; tail-feathers crossed near the extremity by an in- 

 distinct broad band of brownish black ; all the under surface white, 

 tinged with brownish buff ; irides light brown ; bill olive-brown ; the 

 base of the lower mandible pearl-white ; feet greenish grey. 



Total length, 3| inches ; bill, -fj^, ! wing, 2^ ; tail, 1| ; tarsi, ^. 



Hab. Port Essington. 



Gerygone chloronotus. Ger. capite et nucha fuscescenti-cinereis ; 



dorso, alarum tectricibus, uropygio, tectricibus caudce, remigum 



primonmi marginibus, et per partem dimidiam basalem marginibus 



caudce rectricum nitide olivaceo-viridibus ; corpore siibtus, lateribtis, 



crissoque olivaceo-flavis. 



Head and back of the neck brownish grey ; back, wing-coverts, 



rump, upper tail-coverts, mai^gins of the primaries, and the margins 



of the basal half of the tail-feathers, bright olive-green ; primaries 



and tail-feathers brown, the latter becoming much darker towards 



the extremity ; under surface white ; sides and vent olive-yellow ; 



irides wood-brown ; upper mandible greenish gi'ey ; lower mandible 



white ; feet blackish grey. 



* PsUopus of the former parts of these ' Proceedings,' and for which the 

 term Gerygone is now substituted, the former tcrui having been previously 

 employed. 



