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corporis fuscescenti-olivaceo, apud partes inferiores pallidiore ; 

 primariis clariore marginatis ; humeris internis luteolis. 



Lores and orbits deep brown ; all the plumage brownish olive ; the 

 under surface paler than the upper ; primaries margined with brighter 

 olive than the other parts of the body ; under surface of the shoulder 

 pale buff; irides obscure red; bill dark olive-brown; naked gape 

 fleshy white, passing into yellow at the corner of the mouth ; legs 

 and feet light ash-grey. 



Male. — Total length, 7 inches ; bill, 1 ; wing, 3| ; tail, Z^ ; tarsi, 1. 



Hah. Port Essington. 



The sexes are alike in colour, but the female is considerably 

 smaller in size. 



Myzomela obsctjra. Myz. colore corporis sordide fusco, apud 

 partes inferiores pallidiore, et ad caput tincturd vinaced. 



The whole of the plumage dull brown, with a vinous tinge on the 

 head ; paler on the under surface ; irides bright red ; bill dark green- 

 ish black ; feet dark bluish grey ; tarsi tinged with yellow. 



Male. — Total length, 5 inches ; bill, | ; wing, 2| ; tail, 2^ ; tarsi, |. 



Hab. Port Essington. 



The sexes differ only in the female being much smaller in size. 



Glyciphila fasciata. Gli/c. vertice fuscescenti-nigro, plumis ad 



apicem lunula parvuld albd ornatis ; uropygio rufo tincto, faciei 



lateribus, guld et corpore subtus albis, ab anguUs oris strigd an- 



gustd fuscescenti-nigrd per latera colli ductd ; pectore lineis scmi- 



circularibus fuscescenti-nigris transversim fasciato-lateribus et 



crisso luteolis, laterum plumis strigd centrali fuscescenti-nigrd 



longitudinaliter notatis. 



Crown of the head brownish black, with a small crescent of white 



at the extremity of each feather ; feathers of the back very dark 



brown, margined with huffy brown ; rump tinged with rufous ; wings 



and tail dark brown, fringed with light brown ; sides of the face, 



throat, and under surface white ; from the angle of the mouth down the 



side of the neck a narrow stripe of brownish black ; chest crossed by 



a number of semicircular brownish black fascise ; flanks and under 



tail-coverts buff, the former with a stripe of brownish black down 



the centre ; irides reddish brown ; bill greenish grey ; feet aurora-red. 



Total length, 4f inches ; bill, ^ ; wing, 2| ; tail, 2^ ; tarsi, ^. 



Hab. Port Essington. 



Entomophila ? RUFOGULARis. Ent. capite et corpore superiore 

 fuscis ; primariis et caudcc rectricibus, externe colore ceri?io mar- 

 ginatis, guld ferrugined . 

 Head and all the upper surface brown ; wings and tail darker 

 brown ; primaries, secondaries and tail-feathers margined externally 

 with wax-yellow ; throat rust-red ; sides of the head and all the un- 

 der surface very pale brown ; bill and feet dark purplish brown. 

 Total length, 4f inches ; bill, i ; wing, 2f ; tail, 2| ; tarsi, |. 

 Hab. North coast of Australia. 



Entomophila ? albogularis. Ent. capite saturate cinereo, cor- 

 pore superiore fusco j alis cauddque saturatioribus ; primariis, 



