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serve, that tlie only specimen of the G. Papnensis in the Linnean 

 collection, collected by Mr. Caley, is marked by that gentleman 

 as a male ; while a specimen of the G. melanops is noted as a 

 female. Time will clear away the difficulties that attend such 

 points. At present we can only state the doubts which exist on 

 the subject. 



3. Mentalis. Graiic. fuscescenti-cinereus, suhtm pallidior ; 

 tœnià gracili frontali per oculos extendente, ?naciilis gidaribus, 

 ?-emigihns, rectricibiisqiie nigris ; mento, crissa, rectricutnque 

 apicibiis albis. 



Regio parotica nigra. Guln summumque pectus nigro-sparsa^. 

 Reiniges interne ad basin albœ, externe graciliter albo- 

 marginatiTS. Tectrices inferiores albœ. Rectriccs, mediis 

 exceptis, interne graciliter albo-marginatne, apicibus albo- 

 fasciatis, externarum fasciis gradatim latioribus. Rostrum 

 pedesqiie fusco-nigri. Longitudo corporis, 9i^; ahe a carpo 

 ad remigem quartam, 6^ ; roslri, -^ ; caudœ, 5 ; tarsi, -pV- 



The bird described above exhibits so many points of distinc- 

 tion from the preceding species, that we have ranked it as sepa- 

 rate. Its locality also, which is different from that of the other 

 species, serves to strengthen us in this opinion. The chief dif- 

 ference consists in the inferior size of our bird, all the specimens 

 we have seen of the former species being about thirteen inches 

 in length ; in the darkness of the ash-colour on the back ; in the 

 narrowness of the frontal band, and particularly in the white 

 colour of the mentum. There is, however, much variation, as is 

 alleged, in the Grauc. melanops and Papucnsis ; and it may hap- 

 pen that our bird is but the young of one of those species. — Our 

 specimen was found on the South Coast by Mr. Brown in 1803. 



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