246 illr. ViGORs's aiid Dr. Horstield's Description of the 



fascia alba in medio notatœ ; subtus pallide fuscse, pogo- 

 niis, ut supernè, albo-notatis. Tectrices inferiores albae. 

 Abdominis latera parce coccineo imbuta. Rectrices; prima 

 alba, strigâ longâ basali interna, brevique subapicali ex- 

 terna fuscis notata ; secunda fusca, strigâ in medio pogonii 

 externi, margineque apicali albis notata : Cfsteraî fusco- 

 niorte, subtus pallidiores. Pedes fusci. Longitudo corpo- 

 ris, 3-i ; ala a carpo ad remigem quartam, 2^ ; caudce, 2-V ; 

 rostri ad rictum, circiter, ^ ; tarsi, -f^- 



In honorcm Jiri rcverendissimi eruditissimique, Samuelis Good- 

 enough, Carliolensis Episcopi, Societatis Linneance Pro- 

 Pr;esidis, in liistoriœ Natiiralis Scientiâ pi'astantis, hanc 

 avem eximiam nominavimus. 



This beautiful species was discovered by Mr. Brown on the 

 South coast of New Holland in 1802. 



Genus. Rhipidura*. 



Rostrum breve, depressum, basi latum, apice compressum, cul- 

 mine arcuato ; mandibula superiore apice emarginata; nari- 

 bus basalibus, ovalibus, setis plumulisque ferè obtectis; rictu 

 vibrissis confertis mandibulas longitudine ferè superantibus 

 instructo. 



Ake médiocres, subacuminatte ; remige prima brevissimâ, se- 

 cunda duplô longiore, tertiâ et quartâ, quee est longissima, 

 gradatim longioribus. 



Cauda elongata, patula, apice rotundata. 



Pedes médiocres, graciles, acrotarsiis paratarsiis{\\\e integris. 



This group may be at once recognised as offering strong 

 marks of distinction from the true Muscicapa in the fan-like 

 structure of the tail. In the birds which feed entirely or par- 



* 'Pmiçjiabellum, and oupa cauda. 



tially 



