546 DRS. FINSCH AND HARTLAUB ON [Noy. 25, 
5. MYIOLESTES HEINE, 0. sp. 
Five specimens. 
Diagn.—Supra olivaceo-fuscescens, uropygio nonnihil rufescente, 
remigibus obsolete fuscis, dorsi colore marginatis ; superciliis, 
capitis lateribus, gutture pectoreque sordide cinereis ; lateri- 
bus cinerascentibus ; abdomine medio et subcaudalibus albidis ; 
subalaribus cineraceis; regione inter nares et oculos latius 
nigricante, parotica obscure fusca ; rectricibus 4 mediis dorso 
subconcoloribus, lateralibus macula apicali alba ; rostro nigri- 
cante, tomiis albidis ; pedibus nigricantibus. 
Long. tot. rostr. caud, tars. 
al. 
a_i om git! 3 6! ot git 10!" 
There is a slight rufous hue in the colour of the back ; the black- 
ish colour of the loral region is a little continued under the eye; the 
white apical spot of the lateral rectrices becomes smaller towards the 
middle of the tail, and on the fourth it is only a broad margin. In 
the adult bird this white apical spot is not confined to the inner 
beard ; it extends more or less ou the outer, and even in the fourth 
feather it is still visible there. In one specimen only the first lateral 
tail-feather has the white final portion extended over both beards ; 
in the others it is apparent only on the inner one. The shafts of 
the wing-feathers are black. The chin more or less darkens into 
blackish. 
Jun. av.—The beak is nearly uniformly dark, with very narrow 
brownish tomial margins. The end of the tail-feathers is pale, the 
apical spot not being distinctly discernible. 
Long. al. rostr. a fr. caud. tars. dig. med. 
31 5 3i git gig! git gig gilt Joz- 1d! 62-7!" (ad.) 
34 9 2 10 ll 7 (jun.) 
It is not at all impossible that this bird may finally turn out to 
be the Pacific Thrush of Latham (Turdus pacificus, Gm.), a species 
which was described from a specimen in the collection of Sir J. 
Banks, and which was said to have come from the Tonga Islands. 
But the description as given by Latham is so short and incomplete*, 
that we do not feel justified in referring it with sufficient probability 
to the present bird. 
6. LavaGce TERAT, Bodd.; Finsch et Hartl. /. c. p. 80. 
Four specimens. An adult bird agrees in every respect with our 
description; three others are younger individuals, and have the 
feathers of the upper parts with paler margins. 
Long. __rostr. al. caud. tars. 
6! 6" gl gil gi_3it git! on ain_ou 5 10-192!" 
6 0 3.5 2 3 113 (jun.) 
The Tonga Islands are a new habitat for this species. 
* “ Cinereus ; corpore subtus genisque Ffuscescente-albis ; loris obscuris ; cauda 
nigra, apice alba, Tong. 5” 6””’.” 
