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7. PODARGUS, n. sp. 



From Rockingham Bay, thirty-five miles inland. 



Although at present I feel convinced that both these species are 

 new, I do not feel equal to the task of describing them until I have 

 compared them with those in the fine collection of the Australian 

 Museum. 



8. PODARGXJS PAPUENSIS. 



Only one specimen obtained. 



9. Caprimulgus macrourus. 



10. Alcyone pusilla. 



Length of bill from angle of mouth 1-3 inches, from the forehead 

 1 ; wing from flexure 2, tail 0-8, tarsi 0-25. Bill black ; legs and 

 feet greenish-grey. Total length 4'3. 



11. TaNYSIPTERA SYLVIA. 



The furthest south that this bird has been found, I believe, is Port 

 Denison. Tiie females differ from the males in having the two 

 centre tail-feathers shorter, and their outer webs margined (rather 

 broadly at the base, and gradually becoming narrower) with blue to 

 within an inch of their tips ; shafts black above, white underneath ; 

 the feathers on the rump of many specimens are also margined with 

 blue. 



12. Artamus albiventris. 



Bill deep blue at base, separated from the black of its tip by a 

 triangular whitish-blue oblique mark ; some are without this mark — 

 the base being waxy blue, and the tip black. Total length 6-6 to 

 6-9 ; wings 4-4 to 4'8 ; tail 27 to 3 ; bill, from angle of the mouth 

 0-8 to 0-9, from forehead 0-7 to 075. 



13. Cracticus auoYii. 



A rare and shy species, found among the mangroves. 



14. PlEZORHYNCHTJS NITIDUS. 



Tolerably abundant in brushes near the bay. 



15. Ophryzone kaupi. 



Arses kaupi, auct. 



One pair of this very interesting and rare Flycatcher were all 

 that were seen ; they were obtained on the edge of a dense brush, 

 some thirty-five miles inland. 



In habits and actions this pretty species closely resembles the 

 species of Monarcha ; they are lively and active, Uke the Rhipidura 

 albiscnpa, but do not fan the tail like that species. 



One peculiarity which seems to have escaped Mr. Gould's scru- 

 tiny is the enlargement of the eijelid into a narrow flat rim, crenu- 

 lated on its obiter margin. This rim, which is ^inch in width, 



