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and encircles the whole of the eye, is of a bright iadigo-blue in the 

 living bird, and gives it a very curious and remarkable appearance ; 

 this fact, added to the unproportionably long hind toe and nail, 

 may, in some degree, help to decide to which genus the bird really 

 belongs, or form sufficient grounds for the foundation of a new 

 genus. If such be deemed the case, I beg to propose the generic 

 term Ophryzone, on account of these peculiarities. 



In one of my specimens, said to be the male, the chin is white, 

 while in the female it is black ; the upper tail-coverts are black, and 

 the under white, in both sexes. The female, perhaps a young bird, 

 has the feathers of the white collar tipped with black, and is only 

 faintly marked with white on the lower part of the back and rump. 

 In this specimen the black of the ear-coverts is joined with the band 

 on the breast at the shoulders. 



IG. MACHiERIRHYNCHUS FLAVIVENTER. 



Spalding was fortunate enough to obtain three specimens of this 

 beautiful bird — a pair of adidts and their yoang one. The female 

 differs only in having the under surface jjaler, the back olive-brown, 

 and the throat and under wing-coverts white. The young is similar 

 in plumage to the adults ; but in it the yellow markings are almost 

 white. 



Male and female. Total length 5 inches ; bill from the angle of 

 the mouth 0' 8, from forehead 0'G5, breadth 0"35, height 0-l;»; 

 wing 2'3 ; tail 2'15 ; tarsi 0'.5. 



This species frequents the densest parts of the brushes. The 

 specimens were obtained thirty-five miles inland, and were the only 

 individuals seen, although the place was frequently revisited. 



17. PCECILODRYAS SUPERCILIOSA. 



Found tolerably plentiful as far south as Cleveland Bay. I have 

 also received specimens from Port Denison. 



18. EOPSALTRIA AUSTRALIS. 



The specimens of the yellow-breasted Robins obtained at Rock- 

 ingham Bay differ slightly from the E. australis of New Soutli 

 AVales in the browner tint of tlie upper surface, in the deeper yellow 

 of the breast, upper tail-coverts, and rump, and in having a longer 

 and much stouter bill, and are probably of a distinct species. 



„ . „ T) 1 • 1 -n Si30ci)iien from Dobroyde, 



Specimen from Eockingham Bay. Kew South Walel 



Bill, from angle of the mouth O"/.") in. 0'65 in. 



Bill, from forehead O'Co 0-55 



Bill, width at base 0-25 0*2 



Bill, height at base 02 0-l.'5 



AVing, from flexure 3-3 3-05 



Tail 2-6 2-4 



Tarsi 0-8 0-75 



One specimen from Rockingham Bay has the inner webs of the 



