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pectoralis by its rather smaller size, and by the black band across 

 the back. 



Hab. Western belts of the Murray in Western Australia. 



CoLLURiciNCLA BRUNNEA. Coll. corpore supeme fusco ; sic et cor- 

 pora subtiis, at colore multo dilutiore ; rostra nigra. 



All the upper surface pale brown ; primaries and tail the same, 

 but somewhat lighter ; all the under surface brownish white, be- 

 coming almost pure white on the vent and under tail-coverts ; thighs 

 grayish brown ; bill black ; feet blackish brown. 



Total length, 9^ inches ; bill, \^ ; wing, 4| ; tail, 4^ ; tarsi, l^. 



The sexes are alike in plumage. 



This species rather exceeds in size the Colluricincia cinerea, Vig. 

 and Horsf., and has a more curved, longer and stouter bill. 



Hab. The north-west coast of Australia. 



CoLLURiciNCLA RUFivENTRis. Call, corporc svpeme intense cinereo, 

 olivaceo leviter tincta ; abdomine imo, crissoque rufis. 



Lores grayish white ; crown of the head and all the upper surface 

 deep gray, slightly tinged with olive ; primaries and tail dcirk browni, 

 margined with brownish gray ; throat and under surface darkish 

 gray, passing into buff on the vent and under tail-coverts ; all the 

 feathers of the under surface have a narrow dark line down the cen- 

 tre ; thighs gray ; irides dark brown ; bill black ; feet dark brown. 



Total length 8^ inches ; bill, 1 ; wing, 5 ; tail, 4^^ ; tarsi. 1^. 



The sexes are alilce in colour. 



About the size of Colluricincia cinerea, Vig. and Horsf., from which 

 it may be distinguished by the uniform colouring of the back and 

 the buffy tint of the lower part of the abdomen and under tail-coverts. 



Hab. Swan River, Western Australia. 



Pachycephala RUF0GULAR1&. Pttch. Mtts : corpore supemi fusces- 

 centi- cinerea ; gulu et corpore subtiis rufis ; pectore vittd fusees - 

 centi-cinered obscure notatd. 



Fatm. a mare differt corpore subtits albescenti-cinereo hand rufo. 



Male. — Crown of the head and all the upper surface deeiJ brown- 

 ish gray ; wings and tail dark brown, the feathers margined with 

 grayish brown ; lores, chin, throat, under surface of the shoulder and 

 all the under surface reddish sandy brown, crossed on the breast by 

 a broad irregular band of grayish bro'WTTi; irides reddish brown; bill 

 black ; feet blackish brov/n. 



Female. — Differs from the male in having the throat and under 

 surface grayish white, the chest being crossed by an obscure mark 

 of grayish brown and with a line down the centre of each feather. 



Total length, 7 inches; bill, -|; wing, 4^; tail, 85; tarsi, 1. 



This species is somewhat allied to P. pectoralis, but may be di- 

 stinguished from it by the rufous colouring of the throat, and by the 

 band across the chest being graj^ish brown instead of black. 



Hab. South Australia. 



Pachycephala inornata. Pack, olivaceo-fusca, abdomine palli- 



