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All the upper surface, wings and tail olive brown; primaries dark 

 brown ; tail crossed by a broad band of brownish black ; all the 

 under surface light buff; irides greenish white ; bill and feet black. 



Total length, 31 inches; bill, 1; wing, 1|; tail, 1^; tarsi, \}. 



Hab. Western Australia, particularly the neighbourhood of Swan 

 River. 



A new species from Swan River, which, with the Muscicapa ma- 

 croptera of Messrs. Vigors and Horsfield, I propose to erect into a 

 new genus under the name of Micreeca. 



Genus Micrceca. 



Characteres generici. — Rostrum quam caput brevius, depressum, ad 

 basin latum, gonyide recto, apice incur vo et leviter denticulate. 

 Nares rotundatse, ad basin rostri vihrissis validis instructam 

 positse. Ala longse et fortes, remigum primo brevi, tertio lon- 

 gissimo. Cauda aliquanto brevis, et fere quadrata. Ta7-si medio- 

 cres, debiles. Digiti debiles ; externus quam internus valde lon- 

 gior. 



As the species now exhibited closely assimilates to the M. ma- 

 croptera, I propose to designate it as 



MiCRCECA ASSiMiLis. Mic. supeme, cavdee rectricum externorvm po- 



goniis internis per partes tres longiludinis a basifuscis. 

 All the upper surface brown ; primaries dark brown ; tail brown- 

 ish black, the tips and the terminal half of the external margins of 

 the two outer feathers white, the three next on each side are also 

 tipped with white, the extent of the white becoming less upon each 

 feather as they approach the centre of the tail; the four middle 

 feathers without the white tip ; throat, centre of the abdomen and 

 under tail-coverts white, passing into pale brown on the sides of the 

 chest and flanks; irides reddish brown; bill and feet blackish brown. 

 Total length, 4^ inches; bill, -f^; wing, 3|; tail, 2i; tarsi, ~^-^. 

 Hab. Western Australia. 



Nearly allied to but much less in size than Muscicapa macroptera, 

 Vig. and Horsf., and from which it may also be distinguished by 

 the base of the outer tail-feather being brown. 



Mtiagra latirostris. Myi. corpore supra, alis cauddque intense 

 caruleo-cinereis ; capite et nuchd fulgide virescentibus ; gutture 

 et pectore arenaceo-luteolis ; abdomine albo. 



All the upper surface, wings and tail dark blueish gray, with a 

 shining greenish lustre on the head and back of the neck ; throat 

 and chest sandy buff ; under surface white ; bill much dilated la- 

 terally and black ; irides blackish brown ; feet black. 



Total length, 6 inches; bill, |; wing, 2|; tail, 2|; tarsi, |. 



Hab. North-west coast of Australia. 



From the collection of Mr. Dring. 



Hirundo leucosternus. Hir. dorso medio, gutture et pectore 

 albk ; abdomine, uropygio, alis cauddque nigris et chalybeio-c<eru- 

 leo-nitentibus. 



