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43. Rhipidura maculipectus. 



S . Deep black ; with a line from nostrils passing above the eyes, 

 and a broad line proceeding from the base of the bill on each side of 

 the throat, the tips of the feathers of breast, of tail, of the upper 

 and under wing-coverts, white. 



$ . Brownish black ; but similarly marked in other respects with 

 white ; upper mandible and feet black, lower white. 



Length 8" 8'" ; wings 3" 2'". 



Hab. Aru Islands. 6 $ m British Museum. 



44. Rhipidura hyperythra. 



Plumbeous ; head and throat black ; quills and tail fuscous black, 

 margined with plumbeous ; spot at the base of lower mandible, 

 which advances into two lines, one on each side of the throat, and 

 the tips of the wing-coverts and tail feathers white ; breast and ab- 

 domen rusty red ; bill black, lower mandible j r ellow ; and feet dusky 

 olive. 



Length 6" 3'" ; wings 2" 9''"'. 



Hab. Aru Islands. J? in Mr. Wallace's Collection. 



This may be the R. rufiventris, Mull. ? 



45. Rhipidura assimilis. 



Closely allied to R. isura, Gould (B. of Austr. ii. pi. 85), but is 

 rather larger, with the breast paler ; under wing-coverts buffy white, 

 and the outer tail-feather with less white than in the Australian 

 specimens. 



Hab. Ke Island, d in British Museum. 



46. Mach^erirhynchus xanthogenys. 



Differs from M.flaviventris, Gould. B. of Austr. Suppl. pi. , 

 by having a rather larger bill, by the back being less green, and the 

 ear-coverts being yellow instead of black. 



Length 5" 3'" ; wings 2" 4'". 



Hab. Aru Islands. <S in British Museum. 



47. Myiagra latirostris. 



Myiagra latirostris, Gould, B. of Austr. ii. pi. 92. 

 Hab. Aru Islands. S $ m British Museum. 



Myiagra lucida. 



$ . Black, with the feathers broadly margined with glossy green ; 

 quills fuscous black. 



Length 7" 3'" ; wings 3" 9'". 



Hab. Louisiade Archipelago. <$ in British Museum. 



48. PlEZORHYNCHUS RUFOLATERALIS. 



Very like Piezorhynchus nitidus $ , Gould (B. of Austr. ii. pi. 88.), 

 but the bill is shorter and rather broader at base, 'which is also fur- 

 nished with longer and stronger bristles. The sides, under wing- 



