180 



68. Rectes strepitans. 



JRectes strepitans, Jacq. & Puch. Voy. Pole Sud, t. 6. f. 1 . 

 Rectes ferrugineus, Bp. Compt. Rend. xxxi. p. 563. 

 Hab. Aru Islands. <$ 2 in British Museum. 



69. Mviolestes aruensis. 



Differs from the M. megarhynchus by being of an obscure olive- 

 colour, darker on the head ; the outer webs of quills greyish brown ; 

 and the under surface pale rusty colour, with the throat more in- 

 clined to white. 



Length 7" 3'" ; wings 3" 4"'. 



2 similar to the <3 , but with the greater wing-coverts and tertials 

 deep rusty brown. 



Hab. Aru Islands. 2 hi British Museum. <J hi Mr. "Wallace's 

 Collection. 



Myiolestes Gouldii. 



Allied to M. megarhynchus, but is of a greyish olive, with deep 

 rusty colour on the greater wing-coverts and outer margins of quills ; 

 chin white, with a brown line down the shaft of each feather ; a 

 small rusty spot behind each eye. This mark points out at once this 

 species from the others. 



Hab. Brown's River, Australia ; and Barnard Isles. In British 

 Museum. 



Myiolestes griseatus. 



Differs from the others by being decidedly greyish olive on the 

 upper surface, and by not having any rusty colour on the wings ; 

 the under surface rusty white, which becomes white on the throat. 



Hab. Cape York, Australia ; and Dunk's Island. In British 

 Museum. 



70. Cracticus personatus. 

 Coracias varians, Gmel. ? 

 Cracticus personatus, Temm. MSS. ? 



Hab. Aru Islands. S 2 j uv - hi British Museum. 



These specimens differ from C. varians in having the black extend- 

 ing further on the breast, and in having more white at the tips of 

 the outer tail-feathers. 



71. Cracticus Quoyi. 



Barita Quoyi, Less. Voy. Coqu. t. 14. 



Cracticus Quoyi, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. App. p. 14. 



Hab. Aru Islands. J 2 in British Museum. 



Corvid.*:. 



72. Corvus ORRU. 



Corvus macrorhynchus, pt., Wagl. 1 



Corvus orru, Mull. ; Bp. Consp. Av. p. 385. 



" Iris sky-blue " {Wallace). 



Hub. Aru Islands. <S 2 m British Museum. 



