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The above-mentioned G. mentalis is to be found sparingly 

 in the mangroves, bordering the rivers and creeks near Cardweli. 

 Lalage leucomelsena seems to be a very rare bird in this part 

 of tropical Australia. The only one I ever saw, was the speci- 

 men I shot. 



Micrceca fiavigaster, GOTJLD. 



1 ef Hull river, Queensland. 



M. flavovirescens, Gray. 



3 c^ Cardwell, » 



The specimens I got of M. flavovirescens diflfer a little from 

 Sharpe's description of the bird. Shakpe says: "round the 

 eye a circlet of påle yellow feathers; bill dusky hornbrown, the 

 lower mandible yellow." As to my specimens the circlet round 

 the eye is yellowish rufous and the bill uniform black. 



Malurus dorsalis, Lewin (Sharpe). 



2 ö^, 2 9 Cardwell, Queensland. 



The specimens I collected of this little beautiful warbler 

 were all shot in the open forest west from Cardwell. According 

 to Sharpe's description of the bird, the back should be dark 

 crimson, but the back of another species, M. melanocephalus 

 Vig. & HORFS., scarlet-vermilion. In my opinion this colouring 

 will change after the seasons and different localities. At least 



4 males of a bird, now belonging to the zoological State Museum 

 at Stockholm and received from a collection of birds from New 

 South Wales and labelled as M. melanocephalus have their backs 

 of the same colouring as two males of M. dorsalis from Queens- 

 land. The only character, that would really make these birds 

 from New South Wales and Queensland two distinct species is, 

 I believe, the light fulvous colouring of the axillaris," only to 

 be found in M. melanocephalus. M. dorsalis seems to be a 

 little smaller than M. melanocephalus, depending upon the length 

 of the tail, but that is not a good character, as GoULD says 

 that the tail of Malurus is very changeable: the young birds 

 have a longer tail than the fullgrown. 



