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striated, especially towards the centre of the breast and 

 abdomen, which are also of a purer white. The black head 

 of the female and crown of the male lack the brownish 

 tinge noticed in N. striata. . Average measurements : culmen 

 0"65 in. ; wing 3'3; tail 1*5 ; tarsus 0*7. 

 Hab. Inkerman District, N. Queensland. 



Sphecotheres stalkebi, sp. n. 



Differs from ;S^. salvadorii, Sharpe, in having the grey of the 

 throat flecked or faintly streaked with white, especially on the 

 sides of the neck, below the auriculars, these parts being of 

 a. uniform and somewhat darker grey in the typical bird. 

 The back is of a slightly greyer green, and the yellow on 

 the under surface is conspicuously paler and more extensive, 

 there being much less green on the upper breast. In this 

 species three, instead of four, of the outer tail-feathers are 

 marked with white. The measurements are similar to those 

 of S. salvadorii. 



Hah. Mount Elliot, N. Queensland. 



On behalf of Mr. D. Le Souef, Dr. Sclater exhibited a 

 photograph of a nest and egg of Paradisea raggiana in 

 the collection of Mr. Ashe Hunt at Melbourne. 



Mr. G. M. Mathews exhibited three pairs of a species of 

 Malurus collected by Mr. J. T. Tunney in North-west 

 Australia. It appeared to be uudescribed, and Mr. Mathews 

 proposed to name it 



Malurus dulcis, sp. n. 

 (J . Similis M. assimili, North, sed hypochondriis violaceo- 



cyaneis, nee pallide cervinis. Long. tot. 5'2 poll., 



culm. 0'5, alse 1*9, caudse 2'3, tarsi 0"85. 

 Obs. The female is even more distinct than the male and 

 differs from the female of the allied species in being bluish- 

 grey above, instead of brown, with the lores and eye- ring 

 white, and the ear-coverts bluish-grey, instead of brown. 

 Length 5*2 inches; culmen 0*55; wing 1*85; tail 2*5; 

 tarsus 0*8. 



