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and wing-covert tips, Bhaft and tips of tail-feathers 

 white ; belly ferrugineous. New Holland. 



Riphidura Motacilloides, Vig. and Horsf. 



Black ; superciliary spot, middle of chest, belly, and 

 vent white; quills black-brown ; length seven inches 

 and a quarter. 



Black-tipped Flycatcher, Lath. Mofacilla Atrica- 



pilla. 

 Rufous-fronted Flycatcher, Lath. Muscicapa Ruji- 

 frons. 



Fuscous brown ; eyebrows, lower part of back, base of 

 tail, lower part of belly, red ; crop black; throat and 

 chest white, black-spotted ; quills and tail brown ; lat- 

 ter white-tipt. 



Other New Holland Flycatchers agree with the 

 last in the length of the tail, but it is nearly even ; 

 the bill is longer and more depressed, and is only fur- 

 nished with short bristles. It forms the genus Se'isura 

 of Vigors and Horsfield. 



Volatile Thrush, Lath. Turdus Volitans, Lath. H. 151. 



Black above ; beneath white ; head metallic black ; 

 quills brown. New Holland. The Dishwasher of 

 the Colonist. 



The genus Pachycephala of Swainson, peculiar for 

 its large head, has been arranged among the Pipridcs. 

 It may remain near the Chatterers. 



Pachycephala Fusca, Vigors and 

 Horsfield. 



Olive-brown ; beneath paler ; throat and belly white 

 quills and tail brown ; ferrugineous edged ; length five 

 inches. New Holland. 



