16 ZIBTZ — Avifauna of Melville Uhmd, NorUcni Territory. 



739a. Myiagra latifrons cooperi — Melville Island Broad-billed 



Flycatcher. 

 748a. Monaroha alecto melvillensis — Melville Island Shining 



Flycatcher. 

 761a. Goracina novae-hollandiae didiinus — Melville Island 



Cuckoo-Shrike. 

 763a. Coracina hypoleuca apslpyi — White-billed Cuckoo 



Shrike. 

 o769a. Coracina lenuirostris melvillensis — Melville Island 



Caterpillar-catcher. 

 *774a. Lalage leucomela gouldi — Banded Caterpillar-eater. 



Apparently no difference between the insular and 



mainland specimens. 

 810a. Pomatorhinus temporalis bamba — Melville Island Red 



breasted Babbler. 

 o855a. Acrocephalus austraUs melvillensis — Northern Reed- 

 wren. 

 858a. Cisticola exilis melvillensis — Allied Grass-Warbler. 

 865a. Megalurus alisteri melvillensis — Melville Island Crass 



' Bird. 

 967a. Malurus melanocephalus melvillensis — Melville Island 



Red-backed Wren. 

 991a. Artamus leucorhynclius melvillensis — Melville Island 



White-rumped Wood Swallow. 

 "~t" *1011a. Colluricincla brunnea melvillensis subsp. n. — -Melville 



Island Red-bellied Shrike Thrush. 



Upper and lower surface darker and bill thinner 



than in specimens from N.W. Australia. Wing 125. 

 r* *1015a. Colluricincla parvula melvillensis subsp. n. — Melville 



Island Little Shrike-Thrush. 



Upper surface much darker and bill longer than 



mainland specimens. Wing 95-101, bill 22-23, main 



land specimen, wing 93, bill 20. 

 1031a. Cracticv.s quoyi subsp.? — Allied Butcher Bird. 



(No Northern Territory mainland specimens for 



comparison). 

 *1037. Cracticus nigrogularis picatus — Pied Butcher Bird. 



Apparently no difference between insular and main- 

 land specimens. 

 1073b. Neositta pileata melvillensis — Melville Island White 



winged Tree-runner. 

 *1 111 Dicaeum hirundinaceum subsp.? — Mistletoe Bird. 



Only one female collected. 



