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whole of the upper surface and tail, the latter show- 

 ing very little rufous, and the black subterminal 

 band being visible on the central tailfeathers. 

 Wing 96. 

 *600a. Centropus pfiasianus macrourus? — Northern Coucal. 



Two males, wing 230 and 241, male from Bellinger 

 District, New South Wales, wing 210. 



628a. Microeca flavigaster melvillensis — Melville Island 

 Lemon-breasted Flycatcher. 

 *645a. Petroica cucullata melvillensis subsp. n. — Melville Is 

 land Hooded Robin. 



Differs from P. cucullata subpicata in its smaller 

 size and in having its black markings as rich as 

 those of Victorian and South Australian specimens 

 of P. cucullata vigorsi. Wing 85, av., wing of P.c. 

 subpicata 97. 



653a. SmAcrornis breviroslris melvillensis — Melville Island 

 Yellow-tinted Tree-Tit. 



664a. Gerygone magriirostris melvillensis — Melville Island 

 Large-billed Fly-eater. 



673b. Gerygone chloronta apsleyi — Melville Island Green 

 backed Fly-eater. 



680a. Pachycepliala leucura greda — Melville Island White- 

 tailed Shrike-Robin. 

 *687a. Pachycephala, gutturalis longirostris subsp. n. — Long 

 billed Thickhead. 



Tail black at base, slightly tipped with grey, wing 

 83, bill 17, specimen from Barron River, Queens- 

 land, has wing 88, bill 13. 

 *697a. Pacliycephala rufiventris minor subsp. n. — Lesser Ru 

 fous — breasted Thickhead. 



Similar in colouration of upper and lower surface to 

 that of P.r. inornata from South Australia, but has 

 less black on sides of head; tailfeathers black at 

 their base instead of grey. Wing 89, wing of P.r. 

 inornata 99. 



704a. Pachycepliala grisola riordani — Melville Island Brown 



Thickhead. 

 *727 Rhipidura rufifrons dry as — Wood Fantail. 



Apparently no difference between the insular and 

 mainland specimens. 



729a. Rhipidura sctosa- melvillensis — Melville Island Fantail 



736a. Myiagra runecula melvillensis — Melville Island Blue 

 Flycatcher. 



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