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628a. Micrceca flavigaster melvillensis, subsp. n. 

 Melville Island Lemon-breasted. Flycatcher. 



Differs from M. f. -flavigaster in its lighter-coloured 

 yellow below and very much less green on the back. 

 Type, Melville Island, Northern Territory, No. 10,692. 

 Range, Melville Island. 



652a. Smicrornis brevirostris stirlingi, subsp. n. 

 Stirling Tree-Tit. 



Differs from 8. h. occidentalis in having less yellow on 

 the under-surface and the back brownish -green. It is 

 also slightly smaller. 



Type, Stirling Ranges, South-west Australia, No. 10,524. 



Range, Stirling Ranges, South-west Australia. 



653. Smicrornis brevirostris melvillensis, subsp. n. 

 Melville Island Yellow-tinted Tree-Tit. 



Differs from 8. b. flavescens in its much brighter yellow 

 under-surface. 



Type, Melville Island, Northern Territory, No. 10,699. 

 Range, Melville Island. 



664a. Gerygone magnirostris melvillensis, subsp. n. 

 Melville Island Large-billed Fly-eater. 



Differs from G. m. magnirostris in its darker upper-surface. 



Type, Melville Island, Northern Territory, No. 10,630. 



Range, Melville Island. 



Nest. — Placed in a patch of dense mangrove about seven 

 feet from the ground. It is nine inches long by three and 

 one half wide. The hooded entrance is five inches from 

 the top. The materials used are fine bark, woven together 

 with wool and spiders' webs, and lined with feathers. 

 The nest was built on to a downward projecting twig, 

 under a leafy branch. 



Egg. — White, heavily marked on the larger end with 

 reddish-brown; 15.5 mm. by 11. The nest contained 



