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Nest. — Placed in a horizontal fork of a small paper-bark 

 tree, growing in the open ; and was about nine feet from 

 the ground ; neatly composed of soft strips of paper bark, 

 well matted together on the outside with cobwebs, and 

 fastened securely to the fork with the same material, and 

 lined with a few fine rootlets. Dimensions outside, 

 2-f in. by 2| by If deep ; inside, If by 1| by § deep. 



Eggs. — Clutch, two ; roundish oval. Ground-colour, 

 white, with a zone of brown and lavender blots round the 

 larger end; 16.5 mm. by 14. 



739b. Myiagra latirostris cooperi, subsp. n. 

 Melville Island Broad-billed Flycatcher. 



Differs from M. I. latirosiris in its darker coloration and 

 broader bill. 



Type, Melville Island, Northern Territory, No. 11,325. 

 Range, Melville Island. 



748a. Monarcha alecto melvillensis, subsp. n. 

 Melville Island Shining Flycatcher. 



Differs from M. a. nitida in having a much wider, 

 heavier bill. 



Type, Melville Island, Northern Territory, No. 10,828. 

 Range, Melville Island. 



761a. Coracina nov^e-hollandi^] didimus, subsp. n. 

 Melville Island Cuckoo-Shrike. 



Differs from C. n. subpallida in lacking the black throat 

 and forehead, the throat being dark French grey. 



Type, Melville Island, Northern Territory, No. 10,781. 

 Range, Melville Island. 



763a. Coracina hypoleuca apsleyl, subsp. n. 

 , Allied White-bellied Cuckoo-Shrike. 



Differs from C. h. hypoleuca in its smaller size and in 

 having a light grey jugulum, and French-grey feathers 

 on the tibia. 



Type, Melville Island, Northern Territory, No. 10,793. 



Range, Melville Island. 



