26 THE AUSTRAL AVIAN RECORD [Vol. V. 



The post mark on this letter is E Jan. 27, 1800. 



Apparently Lam})ert prevailed upon him to pubhsh as 



many new birds as he had indicated by his notes, so Latham 



pnbhshed his Supplement iT. to the General Synopsis of 



Birds, and accompanied it b}^ a Supplementum Indicis, wliere 



all his new species simultaneously were correctly giAen 



scientific names. 



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The following plates will prove of interest :- - 

 Muscicapa cucullata Latham. 

 Plate 1. 



Provided for the Hooded Flycatcher described thus : 

 " Bill and head black ; the last full of feathers ; general colour 

 of the plumage clouded black, but the under-parts are white : 

 the whole of the wings and tail are black, but the lesser 

 quills are fringed with white : legs dusky. Inliabits Neio 

 South Wales.'' 



Rather curiously in connection with Drawing No. 190 

 Sharpe wrote : " This drawing must have been intended for 

 P{etroeca) bicolor, though it is not a correct figure,"' overlooking 

 the fact that the name Muscicajvt cucullata had been appUed 

 to the description cited by Latham, and that Gray in 1843 

 had also recorded : " Muscicapa cucullata Lath. Vieill," = 

 Petroica bicolor ? Gould. Upon reconsideration with Strick- 

 land Gould had allowed the identity, and in his Handbook 

 Mclanodryas cucullata was used in place of Petroica bicolor. 



Gracula viridis Latham. 

 Plate 2. 

 In connection with the description of his Green Grakle, to 

 which the above name was given, is a note which may be here 

 reproduced. " Green Grakle. This is somewhat less than 

 one foot in length ; general colour pale dull green ; the chin 

 mottled, dusky and brown : tlie under-parts of the body from 

 the breast wliitish, with a few dusky streaks ; wings and tail 

 dusky, the first edged with white, the last even at the end 

 tipped with white ; the bill is stout, a little bent at the point, 

 and of a horn-colour ; tongue half the length of the bill 



