THE YELLOW-BKEASTED FLY-CATCHEE 285 



The Blue Fly-catcher, M. concinna. — North and North-weat Australia. 

 Differs from the preceding in that a narrow frontal line, the lores^ 

 and the feathers in front of the eye, are black. 



Egg with very rounded apex, of whitish ground colour 

 encircled about the centre with a belt of umber and grey spots 

 and small blotches, .65 by .5 inch. 



B. — Head, back, wing-coverts, throat and fore-neck greenish- 

 black ; remainder of under surface white ; in the females greyish- 

 brown above, throat and fore-neck orange-rufous, abdomen 

 buff y- white. 



The Satin Fly-catcher, M. nitida. Tasmania and Eastern Australia, 

 Length of male 6.6, of female 6.4 inches. 



Egg somewhat round, greenish white, spotted and blotched 

 all over with umber-brown, yellowish brown and obscure 

 purplish grey, .75 by .6 inch. 



C. — All upper surfaces leaden grey, darker and more 

 greenish and glossy on the head; lores and feathers in front of 

 the eyes ashy grey, throat and chest pale rufous, breast and 

 abdomen white, tinged with orange on the sides of the breast. 

 The female much paler in plumage. The bill is much broader 

 than in the other species. 



The Broad-hilled Fly-catcher, M. latirostris. North and West Australia, 

 New Guinea, Aru. Length of male 6. .5, of female 6.4 inches. 



Ge nus Macharorhynchus. 

 A small highly specialised genus, limited to Northern Aiis- 

 tralia, New Guinea and the adjacent islands. The beak is 

 extremely broad and flattened, "laterally developed to a greater 

 extent than in any other bird of its size." (Gould). The 

 culmen of the beak is elevated into a distinct ridge. 



The Yellow-breasted Fly-catcher. 



Blachcerorhy nchus flaviventer. 



North-east Australia. 



Above olive-green, yellow on the rump; upper tail-coverts black, and 

 tail and wings black with white tips; forehead and eye-brow bright 

 yellow; chin and upper throat white, breast and abdomen bright yellow. 

 Length 4.6 inches. Visits the tropical flowers for insects. 



