14 COLLEOIIONS FROM MELANESIA. 



15, Myiagra nitida, Gould. 

 Sharpe, t. c. p. 375 ; Ramsay, t. c. p. 182. 

 a. (S . Pitzroy Island, May 1881. 



16. Myiagra mbecnla {Lath.). 

 Sharpe, t. c. p. 373 ; Ramsay, t. c. p. 182. 



a. 3 . Percy Island, April 1881. 



b. cj. Port Molle, May 1881. 



17. Myiagra coucinua, Gould. 

 Sharpe, t. c. p. 374 ; Ramsay, t. c. p. 182. 



a. c? . Booby Island, Aug. 31, 1881. 

 6. 5 . Booby Island, Aug. 1881. 



c. t?. West Island, Sept. 1881. 



d. Friday Island, July 1881. 



«. c? . Friday Island, Aug. 1881. 

 /. Thursday Island^ Sept, 1881. 



The differences between this species and M. rubecula are, to my 

 mind, not satisfactorily established ; but until better specimens reach 

 the British Museum from N.W. Australia (the habitat of the typical 

 M. concinna) it will be difB.cult to settle the question. 



18. Rhipidura ruflfrons (Lath,.). 

 Sharpe, t. e. p. 319 ; Ramsay, t. a. p. 182. 

 a. <S. Booby Island, Aug. 1881. 



19. Ehipidura tricolor (F.). 



Sharpe, t. c. p. 339. 



Savloprocta motaoilloidea, Ramsay, t. c. p. 182. 



a, b, c. Port Curtis, April 1881. 

 d. S ■ Port Darwin, Oct. 1881. 



20. Piezorhynchus nitidus, Gould. 

 Sharpe, t. c. p. 416 ; Ramsay, t. c. p. 182. 



•a. 5 . Horn Island, Torres Straits, Sept. 1881. Iris orange^red • 

 bUl greenish grey ; legs and feet dark. 



b. 2 . Thursday Island, Aug. 1881. Iris dark ; bill horn-colour 



black at tip ; legs and feet grey. ' ' 



21. Piezorhynchus medius, sp. n. 



a. 6- Port Molle, May 1881. Iris black} bill light grey legs 

 and feet dark. 



