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1 should liave regarded tliis bird, a spirit sj^ccimen in 

 iiidiiTorent condition, as very })roba])]y an example of Mr. 

 Ramsay's 7?. cpiscopus ; but I presume that the tail feathers of 

 that species have brown shafts, as it is ash(K-iated by its 

 desci'iber Avith R, pectoralis //. and J. ; and R.maculipectus Gr. 

 It is not unlike R. cer\ ina. llani. from Lord Howe's island, but 

 differs in the distinctly spotted character of its wing markings 

 and in being less in all its dimensions. 



MiCRTECA PALLIDA n.S. 



Head and all the upper sui-face of the body light brow^nish 

 gre}^; wings dark brown; the primaries veiy narrowly edged 

 and tip})ed with white, the secondaries more broadly. Tail 

 dark brown ; the two central feathei's uniform ; the two 

 external on each side white ; the next brown on the basal half, 

 or i-atlier more, of the inner web ; the next white tip})ed : the 

 subcentrals nari-owly white edged. Loi'e, and a line over the 

 eye white. All beneath white, tinged on the chest and sides, 

 with very pale brown. Length IL.2 cm. Tail 5.7. Tarsus 

 L85. Culmen 0.95. Breadth" of bill at gape 0.85. Wing 7.7. 



Locality, Kimberley. 



M K LITH REPTUS VINITINCTUS. 



Upper surface vinous grey, becoming darker on the head ; 

 olive green on the mantle, rump, and upper tail coverts. A 

 blackish brown stripe on the side of the head, commencing 

 narrower on the base of the culmen, expanding over the ear 

 coverts, and continued thence faintly down the side of the 

 neck. A narrow white lunate occipital band from orbit to 

 orbit. Wings and tail brown. Kdges of primaries, outer webs 

 of secondaries, and lateral tail feathei's, and whole of central 

 tail feathers, olive green. All beneath silky white. Under 

 wing coverts white. Primaries and second.aries, with their 

 inner webs edged with greyish white. I3eak brown, with the 

 tip black ; basal half of lower mandible yellow. Feet light 

 brown. Iris brown. Total lengtli 10.8 cm. (4J-). Culmen L5. 

 Wing G.2 (2.45). Tarsus 1.45 (5.51). 



Locality, Kind)erley. Found by Mr. K. liroadbent feeding on 

 the small eucalyptuses fringing the })lains. This, the smallest 

 and most delicate form of the group, seems to have its nearest 

 ally in the M. hrcviccps of New South AVales. 



