PLATE XXXVII 



MYRIAGA LATIROSTRIS (Gould). 



BROAD-BILLED FLYCATCHER. 



THE present species, which is chiefly remarkable for the broadness of its bill, as compared with the 

 other members of the genus, and for some differences in the plumage, is an inhabitant of the 

 north coast of Australia. 



In habits and general economy, so far as has been discovered, it resembles its congeners. 



The upper surface, wings, and centre tail feathers are bluish-lead colour ; primaries and outer 

 tail feathers, slaty -brown ; throat and chest, light rufous ; abdomen, white, slightly tinged with buff ; 

 irides, dark brown ; bill, black ; legs and feet, blackish-brown. 



Total length, G inches ; bill, f inch ; wing, 2§ inches ; tail, 2f inches ; tarsi, f inch. 



Habitat : North coast. 



GENUS MACH^ERIRHYNCHUS (Gould). 



OF this genus, which closely resembles the Myriagcs, two species are known, one inhabiting 

 Australia, and the other the Arn Islands. 







MACHiERIRHYNCH US FLA VI VENTER (Gould). 



YELL W -BREASTED FL YCA TCHER. 



F the species under notice, the first specimen was procured at Cape York by Mr. Wilcox, and, 

 although not numerous anywhere, others have since been obtained. 



It differs from the Myriag<p principally in great lateral development of the bill. It frequents 

 dense thickets, perching on the trees, which it only leaves in order to pursue and capture the insects 

 on which it subsists. 



The crown of the head, ear-coverts, and lores are black; back and wing-coverts, olive-green; wings ? 

 black, margined with olive-green, with two broad patches of white near the base ; tail, black, the 

 outer feathers on each side tipped with white ; line from the nostrils over each eye, and all the under 

 surface, bright yellow ; irides, blackish brown ; bill, legs, and feet, black. 



Total length, 5 inches ; bill, | inch ; wing, 2^ inches ; tail, 2 inches ; tarsi, ^ inch. 



Habitat : North Coast. 



