636 Messrs. H. C. Rohinson and W. S. Laverock on 
61. Lamprocorax metallica (Temm.). 
Calornis metallica Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xiii. 
p. 138 ; Le Souef, Ibis, 1898, p. 53. 
This bird was very common at all the localities visited by 
Mr. Olive, who obtained a large series of adult birds, together 
with the nests and numerous clutches of eggs. The latter 
have recently been well described by Mr. Le Souef ( loc . cit.). 
The greatest number of eggs in any of the clutches we 
have received is four. 
62. Artamus leucorhynchus leucopygialis Gould. 
Artamus leucogaster Sharpe, t. c. p. 3. 
Artamus leucorhynchus subsp. minor Harteit, Nov. Zool. 
vi. p. 424 (1899). 
Australian specimens have the bill certainly smaller than 
the form found in Java and the Philippines, though in five 
examples before us from Cooktown and Cairns we find the 
culmen to be 17*5-19 mm., and not 15-16 mm. as given by 
Mr. Hartert. Possibly we measure in a different way. In 
any case Gould’s name for the form is the one that must be 
used. 
63. Pitta strepitans simillima Gould; Sclater, Cat. 
Birds Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 428. 
Not very common at Cooktown, but much more abundant 
at Cairns, where it frequents dense scrub and is very hard to 
see, though it may be heard pattering over the dead leaves. 
“Iris brown ; feet flesh-colour; bill black” [Olive). 
The only constant character by which this subspecies can 
be distinguished from the typical form is its smaller size. 
The white speculum on the wing is very variable; normally 
it extends from the inner web of the fourth to the outer web 
of the sixth primary, and this is the ease in five out of the 
eight adult specimens before us. In one it extends to the 
outer web of the seventh, in another it commences on the 
inner web of the third, whilst in yet another the speculum is 
almost absent, being but faintly indicated on the outer web 
of the fifth primary. 
