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centre of the abdomen fawn-white; chest and flanks washed with 
tawny ; bill black ; legs fleshy brown. 
Total length, finches; bill, f; wing, 3 J; tail, 4; tarsi, If. 
Hab. Cape York, Northern Australia. 
Remark .—About the size of D . brunneopygia. Fine specimens in 
the British Museum collection. 
Carpophaga assimilis. 
Head, throat and ear-coverts grey; all the upper surface, wings 
and tail golden green ; wing-coverts with a spot of rich yellow at the 
tip, forming an oblique band across the shoulder ; line down the centre 
of the throat, chest and abdomen rich purple; under wing-coverts, 
vent, thighs and under tail-coverts rich orange-yellow; basal portion 
of the inner webs of the primaries and secondaries purplish cinnamon. 
Total length, 14 inches; bill, 1 ; wing, 7; tail, 6; tarsi, J. 
Hab. Cape York, Northern Australia. 
Remark. —Very similar to C. magnifica , but considerably less in all 
its admeasurements. Specimens in the British Museum. 
Chlamydera cerviniventris. 
Upper surface brown, each feather narrowly margined, and marked 
at the tip with buffy white; throat striated with greyish brown and 
buff; under surface of the shoulder, abdomen, thighs and under tail- 
coverts light pure fawn colour. 
Total length, Ilf inches; bill, If; wing, 5J; tail, 5; tarsi. If. 
Hab. Cape York, Northern Australia. 
Remark.~ Intermediate in size between C. nuchalis and C. macu - 
lata, and distinguished from both by the fine fawn colouring of the 
under surface. A specimen in the British Museum of the male, appa¬ 
rently somewhat immature. 
Nectarine a Australis. 
Crown of the head and upper surface olive-green ; over and under 
the eye two very indistinct marks of yehow ; throat and chest steel- 
blue ; remainder of the under surface fine yellow ; bill and feet black. 
Total length, 4j inches; bill, f; wing, 2f; tail. If; tarsi, f. 
Hab. Eastern coast of Australia. 
Remark .—Differs from N.frcenata in its larger size, in its straighcer 
bill, and in the stripe of yellow over the eye being almost obsolete. 
Specimens in the British Museum. 
Monarc ha leucqtis. 
Crown of the head, back of the neck, back, primaries and six middle 
tail-feathers black; the three lateral tail-feathers on each side black 
with white tips ; lores, a broad mark over the eye, ear-coverts, sides 
of the neck, scapularies and upper tail-coverts white; throat white, 
bounded below with black, the feathers lengthened and protuberant; 
chest and abdomen light grey; bill and feet lead-colour. 
Total length, 5J inches ; bill, f ; wing, 2|; tail, 2f ; tarsi, f. 
Hab. Cape York, Northern Australia. 
Remark. —About the size of M. trivirgata. Specimens in the 
British Museum. 
