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-e indicated present some difference in their nidification and ih the ‘ =
Jach of the sections I have indicated present some difference é a colouring of they
eoos. which tends to confirm the propriety of the view I have taken of the subject.

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Wolk UU, DL a
Vol. III. Pl. 4,
A 158. Petroica Goodenovil . ; : ' : : ; Vol Wileeiess
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159. Petroica phoenicea, Gould

156. Petroica multicolor

 

157. Petroica erythrogastra

Hh Muscicapa erythrogaster, var. Lath. Gen. Hist. vol. vi. p. 217.
Volk Til eieys
Vol. III: Pl. 8.

HH 160. Petroica bicolor, Swains.

 

Hil 161. Petroica fusca, Gould ; :

i || Muscicapa vittata, Quoy et Gaim. Voy. de l’ Astrolabe, pl. 3, fig. 2?
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162. Petroica superciliosa, Gould

Genus Drymopes, Gov/d.
Generic characters.

i Bill straight, rather compressed on the sides near the tip, nearly as long as the head ; a slight notch at the tip ;
| beset at the base with a few fine bristles ; wings moderately long, rounded, the first quill very short, the fifth the
HI I longest ; tail rather long, slightly rounded ; tarsi long, slender, entire before; toes moderately long, the outer toe
| rather longer than the inner ; the hind-toe and nail shorter than the middle toe and nail.

The only species of this genus yet discovered ranges over the whole of the country from Southern to Western

Australia. Its form is adapted for the ground, but it occasionally resorts to low shrubby trees.

163. Drymodes brunneopygia, Gould — . , ; OK MUL 1BL, 10,

 

Genus Eopsaurria, Sains.

Three species of this genus are all that are yet known; two of these are natives of Western Australia, and the

third of New South Wales.

| 164. Eopsaltria Australis : : : ; , Vol. Te
| | Sylvia flavigastra, Lath. Gen. Hist. vol. vi. p. 137 ?
165. Eopsaltria griseogularis, Gould : , : : Vol. i Ries

Muscicapa Georgiana, Quoy. et Gaim. Voy. de l’Astrolabe, pl. 3, fig. 4 ?

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166. Eopsaltria leucogaster, Gould :

Muscicapa gularis, Quoy et Gaim. Voy. de l’Astrolabe, pl. 4, fig. 1?

 

Subfamily MENURINA, G. R. Gray.
Genus Menura, Dav.

It might have been expected that the various explorations which have of late years been made into the

 

| previously unknown regions of Australia would have led to the discovery of some additional species of this genus,
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or of some new ‘-e nearly , é 6 W ich if secant : A 5
| form more nearly allied to it than those with which it 1s associated, but nothing of the kind has
au occurred.
HHH 167. Menura superba, Dav.

Vol. III. Pl. 14.

This remarkable bird is not only confined to Australia, but exclusively to the south-eastern part of the
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untry. I regret to say that I have not been able to gain any further information respecting its nidification,

I although I have urged many persons in Australia to pay particular attention to the subject.