Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean ...

BIRDS. 138. Pinarolestes rufigaster {Gould).Sharpe, t. c. p. 296.Colluricincla rufigaster, Ramsay, t. c. p. 181.a. Thursday Island, June 10, 1881.a. 59. Graucalus hypoleucus, Gould.Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 3Ius. iv. p. 36 ;Ramsay, t. c. p. 180.• Thursday Island, August 1881.10. Graucalus melanops {Lath.).Sharpe, t. c. p. 30; Ramsay, t. c. p. 180.a. S iram. Port Molle, Queensland, May 1881.h. $ imm. Thursday Island, July 1881.11. Lalage leucomelaena {V. Sf H.).Sharpe, t. c. p. 106.Campephaga leucomela, Ramsay, t. c. p. 181.a. 2 ad. Friday Island, Sept. 1881. Iris dark brown ; bill black ;legs and feet dark grey.h. $ juv. Thursday Island, July 1881. Iris black; bill black;legs and feet dark grey.Count Salvador! (Orn. Papuasia, ii. p. 163) separates the Australianform of this species from the Papuan, which he callsLalaye Icaru (Less.), This view seems to me to be correct, for thePapuan race appears to have less white on the wing-coverts and tobe permanently barred below, whereas the adult male of the AustralianLalage is uniform on the under surface.12. Lalage tricolor {Swains.).Sharpe, t. c. p. 92.Campephaga humeralis, Ramsay, t. c. p. 181.a. (S imm- Port Darwin, Oct. 24, 1881.13. Pseudogerygone magnirostris {Goidd).Sharpe, t. c. p. 223.Gerj'gone magnirostris, Ramsay, t. c. p. 133.a. Thursday Island, Sept. 1881.14. Myiagra latirostris, Goidd.Sharpe, t. c. p. 381 ;Ramsay, t. c. p. 182.J.WestIsland, Sept. 1881.