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Show 1868.] MR. E. P. RAMSAY ON BIRDS FROM QUEENSLAND. 383 7. PODARGUS, n. sp. From Rockingham Bay, thirty-five miles inland. Although at present I feel convinced that both these species are new, I do not feel equal to the task of describing them until I have compared them with those in the fine collection of the Australian Museum. 8. PODARGUS PAPUENSIS. Only one specimen obtained. 9. CAPRIMULGUS MACROURUS. 10. ALCYONE PUSILLA. Length of bill from angle of mouth 1*3 inches, from the forehead 1 ; wing from flexure 2, tail 0*8, tarsi 0*25. Bill black; legs and feet greenish-grey. Total length 4*3. 11. TANYSIPTERA SYLVIA. The furthest south that this bird has been found, I believe, is Port Denison. The females differ from the males in having the two centre tail-feathers shorter, and their outer webs margined (rather broadly at the base, and gradually becoming narrower) with blue to within an inch of their tips ; shafts black above, white underneath ; the feathers on the rump of many specimens are also margined with blue. 12. ARTAMUS ALBIVENTRIS. Bill deep blue at base, separated from the black of its tip by a triangular whitish-blue oblique mark ; some are without this m a r k- the base being waxy blue, and the tip black. Total length 6-6 to 6*9 ; wings 4*4 to 4*8 ; tail 2*7 to 3 ; bill, from angle of the mouth 0*8 to 0*9, from forehead 0*7 to 0*75. 13. CRACTICUS QUOYII. A rare and shy species, found among the mangroves. 14. PIEZORHYNCHUS NITIDUS. Tolerably abundant in brushes near the bay. 15. OPHRYZONE KAUPI. Arses kaupi, auct. One pair of this very interesting and rare Flycatcher were all that were seen; they were obtained on the edge of a dense brush, some thirty-five miles inland. In habits and actions this pretty species closely resembles the species of Monarcha ; they are lively and active, like the Rhipidura albiscapa, but do not fan the tail like that species. One peculiarity which seems to have escaped Mr. Gould's scrutiny is the enlargement of the eyelid into a narrow flat rim, crenulated on its outer margin. This rim, which is ^V inch in width, |