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Show 588 MR. E. P. RAMSAY ON [Nov. 16, 89. PffiCILODRYAS SUPERCILIOSA. Found frequenting the outskirts of scrubs and thinly wooded banks of the rivers. 90. PCECILODRYAS ? CINEREIFRONS, Sp. nOV. Head dark ashy grey, slightly tinged with olive on the crown; a broad ashy-grey band extends from over the eye to the back of the head ; lores and chin blackish brown; throat and a short broad line extending just under the eye white ; ear-coverts, nape, interscapular region, mantle, and rump olive-brown; the upper tail-coverts and tail olive, washed with rufous; inner webs of the tail-feathers dark ashy brown, the outer three feathers on either side margined with a well-defined line of white at the tips; under surface of the tail dark ashy brown; under tail- coverts and flanks rich buff; abdomen white ; breast and chest ashy grey, becoming white on the throat; sides tinged with olive-brown ; under surface of the wings dark ashy brown, having a white band crossing the wing near the base of the primaries and secondaries ; under wing-coverts dark ashy brown, a spot of white at the base of the spurious wing ; under surface of the shoulder white, the upper surface of the shoulder ashy grey ; the wing-coverts above and the concealed portions of primaries and secondaries blackish brown; the scapulars and terminal half of the outer web of primaries and secondaries olive ; the basal portion blackish brown, having a broad white band extending through them across the wing, just in front of the greater wing-coverts, and being broader on the secondaries nearest the body, but not extending on to the scapulars. Bill black at the base, white at the tip and along the under margin of lower mandible ; legs, feet, and nails flesh-colour. Total length 5*7 inches; bill from forehead *8, from nostril '45, from angle of the mouth *9, height at the nostrils *25, width *2; wing 3*9 inches ; tail 2*9; tarsus 1*2; hind toe "5, its claw *3 ; middle toe *65, its claw *25 ; outer toe *55, its claw *2 ; inner toe *45, its claw *2. Hab. Brushes of the coast range near Cardwell, Rockingham Bay. Bemarks.-In habits and actions this species closely resembles the Eopsaltriee, and like them may be seen perching frequently on the side of the upright stems of the trees. 9 1. EOPSALTRIA CAPITO. Plentiful in the dense parts of the brushes. Their habits resemble E. australis of N e w South Wales. 92. EOPSALTRIA INORNATA, Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 604. In habits it resembles the preceding, but is either very rare or easily overlooked. It has been found in the scrubs on the Endeavour river. 93. PSOPHODES CREPITANS. The specimens shot of this species were a trifle smaller than those from New South Wales. The nest is a rather bulky structure, com- |