Report on the collection of Australian vertebrata contained in the museum of the Asiatic Society, Calcutta / [Edward Blyth].

  • Blyth, Edward, 1810-1873
Date:
1848]
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Credit: Report on the collection of Australian vertebrata contained in the museum of the Asiatic Society, Calcutta / [Edward Blyth]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    not upon P. Isiclorei, Drapiez, of New Guinea, according to the description in the Diet. Class., which approximates it to those of Asia. Fam. Menuridce ? Psophodes crepitans, (Lath.), B. A. pt. III. Specimen from the Sydney Institution. Orthonyx spinicauda, Tem. Specimen from the Sydney Institution. Fam. Ceblephyridce. Grauculus melanops, (Lath.), B. A. pt. XIX. Two specimens, from the Sydney Institution : two others, presented by Mr. Benson. These illustrate the variation of plumage to which this species is subject. Gr. mentalis, Vigors and Horstield. Two specimens, from the Sydney Institution. Lalage liumeralis, (Gould), P. Z. S. 1837, p. 143. Specimen, from the Sydney Institution. This species differs from the nearly allied L. orientalis of the Malay countries, in the absence of the white supercilium and lores, and in having longer wings and tail, the relative proportion of the primaries likewise differing. Fam. Tchitreadce. Monarcha carinata, Swainson, B. A. pt. XXV. Two specimens ; presented by Lord A. Hay, and by the Sydney Institution. Seisura inquiet a, Lath. : S. volitans apud Vigors and Horsfield, and Nat. Libr., ‘ Flycatchers,’ pi. XII: nec S. volitans, (Lath.), apud G. R. Gray. Specimens from Port Philip, presented by Mr. Benson. Myiagra plumbea, Vig. and Horsf., B. A. pt. XXIII : Muscicapa leuco- gastra, nobis, XIII, 336,—the male; and M. rubecula, foem., nobis, ibid.,—- the female, which is also Todus rubecula, Lath., and Myiagra rubeculoides, Vigors and Horsfield. Two males and two females, presented by the Sydney Institution and Mr. Benson. M. platyrostris (?), Gould, mentioned in the Appendix to Stokes’s narra¬ tive * Muscicapa rubecula, nobis, XIII, 336; and probably Platyrhynchus ruficollis, Vieillot. Dufers from the female of the preceding species in its larger size, broader bill, the more nigrescent colouring of the head, and the deeper rufous of the throat and breast. Length of wing 3^ in., and of tail 3£ in. Specimen presented by Mr, Cracroft. Rhipidura albiscapa, Gould, B. A. pt. I. Specimen from the Sydney Insti¬ tution. This bird is perfectly congeneric with Chelidorhynx, Hodgson, as distinguished from Leucocerca, Swainson. * Is this distinct from M. latirostris, Gould, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 172, also from the N. W. coast? lor the Society’s bird does not at all correspond to the description of M. latirostris.