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

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14 COLLEJTIONS FROM MELANESIA.15. Myiagra nitida, Gould.Sharpe, t. c. p. 375 ; Ramsay, t. c. p. 182.a. S . Fitzroy Island, May 1881.16. Myiagra rubecula (Lath.).Sharpe, t. c. p. 373 ; Ramsay, t. c. p. 182.a. S • Percy Island, April 1881.b. J. Port Molle, May 1881.17. Myiagra c<strong>on</strong>c<strong>in</strong>na, Gould.Sharpe, t. c. p. 374 ; Ramsay, t. c. p. 182.a. S• Booby Island, Aug. 31, 1881.6.5. Booby Island, Aug. 1881.c. .(S "West Island, Sept. 1881.d. Priday Island, July 1881.e. c?. Friday Island, Aug. 1881./. Thursday Island, Sept. 1881.The differences between this species and 31. rubecula are, to mym<strong>in</strong>d, not satisfactorily established ; but until better specimens reach<strong>the</strong> British Museum from N.W. Australia (<strong>the</strong> habitat of <strong>the</strong> typical31. c<strong>on</strong>c<strong>in</strong>na) it will be difficult to settle <strong>the</strong> questi<strong>on</strong>.18. Rhipidura rufifr<strong>on</strong>s (Lath.).Sharpe, t. c. p. 310 ; Ramsay, t. c. p. 182.a. c?. Booby Island, Aug. 1881.19. Rhipidura tricolor ( F.).Sharpe, t. c. p. 339.Sauloprocta motacilloides, Ramsay, t. c. p. 182.a, 6, c. Port Curtis, April 1881.d. 2- Port Darw<strong>in</strong>, Ocb. 1881.20. Piezorhynchus nitidus, Goidd.Sharpe, t. c. p. 41G ; Ramsay, t. c. p. 182.a. $. Horn Island, Torres Straits, Sept. 1881. Iris orange-red;bill greenish grey ; legs and feet dark.b. 5 . Thursday Island, Aug. 1881. Iris dark ; biU horn-colour,black at tip ; legs and feet grey.21. Piezorhynchus medius, sp. n.a. 6- Port MoUe, May 1881. Iris black; bill light grey ; legsand feet dark.

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