. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 24. rtETEROMTIAS. 239 and the white dress, is also descriljed and figured by MM. Hombron and Jaequinot. Hal). Eidi or Truk Islands, Caroline group. a, b. cJ ad. sk. [Caroline Islands.] Purchased. 24. HETEROMYIAS. I'cecilodryas, liunisay, IlBad and foot of Hc'cromijias cinereifroiis. liangc. North-eastern Australia. I. Heteromyias cinereifrons. Pcecilodryas ? cinereifrons, Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 588; id. Proc, Linn. Soc. N. S. TV. ii. p. 182. Aihilt (typo of species). General colour above rusty brown, the head and nape dark asliy grey, sha
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 24. rtETEROMTIAS. 239 and the white dress, is also descriljed and figured by MM. Hombron and Jaequinot. Hal). Eidi or Truk Islands, Caroline group. a, b. cJ ad. sk. [Caroline Islands.] Purchased. 24. HETEROMYIAS. I'cecilodryas, liunisay, IlBad and foot of Hc'cromijias cinereifroiis. liangc. North-eastern Australia. I. Heteromyias cinereifrons. Pcecilodryas ? cinereifrons, Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 588; id. Proc, Linn. Soc. N. S. TV. ii. p. 182. Aihilt (typo of species). General colour above rusty brown, the head and nape dark asliy grey, shaded slightly with brown except ou the forehead, which accordingly looks lighter grey ; over the eye a broad streak of light French grey extending to the sides of the nape ; feathers in front of the eye dusky greyish black; round the eye a ring of white feathers, blackish where it joins the loral spot before and the ear-coverts behind ; fore part of cheeks and feathers just below the eye white ; oar-coverts rusty brown, blackish just under the eye ; a chin-spot and feathers at base of lower mandible greyish black; throat and centre of breast and abdomen white; chest and fore neck, as well as the sides of the breast, light grev, the sides of the body and under tail-coverts tawny buff; thighs grey ; under wing-coverts white, the axillaries tipped with ta^nny; greater series dark ashy, forming a patch on the under wing-coverts ; quills ashy brown below, white at the base of both webs : upper wing-coverts ashy grey, the median and greater series dark brown slightly shaded with rusty brown ; bastard wing externally ashv grey, internally dark jjrown ; primary-coverts iiniform (lark brown'; quills dark brown, ])aler towards the tips, edged externally with rusty brown, the inner secondaries entirely of the latter colour and resembling the back, all the quiUs but the latter white at base, foi-ming a bar across the wing ; upper tail-coverts rufous, the tail- feathers brown, washed on the
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