. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 10. I'l^'AKOLESTES. 293 5. Collyriocincla pallidirostris. Adult. General colour above ashy brown, the head rather more grey, with indistinct brown shaft-lines; wing-coverts also a little greyer than the back; quills brown, externally ashy grey, the secondaries rather clearer grey on the outer webs ; upper tail-coverts ashy grey; tail brown, all the feathers ashy grey on their margins and slightly paler at the extreme tips: a spot in front of the eye white; round the eye a circlet of whitish feathers; over the eye a very faint eyebrow of dull whit
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 10. I'l^'AKOLESTES. 293 5. Collyriocincla pallidirostris. Adult. General colour above ashy brown, the head rather more grey, with indistinct brown shaft-lines; wing-coverts also a little greyer than the back; quills brown, externally ashy grey, the secondaries rather clearer grey on the outer webs ; upper tail-coverts ashy grey; tail brown, all the feathers ashy grey on their margins and slightly paler at the extreme tips: a spot in front of the eye white; round the eye a circlet of whitish feathers; over the eye a very faint eyebrow of dull white feathers ; car-coverts uniform ashy brown, with faint whitish shaft-lines ; cheeks and throat dull white, with faint mesial streaks of rufous brown ; Ijrcast and sides of body light ashy brown, the centre of the body dull white, the entire breast marked with obscure mesial streaks of light rufous brown; thighs ashy brown ; under tail-coverts dull white, with light brown shaft-streaks; under wing-coverts light orange-buff, the axillariea ashy brown like the breast; under surface of quills ashy brown, light tawny buff along the inner web ; bill pale yellowish or whitish horn-colour; " iris brown " {Elsey). Total length 9-2 inches, cul- men 1, wing 4"85, tail 4-4, tarsus 1'2. Hah. Northern Australia. a. Ad. St. Port Essington, Mav 13, 1840. Capt. Chambers, [P.]. b. $ ad. sk. Nicholson River, Aug. 24,1850, J. R. Elsey, Esq. [P.]. lat. 19° 40', long. 138°. 10. PINAROLESTES*. Myiolestes, uuet. recent., nee Cahanis, 7 lleml ii{ Pi/iarolestes megarhi/nckiis. Range. New Cfuinea and adjacent Papuan Islands; Pelew Islands; Northern Australia and islands of Torres Strait; Fiji Islands. Key to the Species. a. Bill light yellowish horn-colour or light brown. a. Round the eye a ring of whitish or bufl' feathers, rt". Lores fulvous; throat only a little paler fawn-colour than the breast; ear- coverts rufous brown, with fulvous shaft-streaks meyarhynchus, p, 2
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