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Pteromatum interiorum apices fulvo, exteriorum fusco, notati. 
Tectrices inferiores albescentes. Rostrum flavescens. Pedes 
fusci. Longitudo corporis, 6; ale a carpo ad remigem 
quartam, 333; caude, 345; ; rostri ad frontem, 45, ad ric- 
tum, 12; farsi, 13. 
There are two specimens of this bird in the collection, one of 
which is marked by Mr. Caley as a young male, the other as a 
female. It is probable that the adult male may differ from 
both. The eyes are noted as being black. "Their weight is 
14 drachms. ! 
5. OnivACEA. Pac. suprà viridi-olivacea, subtus fulvescens, ca- 
pite grisescente, gutture albo notato. 
Remiges rectricesque fuscæ, viridi-olivaceo externe marginatæ ; 
hæ subtus viridi-flavescentes, istæ pallide fusce. Tectrices 
inferiores albidæ. Rostrum fuscum, mandibulà inferiore 
ad basin fuscá. Pedes nigri. Longitudo corporis, 13; 
ale a carpo ad remigem quartam, 34; caude, 3-7, ; rostri ad 
frontem, +, ad rictum, 44; tarsi, 141. 
6. FuriciNnosa. Pac. griseo-testacea, subtus pallidior subful- 
vescens, guld albidescente. 
Rostrum nigrum. Pedes fusci. Longitudo corporis, 6: ale a 
carpo ad remigem quartam, 347. ; rostri, 13; tarsi, 1$. 
Two birds of this species were presented to the Society by 
Mr. Brown, which he met with on the South coast of New Hol- 
land. A third bird, presented also by that gentleman, was 
found by him on the East coast. It varies from the other 
two in the upper colour being more plumbeous. "This may be 
a distinct species; but all the specimens are in bad condition, 
and it is impossible to make any decision respecting them, par- 
ticularly in a group where the colours are in general indistinct. 
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