132 Zoological Society. 



corpore suhths, pedibmque albis ; auribus mediocribus, extern^ ma- 

 culd nigrd ornatis ; caudd brevi crassd. 



inch. lin. 

 Length from tip of nose to extremity of tail . . 5 7 



of tail 2 I 



of ear 5^ 



tarsi and toes 7 



Hab. Western Australia. 



This species is about the size of the common mouse, and is not 

 unlike the Mus sylvaticus in its colouring ; above grey with a wash 

 of yellow, and on the sides of the body distinctly tinted with yellow ; 

 under parts and feet pure white ; tail much swollen, especially in the 

 middle, and clothed throughout with very minute pale hairs ; ears 

 clothed with pale hairs, but with a largish black spot externally ; 

 eyes encircled with bMck hairs ; fur moderately long and soft. 



AVES. 



Ieracidea occidentalis. ler, vertice et corpore superiore ferru- 

 gineo-fuscis ; singulis plumis strigd centrali nigrd anguste notatis ; 

 caudd fusco multi-fasciatd ; corpore subtHs albo plumis lined fused 

 angustd notatis. 



Crown of the head, back and scapularies rusty brown, with a nar- 

 row stripe of black down the centre ; rump deep rusty brown, crossed 

 by broad bands of dark brown, the tip of each feather huffy white ; 

 wings very dark brown ; the inner webs of the primaries with a series 

 of large spots, assuming the form of bars, of a deep rusty brown near 

 the shaft and fading into huffy white on the margin ; wing- coverts 

 tipped with rusty red ; spurious wing with a row of rusty red spots 

 on either side of the shaft ; tail dark brown, crossed by numerous 

 broad irregular bars of rusty red, and tipped with pale buff; ear- 

 coverts and a stripe running down from the angle of the lower man- 

 dible dark brown ; chin, all the under surface, and a broad band 

 which nearly encircles the neck, white, with a fine line of dark brown 

 down the centre ; thighs deep rust-red, each feather with a line of 

 black down the centre and tipped with bufFy white ; cere very light 

 greenish flesh-colour; irides wood-brown ; space round the eye pale 

 yellow, becoming brighter near the eye ; base of the upper mandible, 

 the under mandible and gape, very light horn -colour; tip of the 

 upper mandible black. 



Total length, 16 inches; bill, Ij; wing, 12^ ; tail, 7|- ; tarsi, 2 J. 



Hab. Western Australia. 



^Egotheles leucogaster. jiE. quoad colorem JE. Nov. HoUan- 

 diae consimilis, at grandior, rostro longiore, et abdomine albo. 



Head black ; crown, lunar-shaped mark at the back of the head, and 

 a collar surrounding the neck, black, freckled with grey in the centre 

 of each feather ; back freckled black and white ; wings brown, crossed 

 by numerous bands of lighter brown, freckled with dark brown ; pri- 

 maries margined externally with buff^, interrupted with blotchings of 

 dark brown ; tail dark brown, crossed by numerous broad irregular 

 bands of reddish buff^, freckled with dark brown ; ear-coverts straw- 



