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cause in it are united in a remarkable degree the characters of the 

 genera Cuculus and Chalcites ; but as those of the latter genus pre- 

 dominate, I have retained it therein. 



Synoicus diemenensis. Syn. fronte, loris, et mento griseo-albis, 

 stramineo tinctis ; vertice saturate brunneo, medio lined stramined 

 notato ; omni corpore superiore fasciis irregularibus transversis 

 griseis, nigrisque, castaneisque, vario ; mediis plumis lined griseo- 

 albd ornatis. 



Forehead, lores and chin greyish white, tinged with buff; crown 

 of the head dark brown, with a line of buff down the centre ; all the 

 upper surface irregularly marked with beautiful transverse bars of 

 grey, black and chestnut, each feather with a fine stripe of greyish 

 white down the centre ; primaries brown, mottled on their external 

 edges with greyish brown ; all the under surface greyish buff, each 

 feather with numerous regular somewhat arrow-head-shaped marks 

 of black, and many of them with a very fine line of white down the 

 centre ; bill blue, deepening into black at the tip ; irides orange ; 

 feet dull yellow. 



Total length, 8j inches; bill, f ; wing, 4^; tarsi, IJ. 



Hab. Van Diemen's Land. 



Remark. — Nearly allied to S. australis, but of a much larger size 

 and with the markings of the upper surface more numerous and 

 varied. 



Synoicus sorbidus. Syn. saturate fuscus minute nigra maculatus ; 

 mediis plumis corporis superioris inferiorisque latdfascid griseo- 

 caruled longitudinaliter ornatis. 



General plumage dark brown, minutely freckled with black, each 

 feather of the upper and under surface with a broad stripe of bluish 

 grey down the centre ; feathers of the head and back of the neck 

 with a spot of blackish brown at the tip, those down the centre of 

 the head and a few of the back feathers with white shafts ; chin buff; 

 flank-feathers with an arrow-head- shaped mark of black near the tip. 



Total length, 7 inches ; bill, f ; wing, Sj ; tarsi, ^. 



Hab. South Australia. 



Remark. — With the exception of S. sinensis, this species is the 

 least of the genus yet discovered ; it moreover differs from them all 

 in the absence of any varied markings, in lieu of which all the feathers 

 of the upper surface have a broad bluish grey stripe down the middle. 



PoRZANA LEucoPHRYS. Por. fascid d mandibulce superioris basi ad 



angulum oculi posticum ductd griseo-albd -, maculd latd atrd ab 



oculo ad rictum extensd ; nuchd, corpore superiore, cauddque, 



fusco-nigris ; capitis, colli, et pectoris, lateribus griseis ; mento, et 



medio abdomine albis. 



From the base of the upper mandible to the posterior angle of the 



eye a streak of greyish white ; from the eye to the gape a broad patch 



of deep black ; crown of the head brownish black ; back of tlie neck, 



upper surface and tail brownish black, each feather margined with 



pale reddish, the latter colour becoming very conspicuous on the 



wing-covcrts and scapularies ; wings pale brown ; sides of the head, 



