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Poephila personata. Po'e. rostro ad basin fascid irregulari ni- 

 gerrimd circumdato, vertice, dorso, alis, cauddque pallide cinna- 

 momino-fuscis. 



Base of the bill surrounded by an irregular ring of deep velvety- 

 black ; crown of the head, upper surface and wings, light cinnamon- 

 brown ; lower part of the abdomen banded with deep velvety black ; 

 lower part of the rump and under tail-coyerts white ; upper tail- 

 coverts white, striped longitudinally with black on the outer side ; 

 tail graduated, and of a deep blackish brown ; irides red ; bill bright 

 orange ; legs and feet flesh-red. 



Total length, 3^ inches ; bill, g ; wing, 2| ; tail, 2 ; tarsi, ^. 



Hab. The northern parts of Australia. 



Mr. Gould then characterized two new species of the genus Ptili- 

 nopus, Swainson, as P. Swainsonii and P. Ewingii; the first in 

 honour of the founder of the genus, and the second in honour of the 

 Rev. T. J. Ewing, of Van Diemen's Land. 



Ptilinopus Swainsonii. Plil.fronte et vertice splendide coccineis, 

 hoc colore lined angustd flavd nisi apud frontem cincto ; pectore 

 sordide viridi, singulis plumis ad apicem bijidis, more furculce, 

 cujus apices macula triangulari argenteo-cinered notantur ; abdo- 

 mine medio aurantiaco ; caudce apice late flavissimo . 

 Forehead and crown deep crimson-red, surrounded, except in front, 

 with a narrow ring of light yellow ; back of the neck greyish green ; 

 all the upper surface bright green tinged with yellow, the green 

 becoming deep blue towards the extremities of the tertiaries, which 

 are broadly margined with yellow ; primaries slaty grey on their 

 inner webs, green on the outer, very slightly margined with yellow ; 

 tail deep green, largely tipped with rich yellow ; throat greenish grey, 

 stained on the chin with yellow in some specimens ; in others the 

 chin is white ; breast dull green, each feather forked at the end, and 

 with a triangular silvery grey spot at either extremity ; flanks and 

 abdomen green, with a large patch of orange-red in the centre of the 

 latter ; under tail-coverts orange-yellow ; thighs green ; irides red- 

 dish orange ; bill greenish black, horn-colour at the tip ; feet olive- 

 brown. 



Total length, 9 inches ; bill, J ; wing, 5 J ; tail, 3| ; tarsi, |-. 

 Hab. The brushes of the River Clarence and Moreton Bay. 

 Ptilinopus Ewingii. P.fronte et vertice roseis, hdc colore lined 

 flavd nisi ad frontem cincto ; pectore vires centi-cinereo plumis bi- 

 jidis, et ad apicem pallide cinereis ; fascid infra pectorali pallide 

 sulphured ; abdomine medio saturate aurantiaco, cum lunuld cen~ 

 trali helvo-c&ruled ; caudce rectricibus ad apicem flavis, non sine 

 tincturd viridi presertim in rectricibus duabus intermediis notandd. 

 Forehead and crown of the head rose-pink, bordered, except in 

 front, by a narrow line of yellow ; back of the head and neck green- 

 ish grey j all the upper surface bright green, passing into deep blue 

 on the tertiaries ; primaries, secondaries and tertiaries slightly mar- 

 gined with yellow ; tail largely tipped with yellow tinged with green, 

 particularly on the two centre feathers ; chin pale yellow ; sides of 

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