146 Zoological Society. 



the neck and chest greenish grey, each feather forked at the end and 

 tipped with grey ; below the chest an indistinct band of sulphur- 

 yellow ; flanks and lower part of the abdomen green ; centre of the 

 abdomen rich orange, in the middle of which is a lunar- shaped mark 

 of lilac ; under tail- coverts orange ; thighs and tarsi green ; irides 

 reddish orange ; feet olive. 



Total length, 7 j inche* ; bill, J ; wing, 4| ; tail, 3 ; tarsi, f . 



Hab. Port Essington. 



Mr. Gould next instituted a new genus among the Columbidce, 

 under the appellation of 



Genus Geophaps. 

 Gen. char. — Rostrum perbreve et robustum. Oculi cute denudata 



circumdati. Alee perbre^es et rotundatse, apicibus latis. Tarsi 



mediocres digitis longiores. Digitus internus paululum cseteris 



longior. 



Of this form a new species was described as 



Geophaps plumifera. Geo. capite crista occipitali ornato ; hdc 

 sic et vertice, colli lateribus, pectore et alarum pagind inferiore 

 pallide ferrugineis ; guld alternatim albo nigroquefasciato ; pectore 

 lunulis duabus albis inter se junctis cuspidemque mediam efficienti- 

 bus, ornato. 



Lores and orbits naked, and of a yellowish red ; head furnished 

 with a lengthened occipital crest, which, with the crown, sides of the 

 neck and chest, and under part of the wing, is light ferruginous ; 

 chin black ; throat banded alternately with white and black, the latter 

 colour extending to the ear-coverts ; on the chest two semilunar 

 marks of white, which, meeting, form a point in the centre ; middle 

 of the abdomen light buif; under tail-coverts brown, with lighter 

 edges ; back of the neck, back, rump and upper tail-coverts, rufous 

 brown ; wings light ferruginous, with the basal half of the feathers 

 silvery grey, the two colours separated by a transverse band of black ; 

 primaries rufous brown; secondaries rufous brown, with a large 

 patch of bronzy purple towards their tips ; tail black ; bill black ; 

 feet reddish brown. 



Total length, 7 inches ; bill, f ; wing, 3± ; tail, 2| ; tarsi, J. 



Hab. The north-west coast of Australia. 



From the collection of B. Bynoe, Esq. 



A second genus of this tribe of birds was then characterized as 

 Genus Ocyphaps. 

 Gen. char .—Caput crista occipitali elongata. Alee paulo breves, re- 

 mige tertia gradatim ad apicem coarctata. Cauda mediocriter 

 elongata, et rotundata. Tarsi et digitus intermedius eadem lon- 

 gitudine. Digitus internus externo brevior. 

 Type, Columba Lophotes, Temm. 



A second example of the genus Pedionomus was described as 

 Pedionomus microurus. Ped. a P. Torquato diversus, staturd 



minore, collo haud torque circumdato, caudd fere carente. 

 Crown of the head, back and upper surface mottled with black, 



