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spersed longer hairs, which are abundant, are of a bright brown or 

 reddish-yellow colour at the apex. The general tint produced by 

 this mixture is rufous brown. On the under parts of the body the 

 hairs are of a yellow or yellowish white colour, and not grey at the 

 base. 



The specimen from which the above description is taken is either 

 from Java or Sumatra. I have taken the liberty of naming it after 

 the author of the * Zoological Researches in Java/ &c. 



Mr. Gould exhibited from his Australian collection of Birds two 

 species of the genus Platycercus, which he considered new : for one 

 of these he proposed the specific name of hcematonotus, from the red 

 spot upon its rump ; and for the other, which he had very recently 

 received, and which he remarked was one of the most beautiful spe- 

 cies of the genus hitherto discovered, that of hcematogaster. 



Platycercus h^ematonotus. Plat, summo capite,fronte, gents, 

 7iuchd pectoreque smaragdino-viridibus ; dorso fuscescenti-vi- 

 ridi ; uropygio coccineo ; articulo humerali, aid spuria et po- 

 yoniis extemis primarium ad partem basalem nitide cceruleo- 

 nigris, notd sulphured humerali. Remigibus majoribus et 

 minoribus, rectricibusque caudce duaibus intermediis viridibus, 

 hoc colore in cmruleum transeunte ad apicem, apicibus ipsis 

 nigro-fuscis ; rectricibus reliquis ad bases viridibus, ad apices 

 et ad pogonia externa cineraceo-albis ; cbdomine medio Jlavo ; 

 femoribus obscure cceruleo-viridibus ; crisso cineraceo-albo ; 

 rostro corneo ; pedibus fuscis. 

 Long. tot. 11 unc. ; alee 5 ; caudce 6J ; tarsi |. 

 Pullus intra annum primum, ab ave adultd differt partibus, qua in 

 hdc smaragdino-viridibus, in illo cinerescenti-viridibus ; necnon 

 crisso hand coccineo, abdomine haud Jlavo ; ast primariis nonnullis, 

 secondar Usque ad bases albis. 

 Hah. Nova Cambria Australi. 



Obs. This species unites Platycercus to Nanodes, and is in fact so 

 directly intermediate between these genera in size and other charac- 

 ters, that it is difficult to decide to which group it should be referred ; 

 but I am induced to include it among the Platycerci. 



Platycercus hcematogaster. Plat, fronte facieque cairuleis ; 

 summo capite, nucha, plumisque auricularibus flavescenti-cine- 

 reis ; pectore cinereo tincto brunneo ; plumis auricularibus ad 

 partem superiorem stramineis ; uropygio, tectricibusque supe- 

 rioribus cauda cerinis ; articulo humerali pallide cceruleo ; 

 primariis intense fuscis etad apicem acutis ; secondariis tectri- 

 cibusque majoribus violaceo-cceruleis / tectricibus minoribus 



