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bands crossing the chest are broader and more distinct in the latter 

 than in the former. 



Geopelia tranquilla. Geop. facie et gutture pallide cinereis, oc- 

 cipite dorso alisque ejcinereo -fuscis, singulis plumis ad apicem 

 anguste nigerrimo fasciatis ; alulis spuriis, primariisque saturate 

 fuscis, pectore, lateribus, et nucha pallide cinereis, lineis angustis 

 nigris crebre notatis, abdomine et lateribus pallide vinaceis, ab- 

 domine medio crissoque albis ; humeris subtils castaneis. 

 Face and throat pale grey ; occiput, back and wings ashy brown, 

 each feather bounded at the end with a narrow band of deep velvety 

 black ; spurious wing and primaries dark brown ; chest, sides and 

 back of the neck pale grey, crossed by numerous narrow, irregular 

 bands of black ; abdomen and flanks pale vinous ; centre of the abdo- 

 men and under tail-coverts white ; under surface of the shoulder 

 deep chestnut ; four centre tail-feathers greyish brown, passing into 

 black at the tip ; the lateral tail-feathers black, largely tipped with 

 white ; irides transparent bluish white ; base of bill and nostrils light 

 blue ; tip of the bill bluish black ; naked skin of the orbits deeply 

 wrinkled and of a beautiful light greenish blue ; frontal scales of the 

 tarsi and toes dark purple ; hind part of the legs flesh- colour. 

 Total length, 8J inches ; bill, |- ; wing, 4 ; tail, 4f ; tarsi, ^. 

 Hah. Liverpool plains and banks of the Namoi, interior of New 

 South Wales. 



Family Rallid^e. 



Genus Eulabeornis. 



Gen. char. — Rostrum capite longius, fere rectum, et leviter incurvum, 

 lateraliter compressum ; naribus elongatis, apertis, singulis in sinu 

 per mandibulse tres fere partes a basi excurrente positis. Alee 

 paulo breves atque debiles, valde rotundatae ; tertiariis elongatis, 

 fere ad apicem alse. Tarsi paulo longi, et robustiores quam in 

 genere ' Rallus ;' digitis attamen brevioribus. Cauda longa, cu- 

 neiformis, pogoniis laxis et efFusis. 



Eulabeornis castaneoventris. Eul. capite et collo cinereis; 



corpore superiore in toto olivaceo ; pectore et corpore inferiore e 



cinereo-castaneis. 



Head and neck ash-grey ; all the upper surface, wings and tail 



olive ; breast and all the under surface greyish chestnut ; bill yellow 



at the base, horn-colour at the tip ; legs and feet brown. 



Total length, 19 inches; bill, 2£ ; wing, 9| ; tail, 6; tarsi, 2|. 



Hab. North coast of Australia. 



The " Morduggera " of the aborigines at Port Essington. 



Family Procellaridjs. 



Puffinus carneipes. Puff, castaneo-niger ; rostro e cameo albo, 

 culmine apiceque fuscis ; pedibus favescenti-carneis. 



All the plumage chocolate-black ; bill fleshy white ; culmen and 

 tips of the mandibles brown ; legs, feet and membranes yellowish 

 flesh-colour. 



