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blue, and tipped with white more largely on the inner than on 

 the outer feathers ; centre tail feathers above, greenish on the 

 inner webs, blue on the outer ; the rest blackish at the base, blue 

 on the outer webs, the anterior third of each feather light blue 

 and tipped with white, the spot increasing in size as the feather 

 is more internal. Bill, bluish at the base, whitish at the tip (pro- 

 bably faded), feet dark brown ; iris, in a young living example, 

 dark hazel. 



Hdb. Interior of New South Wales. 



My attention was drawn to this species some two years ago by 

 Mr. George Masters, the late Assistant Curator of the Australian 

 Museum ; and although the bird could not in any way be referred 

 to any known member of the genus, I had great doubts of its 

 proving to be a good species, being rather inclined, from the 

 great variegation and ununiformity of its markings, to consider 

 it a hybrid, or cross between some of the smaller species. How- 

 ever, having lately found another, although immature, but having 

 the same characteristic red front, and temper tail coverts, blue 

 wings and yellowish-green under surface, I have hesitated no 

 longer to describe it as new, and in compliment to Mr. George 

 Masters, who first drew my attention to it, have named it after 

 that gentleman. The adult specimen above described is one of 

 the few relics of our early explorers that I found left in the 

 Museum. The young bird referred to has been recently obtained 

 in the interior northern portion of New South Wales. 



Description of a new species of Pelodryas, from New Ireland— by 

 E. P. Ramsay, F.L.S., &c, Curator of the Australian Museum, 

 Sydney. 



Family PELODMAD^E. 



Pelodryas militarius, sp. nov. 



Above dull green, bluish in spirits; below dull yellowish, a rosy 

 line on outer cutaneous ridge of the arms and legs. 



