BY THE REV. DR. W00LLS, D.D., F.Ii.S. 843 



said that in districts where such vegetation prevails the stock 

 may be despatched to distant markets with a probability of 

 arriving in good condition. If the cattle subsisted exclusively 

 on grass, it might be possible to form some opinion in regard to 

 the comparative value of our Australian genera for grazing 

 purposes ; but when we take into consideration the fact that the 

 cattle feed not only on grass, but also on many other plants 

 (particularly of the Salsolacece, Amarantacece, Geraniacece, and 

 UmbelliferceJ, it seems difficult to arrive at any satisfactory con- 

 clusion. There can be no doubt that some grasses are more 

 fattening than others, but until a careful analysis has been made 

 it appears somewhat premature to declare, excepting in general 

 terms, what genera are best adapted for the purposes indicated. 

 Particular species have been long known for their nutritive 

 principles, but when we come to speak of genera, little can be 

 said for certain. 



On a new species of Eurystopodus. 

 By E. P. Eamsay, E.L.S., &c. 



Eurystopodus nigripennis, n. sp. 



Head with light ashy vermiculations and freckles ; the feathers 

 of the forehead, crown, and occiput with a black shaft line very 

 broad on the crown of the head ; chin, loreal region, and narrow 

 band round the hind neck black, strongly tinged with rufous- 

 chestnut ; a narrow oblique patch of white on either side of the 

 throat, but not joined on the chin, chest blackish brown, the tips 

 of the feathers marbled with ashy, forming two roundish spots 

 one on either side of the tips of the feathers, or confluent and 

 forming irregular broken bands right across, sides of the body 

 barred with a lighter ashy tint in the same way, the interspaces 

 between the ashy bands, black ; flanks, abdomen and under tail 

 coverts strongly washed with rufous-chestnut and barred with 



