226 Zoological Society, 



;-persed longer hairs, which arc 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 hcematoy aster. 



Platycercus h^matonotus. Plat, summo capite,fronte, genis, 

 nucha pectoreque smaragdino-viridibus ; dor so fuscescenti-vi- 

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

 goniis externis primarium ad partem basalem nitide caruleo- 

 nigris, notd sulphured humerali. Remigibus majoribus et 

 minoribus, rectricibusque caudce dua'bus intermediis viridibus, 

 hoc colore in ccerideum transeunte ad apicem, apicibus ipsis 

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

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

 femoribus obscure cceruleo-viridibus ; crisso cineraceo-albo ; 

 rostro corneo ; pedibus fuscis. 

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

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

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

 crisso haud coccineo, abdomine haud jlavo ; ast primariis nonnullis, 

 secondariisque ad bases albis. 

 Hob. 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 h^matogaster. Plat. J route facieque cceruleis ; 

 summo capite, nucha, plumisque auricularibus Jlavescenti-cine- 

 reis ; pectore cinereo tincto brunneo ; plumis auricularibus ad 

 partem superiorem stramineis ; uropygio, tectricibusque supe- 

 rioribus caudce. cerinis ; articulo humerali pallide cceruleo ; 

 primariis intense fuscis et ad apicem acutis ; secondariis tectri- 

 cibusque majoribus violaceo-c&ruleis ; tectricibus minoribus 



