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Mr. Gould's descriptions of the new Australian birds referred to 

 in the letter were next read. 



Cypselus australis. Ci/p. gutture et uropygio albis ; corpore 

 super ne et suhtiis intense fusco ; dorso metallice splendente ; 

 plumis pectoris abdominisque albo marginatis ; a/is cauddque ni- 

 grescentibus ; rostro, oculis, et pedibus nigris. 

 Long. tot. 6^ poll. ; rostri, J ; alee, 7\ ; caudce, 3 J ; tarsi, ^ 

 This species is about the size of Cypselus murarius : I first met 

 with it on the 8th of March, 1839. They were in considerable 

 abundance, but flying very high. I succeeded in killing one, which 

 was immediately pronounced by Mr. Coxen and others to be new to 

 the colony. On the 22nd I again saw a number of these birds hawk- 

 ing over a piece of cleared land at Yarrondi, on the Upper Hunter : 

 upon this occasion I obtained six specimens, but have not met with 

 it since. 



Podargus PHALiENO'iDES. Pod. cinereo, fuscoque ornatus, lined 

 nigra centrali per plumas singulas excurrente ; scajmlaribus^ 

 tectricibusque majoribus castaneo sparsis ; primariis fuscis, albo 

 anguste fasciatis ; caudd cuneiformi, nigro anguste fasciatd ; 

 rostro fusee scenticorneo ; pedibus olivaceis. 



Long. tot. 14-^ poll. ; rostri, c 2,\ ; edee, 8^ ; caudal, 6^ ; tarsi, I, 



Hab. The north-west coast of Australia. 



This bird is smaller than any other species of the genus yet dis- 

 covered in Australia. 



From Benjamin Bynoe, Esq. 



Graucalus Phasianellus. Graue. cinereus ; uropygio abdo- 

 mineque albis, anguste nigro-fasciatis ; crisso albo ; alis cau- 

 ddque nigris, hdc ad basin alba; rostro tarsisque nigris. 



Long. tot. 15 poll. ; rostri, 1^ ; aim, 8^ ; caudal, 8 ; tarsi, 1-|. 



Hab. Liverpool Plains. 



From the collection of Stephen Coxen, Esq. 



Pachycephala Lanioides. Pach. vertice, j)lumis aurkularibus 

 et pectore nigris ; dorso posteriore fascia castaned ornato ; gut- 

 ture, abdomine medio, crissoque albis ; dorso, lateribus, humeris, 

 necnon primariis secundariis tectricibusque, externe, cinereis ; 

 caudd, rostro, pedibusque nigris. 



Long. tot. 7|- poll.; rostri, 1 ; al&, 3| ; caudce, 3^ ; tarsi, 1. 



Hab. The north-west coast of Australia. 



From Benjamin Bynoe, Esq. 



Petroica rosea. Pet. (nias) vertice, guld, corporeque supernc 

 cinereis ; fronte fascia angustd alba notato ; pectore rosaceo ; ab- 

 domine, crissoque, albis ; alis, rectricibusque caudce sex inter- 

 mediis n'igrescentibus ; rectricibus externis ad apicem albis ; ros- 

 tro pedibusque nigrescentibus. 



Foem., fascia frontali luted; corpore supra cinereo-fusco ; alis, 

 fasciis, secundariis fasciis duabus luteis, obscure notatis ; caudd 

 fused. 



Long. tot. 4^ ; rostri, ^ ; aim, 2| ; caudce, 2^ ; tarsi, %. 



Hab. Hunter, and the Liverpool Range. 



