144 Zoological Society. 



Thll *pecies i- marly allied to Pctroica Lathami. It inhabits thick 



brushes. I killed specimens both on the Hunter River and th« 

 Liverpool Range. 



Pi rROH \ 11 LCHBL1 \. Pd. nigra, front e notdque humcrali al- 

 ius ; pectort abdomineque coccineis ; rostro nigro ; pedibusfuscis. 

 Long, tot 5 poll. ; rostri, j ; (the, J ; ca?(d(C, 2± ; tarsi, 1. 



Hah. Norfolk bland. 



M \i i i,i a 0R1 i NTATVS. il/ai. {mas) dorso, humerisque cocci- 



nets j partibut reliquii nigris. 

 Perm., pallida fu8ca t abdomine albescentc ; rostro, tarsisque pallide 



Jusctt. 

 Long, tot i poll.; rwfrt, J ; ahv, 1$; cauda>> 1J ; tars/, J. 

 7A/A. North-west coast of Australia. 

 PARDALOTI s UROPYOIALIS. Pard.vertice et lined oculari nigris ; 



lined supcrtiliari, pectore, et abdomine medio, albis ; guld, genis- 



que croceis ; uropygio sulphureo ; dorso cinerescenti-olivaceo ; 



alls nigris, piiiuariis plurimis ad basin albo notatis; aid supra 



ad apiccm coccincd ; caudd nigra, plumis externis tribus ad apt' 



cem albis ; rostro nigro ; larsis plumbeis. 

 Long. tot. 3| poll. ; rostri, \ ; ala?, 1\ ; cauda, 1 ; tarsi, |. 

 Hab. North-west coast of Australia. 

 From Benjamin Bynoe, Esq. 



Amadina annulosa. Am. facie guldqUe albis, xittd nigra mar* 

 ginatis ; pectore albcscenle, subtiis fascia nigra marginato ; ver- 

 tice dorsoque cinerescenti-fuscis, lineis albidis transversis, anguste 

 notatis; uropygio, crisso, cauddque nigris ; alisfuscis; tectrici- 

 bus, sccundariisque cinereo crebre ornatis ; rostro pedibusque 

 plumbeis. 



Long. tot. 4 poll. ; rostri, § ; alee, 2 ; caudal, 2^ ; tarsi, ^. 



Hab. North-west coast of Australia. 



This species is nearly allied to JSstrilda JBichetwvii. 



From Benjamin Bynoe, Esq. 



Amadina acuticauda. Am. vertice genisquc cinereis ; corpore 

 cervino ; abdomine roseo lavato y loris, guld, fascia per uropy- 

 gium currente, cauddque, nigris ; iectricibus caudce, crisso, et 

 femoribus, albis ; rostro pedibusque favis. 

 Long. tot. 5f poll. ; rostri, § ; alee, 2§ ; cauda, 3| ; tarsi, ^. 

 Hab. North-west coast of Australia. 



This species has the two central tail-feathers very long and ta- 

 pering. 



From Benjamin Bynoe, Esq. 



Dasyornis striatus. Das.fuscus; abdomine cinerescente ; plu- 

 mis dorsalibus lined centrali alba notatis ; rostro piedibusque ni- 

 grescentibus. 



Long. tot. 6^ poll. ; rostri, | ; al&, 2§ ; cauda, 3£ ; tarsi, 1 . 



Hab. Liverpool Plains, New South Wales. 



This species is nearly allied to the Amytis textilis of Lesson. 



Myzantha flavigula. Myz. spatlo pone oculos, fronte, gu- 

 Idque fails ; uropygio albo ; dorso cinereo, obscure albofasciato; 



