028 BIRDS 01' AUSTRALIA. 



bars of pale brown on the throat, and strongly barred on the 

 flanks with bronzy brown ; under surface of the shoulder 

 similarly but not so strongly barred. 



Genus SCYTHROPS, Latham. 



The only known species of this remarkable form inhabits 

 the eastern parts of Australia, and according to the informa- 

 tion gained from the notes made by Gilbert during Dr. 

 Leichardt's Expedition, extends it range northward from 

 thence to Torres Straits. 



Sp. 386. SCYTHROPS NOV^-HOLLANDI^, Lat/u 



Channel-Bill. 



Scythrops novce-hollandia, Lath. Ind. Orn., vol. i. p. 141. 

 Psittaceous Hornbill, Phil. Bot. Bay, pi. in p. 165. 

 Anomalous Hornbill, Whitens Journ., pi. in p. 142. 

 Channel-Bill, Lath. Gen. Syn. Supp., vol. ii. p. 96, pi. 124. 

 Australasian Channel-Bill, Shaw, Gen. Zool., vol. viii. p. 378, pi. 50. 

 Scythrops australasice, Shaw, id., p. 378. 



goerang, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. d^Hist. Nat., torn. xxx. p. 456. 



australis, Swains. Class, of Birds, vol. ii. p. 299. 



Curriay-gim, Aborigines of New South Wales. 



Scythrops novae-hoUandias, Gould, Birds of Australia, foL, vol. iv. 

 pL 90. 



This remarkable bird, which has been considered a Horn- 

 bill by some authors, and as nearly allied to the Toucans 

 by others, is in reality a member of the family QuculidcB. 

 An examination of its structure and a comparison of it 

 with that of the other species of the family will render 

 this very apparent, and I may add, that the little I saw of it 

 in a state of nature fully confirms the opinion here given ; its 

 habits, actions, and mode of flight are precisely the same, as 

 is also the kind of food upon which it subsists, except that it 

 devours the larger kinds of Phasnilm and Coleojjtera instead 



