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cies of Bircls frora New South "Wales, \vhich he considered to be 

 new to science, as they are not contained in the collection of the 

 Linnean Society ; nor, as far as he is aware, described in any publica- 

 tion. Mr. Gould embraced this opportunity to characterize and 

 name ten species, and stated that at subseąuent meetings of the So- 

 ciety he would bring forward the remainder of his collection. 



Mr. Gould more particularly pointed out a species of Petroica ; a 

 new and interesting species of Ptilonorhynchus, allied to Ptil. nu- 

 chalis, and which he proposed to make the type of a new genus ; a 

 ne\v species (belonging to the Society) of the genus Calyptorhynchus, 

 ■vvhich he compared with all the other members of the group then on 

 the table, and described as Calyptorhynchus Naso; and four new spe- 

 cies of the genus Amadina, Swains., -which he n^asneA. Amadina cincia, 

 ruficauda, modesta, and Castanotis. The characters of the above spe- 

 cies are as follows : 



Petroica phoenicea, Mas. Pet. corpore svpern^ /uliginoso-griseo 

 fronte, naribus, marginibusque anterioribus remigum tertialium 

 ulbo notatis ; remigibus primariis rectricibtisgue griseo-nigris, 

 harum externis j)lumis penitus albis, guld fuliginosa ; corpore 

 subtus coccineo ; crisso albo ; rostra pedibusque nigris, 



Foem. Corpore superne toto brunneo, tectricibus alce rufo-griseo 

 emarginatis ; rectricibus externis albis corpore subtus rufescenti- 

 griseis ; rostro pedibusgite nig7'is. 



Long. tot. 5į tuic; rostri, -^; ala:, 3^; cauda, 2; tarsi, į. 



Hab. Nova Hollandia. 



Amadina Castanotis. Am. corpore superne cinereo-fusco ; uro- 

 pygio albo, tectricibus caudce nigris, albo guttatis; genis castaneo- 

 rufis lined albd ad basin rostri; pectore griseo lineis nigris trans- 

 versim striato ; notunigrd in medio pectoris ; abdomine albo, crisso 

 ochraceo, lateribus castaneis albo guttatis ; rostro aurantiaco ; 

 pedibus subflavis. 



Long. tot. 4^ unc. ; aJtc, 2^; caudce, lį; tarsi, į. 



Hab. Nova Hollandia. 



Ajiadina MODESTA. Amū. fronts sanguinolentd ; corpore superiore 

 fusco ; ulis albo-guttatis ; uropygio crissogue alternatim striatis 

 lineis albis atque fuscis ; rectricibus nigris, duabus lateralibus es- 

 tėmis ad apicem albo notatis ; guld nigrd; corporis inferiore parte 

 cinereo-albido lineis transversis fuscis striato, abdomine intermedio 

 crissogue albis ; rostro nigro, pedibus nigrescentibus. 



Long. tot. 4^ unc; ala, 2į; caudce, 2; tarsi, ^-. 



Hab. in Nova Hollandia. 



Amadiva cincta. Ama. capite toto argentato cinereo; guld nigrd; 

 corpore toto pallide castaneo ,• fascici nigrd corporis inferiorcm 

 partem cingente ; tectricibus caudce superioribus et inferioribus 

 albis ; caudd nigrd ; rostro nigro ; pedibus brunneis. 



Long. tot. 4,\ unc; alce, 2g; caudce, 2^; tarsi, ^. 



Hab, in Nova Hollandia, 



