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Neomorpha crassirostris. Neo7n. rostro subarcuato, valido, 

 acuto, corneo colore, iii plumbeum ad basin transeunte ; corpore 

 nigro ; caudd large ad apicem albd. 

 Long. tot. 17^ unc. ; rostri, 2į ; ala, — ■; cauda, 7^; tarsi, — . 

 Remark. It is to be regretted that the only examples known of 

 both these species are imperfect, wanting the feet and the greater 

 portion of the wings : they form a part of the Zoological Society'a 

 coUection, and were obtained from the captain of a vessel, \vho had 

 received them from a native chief in New Zealand. 



PoDiCEPS GULARis. Pod. sutnmo capite, et nuchd, intense nigres- 

 centi-brunneis, olivaceo lavatis ; gutture genisque nigris -, strigd 

 castaned pone oculos oriente et per latera colli excurrente ; corpore 

 suprcL nigrescenti-brunneo ; tectricibus al(E secundariis albo mar- 

 ginatis, koc colore vit tam transversam faciente ; colio imo,pectore 

 et corpore subtūs argenteo-griseis, hoc colore in brunneum ad la- 

 tera transeunte • rostro et pedibiis nigris. 



Long. tot. 10 unc; rostro, lį; ala;, 4į ; tarsi, lį. 



Hab. In Nova Cambria Australi. 



PoDiCEPS Nestou. Pod. capite pilimis elongatis sericeis albis in- 

 duto ; gutture et occipite nigris ; cojpore supril intensi brunneo, 

 subtits argenteo-griseo, ad latera brunneo lavato ; rostro nigro ad 

 apicem pallidiore ; tarsis olivaceo-yiigris. 



Long. tot. 9 unc. ; rostri, 1 ; alte, A\; tarsi, If. 



Hab. In Terra V'an Diemen et in Nova Cambria Australi. 



Calodera.* 



Rostrum validum, arcuatum, capite brevius, naribus basalibus rotun- 

 datis, ferė apertis, mandibula superiore ad apicem levitėr inden- 

 tata marginibus sulcatis ; margine mandibulae inferioris in sul- 

 cum superioris recepto; ules mediocres, remige primo brev-issimo; 

 tarsi validi, antrorsim scutellati, pollice cum digito interno con- 

 juncto, hoc ejusąue ungue, validis, at medio digito ungueąue, 

 brevioribus ; ungues incurvati et acuti ; cauda mediocris, penitus 

 a?qu£dis. 



• 'J'lie species bulonging to the geinis Culotkra, are characterized at pagc lOC. 



