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Foem, vel Mas Junior vittd frontali caret, et colorem habet hidi- 



stinctiorem. 

 Long. tot. 9 unc. ; alce, 4f ; cauda, 5į ; tarsi, į. 

 Ilab. In terra Van Diemen ? 



Platycercus flaveolus. Plat. fronte coccineo ; buccis pallidė 

 cceruleis ; summo capite, nuchd, et dorso, uropygio, tectricibus 

 caudce superioribus, corporegue infeme pallide Jiavidis, plumis 

 dorsi partegiie inferiori tectricum alce majorum centris nigris 

 extemė Jlavescentibus ; alis mediis cyaneis ; aid spurid pri- 

 mariisgue extemė ad basin saturate violaceis ; reliquis prima- 

 rium saturate brunneis ; reciricibus duobus intertnediis caudce 

 ad basin viridescentibus, ad apicem ccendeis, religuis rectricu?n 

 ad basin exteriorem saturate cceruleis, apicibus pallidioribus, 

 plumis iyilerne f ere per totam longitudinem brunneis, apicibus 

 extremis albis ; roslro livido ; pedibus fuscis. 



Long. tot. \Z^ unc. ; alce, 7 ; caudce, 7^ ; tarsi, į. 



Hab. in Nova Cambria Australi. 



HiMANTOPUs LEUcocEPHALūs. Him. albus ; nuchd, dorso, alis- 

 gue nigris, nitore viridi ; rostro nigro ; pedibus riifis. 



Long. tot. 15 unc; rostri, 2į; alce, 85; caudce, 3; tarsi ad 

 primum articulum 4, s2Jatii nudi super eum 2^. 



Obs. This is a well-known species, but has hitherto been con- 

 founded with the Himantopus melanoptei~us, under which title it 

 has been described by various authors. 



Hah. Australia et insulis Java, Sumatra. 



Mr. Gould also characterized two new species of the genus Stema, 

 from the coUection in King's College, and a species of Cormorant in 

 the United Service Museum, and three species of the genus Or- 

 pheus, from the Galapagos, in the collection of Mr. Dar^vin. 



Sterna poliocerca. Stern.fronte cinerascenti-albo in nigrum ad 

 occiput mergente ; gutture, colio anticė et postice, corporegue 

 subtiis albis ; corpore suprd, alis, cauddgue cinerascentibus ; 

 rostro flavo ; pedibus nigris. 



Long. tot. 17^ unc. ; rostri, 2| ; alce, 12| ; caudce, 7 ; tarsi, 1. 



Hah. in terra Van Diemen. 



Sterna macrotaesa. Stern. vertice et nuchd nigris ; corpore su- 

 prd primariisgue argenteo-cinerascentibus ; partibus religuis 

 corporis albis ; rostro pedibusgue nigris. 



Long. tot. 15 unc; rostri, 2^; alce, 12; caudce, 5\ ; tarsi, 1|. 



Hab. in terra Van Diemen. 



Phalacrocorax brevirostris. Phal. rostro Jlavo culmine ad 

 basingue nigrescenti-fuscis ; gutture plumis auricularibus genis- 

 gu€ albis. Nuchd pectore corporegue subtus cum caudd nitide 



