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Sericulus magnirostris. Ser. fronte, gula lateribtis, corpo- 

 reque subtiis griseis, singidis plumis brumieo marginatis ; ma- 

 culd occipitali nigrd et quadrald ; lined nigrd irrcgulari in gut- 

 turc centruli ; imchd, dorso, scapulisque cinerescenti-albis, mar- 

 gine bruniveo circumdatis ; alis, uropygio, caiiddąue olivaceo- 

 brunneis ; roslro pedibusgue nigris. 

 Loiig. tot. uiic. 1 H ; rostri, lį ; alce, 5į ; caudcE, 4| ; tarsi, \\. 

 Hab. i 11 terrii Vau Diemen? 



Obs. This is in cvery respect a true Sericulus, and from wliat \ve 

 kno\v of thc changes of the comnion species Ser. chrysocephalus, I 

 conceive that it may prove to be a female, or immature bird. 



OiiEociNCLA. Genus novum. 



Rostrum capitis longitudinem seąuans vel superans, subincurvatum, 

 lateralitei- compressum, mandibula superiore apicc proniinente, 

 denticulii ab apice longe amota, gonide acuto ; rietus sctis paiicis 

 brcvibus instructus; alce mediocres, i'igidae, remige 1'"° brevissi- 

 mo, 4''" et 5''^ fere asąualibus et longissimis ; cauda subbrevis, 

 (juadrata, plumis rigidis ; tarsi mediocres, sąuamis integris ; digiti 

 graciles, posticus prtecipuė, digitis lateralibus fere aequalibus, in- 

 tvYuo breviore ; plumce sericeEe. 

 Typi sunt, Oreocincla Novce HollandicR et Turdus varitis, Horsf. 



Oreocincla macrorhyncha. Or. sunimo capite, coipore supra, 

 olivaceo-brunneis, singidis plumis nigro ad apicem leviter mar- 

 ginatis ; caudd alisąue olivaceo-brunneis ; secondariis badio le- 

 viter marginatis ; rectricibus duabus externis utringuc ad apicem 

 albis į gtdd corporegue subtus cervino-albis, singnlis plumis, 

 maeulis ?iigris lanceolatis ad apicem notatis ; rostra cddąue spu- 

 riosd ad apicem nigrescenti-bnmneis ; pcdibus pallide brunneis. 



Long. tot. unc. lOį ; rostri, 1|; ala, 5į; cauda;, 4 į ; tarsi, lį. 



Hab. in Nova Zcalandia. 



Obs. Nearly allied to, but differing from, the Turdus varius of 

 autliors, iu the much larger size of the bill, and in thc decjier black 

 colouring of the margins of the feathers. In tlie British Museuni. 



Familia ? 



Symmorphus. Genus novum. 



liostrum subbrcve, tumidum ; nmndibidd superiori ad apicem leviter 

 cmarginata; cnlmine commissurdgue subarcuatis; nares basales, 

 ovalcs et plumis frontalibus fere occultatae ; al<s mediocres, re- 

 mige 1"*" breviore, 2'*'' per dimidium ; 3"°, 4'° et 5'" longissimis 

 et intor se fere asąualibus ; cauda niediocris, rectrice externa 

 utrinque per partem rjuartam caeteris breviore ; tarsi etpedes me- 

 diocres, illi antice scutellati ; digito postico cum ungiie, medio 

 breviori ; digitis lateralibus insequalibus, interno brevissimo. 



Symmorphus leucoi'YGUS. Sym. loro nigrescenti-brunneo ; li- 

 ned supra-oeulari cervino-albd ; summo capite, nucM, dorsogue 



