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quarto, et quinto aeąualibus ccterosqu(! excellentibus ; cauda me- 

 diocris subfeąualis ; pedes validi ; digito postico Ibrti, digitumąue 

 intermedium cxcellcnte ; e.\terno ad intermedium basalitėr ad- 

 juncto ; unguibus incurvatis. 



Hoc genus ad illud AnthocJuera dictum appropinąuat, difFert 

 cauda aeąuali, plaga faciali nuda genisąue spinosis. 



AcANTHAGENYS RUFOGULARis. Acanlh. capite superiore, dorso, 

 alisgue fuscis, plumis ad marginėm pallidioribiis ; uropygio, 

 tectricibusgue caudm albis, in medio fiisco tinctis ; sfrigd post 

 oculos, et ad latera colli nigrescente ; super strigam lateralem 

 colU, lined albescente, fusco adspersd ; setis genarum albis, et 

 infra ad basin mandibulm ivferioris lined plumarmn, albo ni- 

 grogue fasciatarum ; gidd pectoreąue summo pallidė rufis; cor- 

 j)ore subtiis sordidė albo, plumis fusco notatis ; caudd ni- 

 grescetiti-fuscd, apice albo ; plagd faciali nudd, rostroąue basi 

 aurantiacis ; rostri apice, pedibiisgue tiigris. 



Long. tot. 9| uuc; rostri, l^; alcB. 4^ ; caudce, 4^ ; tarsi, 1. 



Ilab. in Nova Canibria Australi. 



ANTHOCHiERA LUNULATA. Anth. summo capite, nuchd dorsoąue 

 anteriore olivaceo-brunneis ; dorso inferiori tiropygioąue oliva- 

 ceo-brunneis, singulis plimiis, stemmatibns albis ; tectricibus 

 superioribus caudce, olivaceo-brunneis, ad apices albis ; prima- 

 riis brunneis; secondariis tertiariisgue brunneis, cinereo margi- 

 natis ; rectricibus caudce intermediis duabus, cinereo-fuscis ; 

 religuis obscurė-fuscis, apicibus albis; plumis nuchce lateralibus, 

 elongatis ; acutis cinereis ; gula et nuchd anteriore, pectore, 

 corporegue infrd cijiereo-brunneis ; maculd obligud nived ad 

 la^ra ; rostro nigrescenti-fusco ; pedibiis rufo-brunneis. 

 Long. tot. unc. 12; rostri, Ig ; caudte, 6į ; al(e, 5į ; tarsi, 1^. 

 Hab. in Australia, apud Flumen Cygnorum. 

 Obs. Nearly allied to Anth. mellivora, but differs in its smaller 

 size, in having a considerably longer bill, and in being entirely desti- 

 tute of Mliite strice down tlie Iiead and back of the neck. In the 

 CoUection of Fort Pitt, Cliatham. 



Plectorhyncha. Genus novum. 



Rosirum capite brevius, leviter arcuatum, ferė conicum, et acutum, 

 naribus basalibus, operculo tectis ; mandibula superiore obsoletė 

 ad apiceni indentata; alce mediocres, reniige primo brevissimo, 

 tertio quartoque longissimis ; cauda mediocris et aequalis ; tarsi 

 validi ; digito postico cum ungue forti, et digitum intermedium 

 anticum excellente ; digitis lateralibus inEequalibus, externo lon- 

 įgiore, et intermedio basalitėr conjuncto. 



*LECTORHYNCHA LANCEOLATA. Pkc. vertice, plumis auricu- 

 laribus, nnchdgne, albo fuscogue variegatis ; gula corporegue 

 sttbtiis cineresccnti-cdbis ; plumis pectoralibus sublanceolatis, et 

 albis ; corpore toto, cauddgue svpernė pallidė fitscis ; rostro 

 fuscescenti-corneo ; pedibus nigris. 



