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irregular obliąue band of duU bluish black, beyond which they be- 

 come of a paler glaucous green, until they end in white ; but each 

 has a dark stain of bluish green on the outer margiu near the tip ; 

 irides brown ; bill and nostrils bluish horn-colour ; feet mealy grey. 



Totai length, J 1 inches ; bill, f ; wing, 4} ; tail, 7 ; tarsi, į. 



Female. — Similar to the malė in colour, but all the hues much 

 paler, and the markings much less strongly defined. 



Young. — In this statė the whole of the head, all the upper sur- 

 face, wing-coverts, throat, and breast are of a pale glaucous green ; 

 the rump and upper tail-coverts and the tail similar to the šame 

 parts in the malė, but not so bright ; and the lower part of the ab- 

 domen is greyish white, with faint stains of scarlet. 



In the notes accompanying the specimens, Mr. Elsey statės that 

 they were procured on the I4th of Sept., 1856, in lat. 18° S. and 

 long. 141° 30' E., that their crops eontained some monocotyledonous 

 seeds, and that the os furcatorium was small, but well-developed ; 

 of this he was certain, as he had a discussion with Mr. Gregory on 

 the subject, and dissected on the šame day Platycercus palliceps 

 and Aprosmictus erythropterus, and noticed that while the former 

 was entirely destitute of that boue, and had only a weak ligamentous 

 band in its place, the latter had a distinct os furcatorium closely re- 

 sembling that of Psephotus. He remarked, too, that the flight of 

 the Psephotus vvas swift and decided ; and adds, that he never saw 

 it on the ground, although the coutents of its crop would indicate 

 that it obtained its food there. 



The Malurus he designated 



Malurus coronattjs. 



Malė. — Crown of the head rieh lilac purple, with a triangular 

 spot of black in the centre, and bounded below by a band of velvety 

 black, vvhich commencing at the nostrils passes backwards through 

 the eve, dilates upon the ear-coverts, and meets at the back of the 

 neck'; back and wings light brown ; tail bluish green, becomiug of 

 a deeper hue tovvards the extremity ; lateral feathers margined ex- 

 ternally and tipped with white ; under surface buffy white, becoming 

 gradually deeper on fhe flanks and vent ; irides brown ; bill black ; 

 feet fleshy brown. 



Totai length, 6 i inches ; bill, f ; vving, 2\ ; tail, 3| ; tarsi. Ii. 



Female. — All the upper surface light brown ; lores and space 

 behind the eye white ; ear-coverts chestnut ; in other respects similar 

 to the malė. 



Hab. Victoria River, North-Western AustraUa. 



The Petroica he proposed to call 



PeTROICA? CERVINIVENTRIS. 



All the upper surface, wings and tail chocolate-brown ; line over 

 the eye, throat, tips of the greater vring-coverts, base of the prima- 

 ries, base and tips of the secondaries, and tips of the tail, white ; 



