sketch* is a good one, taken from life ; but it mušt be remarked that 

 the white streak bet\veen the eyes often extends a little backwards, 

 gradually disappearing about the level of the ears. The hair is very 

 singular when the animal is alive ; it resembles very soft close-packed 

 ■wool, somewhat curled and arranged in little tufts, as the hair oa 

 the scalp of the negro, but extremely delicate ; it soon loses this 

 appearance after death if much handled, as is always the case in re- 

 moving the skin. 



" There are no other species of Stenopida: in Ceylon." 



Mr. Mitchell, on the part of Mt. Gould, communicated to the So- 

 ciety a ne\v species of Psophodes, \vhich he described as Psophodes 

 nigrogularis. 



Also an additional example of the genus Amadina, perhaps the 

 loveliest of the tribe yet discovered, remarkable for the great beauty 

 and singularity of the hues with which it is adorned, the breast being 

 crossed by a broad band of lilac, a colour so rarely found in birds, 

 that he does not recollect any example of the šame tint. Mr. Gould 

 has hitherto seldom adopted the practice of many naturalists, of 

 naming new species from individuals connected with science ; in this 

 instance he has been induced to depart from his usual course, in 

 order to pay a tribute of respect to the memory of the late Mrs. Gould, 

 ■who assisted him so zealously and with such talent in his ornitho- 

 logical pursuits. For this bird, of most graceful form and delicate 

 colour, he proposes the name of Amadina Gouldice. 



Psophodes nigrogularis. Psoph. corpore superiore olivaceo ; in- 



feriore cinereo apud laterafuscescente, abdomine medio albo ; caudd 



pallide olivaceo-fuscd, rectricibus ąuatiior externis apicem versus 



nigro vittatis, apicibus albis ; guld nigerrimd, strigd albd ab an- 



gulo mandibulcE inferioris tendente modb nigro inclusd. 



Plumage of the upper surface olive ; under surface ashj', passing 



into brown on the flanks and white on the centre of the abdomen ; 



primaries brown ; tail light olive-brown, the four lateral feathers 



crossed near the extremity with a band of black, and tipped with 



white ; throat deep black, \vith a stripe of ^vhite from the angle of the 



lower mandible, just ■nithin the black ; bill dark horn-colour ; irides. 



dark brown ; feet dark horn-colour. 



Totai length, 6į inches ; bill, § ; \ving, 3^ ; tail, 4\ ; tarsi, 1^. 

 Hab. "Western Australia. 



This bird has all the characters of the Psophodes crepitans in the 

 short and concave form of its wings and the rounded form of the tail, 

 but diflFers in the absence or very slight development of the crest. 



Amadina Gouldi^. Am. fronte, Joris plumis auricularibus, et 

 guld splendide nigris į notd ab ocuUs circum occiput et per latera 

 colli tendente, ex <erugine viridi, gradatim cum fiavido-viridi cor- 

 poris superioris se commiscente ; fascid per pectus latd, lucide 

 lilacinO'purpured ; corpore inferiore cerino. 



* The published figures give no idea of the animal ; they all represent 

 the snout much too long, the eyes too small, and the face not sufficiently 

 broad and flat. 



