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chestnut ; chest, sides and back of the neck grey, crossed by nume- 

 rous narrow bands of black ; abdomeu and flanks vinous ; four centre 

 tail-feathers ashy brown, the remainder black, largely tipped with 

 ■white ; irides light ash-grey ; bill and orbits bright greyish blue, 

 becoming much paler before and behind the eye ; frontai scales of 

 tarsi and feet dark greenish grey ; remainder of the legs and feet 

 reddish flesh-colour. 



Totai lengtb, 7| inches ; bill, f ; \ving, 3| ; tail, 3| ; tarsi, £r. 



Hab. Port Essington. 



This and the next species are very nearly allied, but on comparison 

 of numerous individuals I find that size invariably points out the 

 locality from which they have been procured ; the larger birds ( G. 

 tranquilla) being an inhabitant of the interior of New South Wales, 

 and the smaller {G. placida) of the north coast ; besides -vvhich, the 

 bands crossing the chest are broader and more distinct in the latter 

 than in the fonner. 



Geopelia tranqcilla. Geop.facie et gutture pallidi cinereis, oc- 



cipite dorso allsque e cinereo-fuscis, shigulis plumis ad apicem 



anguste nigerrimo fasciatis ; alulis spuriis, jmmariisgue saturati 



fuscis, pectore, lateribus, et nuchd pallide cinereis, lineis angustis 



nigris crebre notatis, abdomine et lateribus pallide vinaceis, ab- 



domine medio crissoque albis ; humeris subtus castaneis. 



Face and throat pale grey ; occiput, back and wings ashy brown, 



each feather bounded at the end %vith a naiT0w band of deep veh'ety 



black ; spurious \ving and primaries dark bro\vn ; chest, sides and 



back of the neck pale grey, crossed by numerous narrow, irregular 



bands of black ; abdomen and Hanks pale vinous ; centre of the abdo- 



men and under tail-coverts Avhite ; under surface of the shoulder 



deep chestnut ; four centre tail-feathers greyish bro^n, passing into 



black at the tip ; the lateral tail-feathers black, largely tipped with 



■white ; irides transparent bluish white ; base of bill and nostrils light 



blue ; tip of the bill bluish black ; naked skin of the orbits deeply 



■vvrinkled and of a beautiful light greenish blue ; frontai scales of the 



tarsi and toes dark purple ; hind part of the legs flesh-colour. 



Totai length, 8| inches ; bill, į ; wing, 4 ; tail, 4į ; tarsi, ^. 



Hab. Liverpool plains and banks of the Namoi, interior of New 



South Wales. 



Family Rallid^. 



Genus Eulabeornis. 



Gen. char. — Rostrvm capite longius, ferė rectum, et leviter incur\'um, 

 lateraliter compressum ; naribus elongatis, apertis, singulis in sinu 

 per mandibulre tres ferfe partes a basi excurrente positis. Alte 

 pault^ breves atque debiles, valdė rotundatfe ; tertiariis elongatis, 

 ferė ad apicem alae. Tarsi paulo longi, et robustiores quam in 

 genere 'Ralius;' digitis attamen brevioribus. C«M6?rt longa, cu- 

 iieiformis, pogoniis laxis et effusis. 



EūLABEORNis CASTANEOVENTKIS. Eul. cūpite et collo cincreis į 



