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ArTERYX OwENii. Ap. corpus superius fusco et fulvo transversim 

 radiatum ; plumis singulis, ad basim argenteo-fuscis, in medio satu- 

 ratius fuscis , deinde fascid setnilunari transversdfulvd, cuimaculu 

 succedit informis nigra, ad apicem fulvis . Corpus inferius stipe- 

 riore pallidius, pluma enim gucegue in/erioris corporis tribus radiis 

 fulvis, superioris tantum duobus ornatur ; fulvus guogue color infe- 

 riore longius quam superiore corpore in apicibus plumarum extendit. 

 Face, head and neck duU yellowish brown ; throat somewhat paler ; 

 all the upper surface transversely rayed with blackish browii and 

 fulvous ; each individual feather being silvery brown at the base, 

 darker brown in the middle, then crossed by a lunate mark of ful- 

 vous, to which succeeds an irregular mark of black, and terminated 

 ■vvith fulvous ; under surface paler than the upper, caused by each 

 feather beiiig crossed by three rays of fulvous instead of two, and 

 more largely tipped \vith that colour ; the feathers of the thighs re- 

 semble those of the back ; bill duU yellowish horn- colour ; feet and 

 claws fleshy-brown. 



Totai length, from the tip of the bill to the extremity of the body, 

 18 inches; bill, from the gape to the tip, 3|; bill, į broad at the 

 gape ; tarsi, 2į ; middle toe and nail, 2\. 

 Hab. Nevif Zealand. 



Remark. — In this species the wing is even more rudimentary than 

 in the Apteryx Australis. 



3. Drafts for a new aurangement of the Trochilid^. By 

 John Gould, Esq., F. R. S. (continued*), with the charac. 



TERS of TW0 NEW GENERA AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THREE NEW 



SPECIES. 



Metallura, gen. nov. 



Char. gen. — ižos^ram rectum, sublongum. Pluma moUes sericeae. 



Cauda subgrandis, rotundata. Gula et rectrices infrU tanquam 



metallum expolitum luminosse. AlcB subgrandes. Tarsi nudi. 



Pedes subgrandes. Digitus et unguis postici digitum et unguem 



medios longitudine seąuantes vel superantes. 



Gen. char. — Bill straight, moderately long ; plumage soft and silky ; 

 tail rather large and rounded ; throat and under surface of the tail- 

 feathers very luminous, likę shining metai ; wings moderately large 

 and apparently adapted for an easy raode of flight ; tarsi bare ; feet 

 rather large ; hind-toe and nail as long or longer than the middle 

 toe and nail. 



Females. — Much less brilliant than the malęs in every respect, and 

 in most of the species wanting the luminous mark on the throat. 



The species are — 



Trochilus cupreocauda, Gould. 



Trochilus teneocauda, Gould. 



Trochilus Alardi, Bourc. 



Trochilus smaragdinicollis, D'Orb. 



Trochilus JVilliami, Bourc. 



* See anič, pp. 7, 16, 30. 



