274 Scientific Notices. 
fuscis; humeris, rectricibusque lateralibus azureis. 
Magnitudo Platycerci ewimii. 
Hab. in Australia. 
PLATYCERCUS PILEATUS. Viridis; corpore subtus, tectricibus 
alarum inferioribus, remigibus, rectricumque pogoniis externis azureis ; 
capite supra diluté castaneo-rubro ; guld, genis, collo infra, dorsoque 
imo viridi-flavis; femorum tectricibus crissoque coociness. 
Magnitudo Platycerct Pennantii. 
Habitat in Australia. 
PALHORNIS COLUMBOIDES. Bitorquatus Dorso ; abdomineque imis, 
alis, cauddque supra viridibus ; capite, pectore, dorso abdomineque 
summis plumbescenti-canis; torque collari superiore gracili, guldque 
nigris : torque inferiore latd, fronte, regioneque circumoculari cerules- 
centt viridibus. 
Magnitudo Paleornis Alexandri. 
PALHORNIS INORNATUS. Viridis, subtus pallidior ; rostro nigris- 
ceniz; collo sine torque. 
Magnitudo paullo minor quam Paleornis torquati 
This bird has lived three years in the Menagerie of the Zoological 
Society, during which time it has retained the above characters without 
change. 
i have seen many living specimens agreeing with the above characters 
which are said to have come from Africa. They have hitherto been supposed 
to be the young of Pal. torquatus, but from the length of period, 
during which the individual here described has remained without change, 
I can not but consider the species to be distinct. 
PALZORNIS? ROSACEUS. V?ridis, supra dilutior; jpectore medio, 
femorum tectricibus rectricibusque infra rosaceis. 
Magnitude Pal. Alexandri. 
In Vivario Soc. Zool. 
The above bird is at present in the act of moulting, and its wings and 
