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brown ; basal half of the tail-feathers cinnamon-brown, the 

 apical half black ; legs greenish grey inclining to purple. 



Total length 8^ inches ; bill f ; wing 4f ; tail 3 ; tarsi 



3 . 

 "4 > 



longest crest-plume 2^. 



I have lately seen at Mr. Ward's, in Vere Street, some very 

 fine specimens of this bird, which were procured in the inte- 

 rior of Australia by Mr. Galbraith, of Machrihanish Station, 

 South Australia, and which are now in the possession of his 

 sister, Mrs. E. F. M. Craufiurd, of Budleigh Salterton, Devon. 



Sp. 468. LOPHOPHAPS PERRUGINEA, Gould. 



RuST-COLOURED BrONZE-WING. 



For a knowledge of this species we are indebted to the 

 researches of T. F. Gregory, Esq., a gentleman whose name, like 

 that of his brother, A. T. Gregory, Esq., will ever be associated 

 with Australia as one of its most successful explorers. 



The habitat of the LopJiopha^s ferruginea is the extreme 

 western part of that great country opposite Sharks' Bay and 

 Dirk Hartog's Island. 



The following brief note is all I am able to offer to ornitho- 

 logists respecting this highly interesting bird. It is from the 

 pen of Mr. Gregory, and accompanied the specimen he kindly 

 sent me : — 



" I found this species in large numbers on the Gascoigne 

 River. It almost invariably frequents rocky ground near 

 water, and in such situations I have occasionally seen more 

 than five hundred come down to drink in less than half-an- 

 hour. On the wing it exactly resembles the common Partridge, 

 but it is not quite so plump in the body, and does not appear 

 ever to fly in coveys. Its eggs, which are two in number, are 

 generally laid during the months of July and August." 



Both the present and the preceding species are about the 

 size of a Quail, and when their crest-plumes are carried erect 

 must have a very sprightly air and appearance. 



