Mr. J. Gould on new Species of Australian Birds. \()0 



Eopsaltria chrysorrhos^ Gould, n. sp. 

 This bird is rather larger than E. australis, and is siinihir 

 in colour, excej)t tliat the rump as well as the breast is of a 

 beautiful jonquil-yellow. 



Habitat. The eastern part of New Soutli Wales and the 

 southern portion of Queensland. The validity of this species 

 depends upon whetlier the two sexes are alike in having the 

 rump of a jonquil-yellow, and on the male and female of E. 

 australis having the same part dull wax-yellow. 



Syn. Eojjsaltria austrulis, Gould, Birds of Australia, vol. iii. pi. 11. 



Eopsaltria magnirostrisj Ramsay. 



Like the last in colour, but having a conspicuously larger 

 bill and shorter wings. 



Habitat. Rockingham Bay, Queensland. 



Ptilotis Cocherelli^ Gould, n. sp. 



Male. Fore part of the head grey, merging into the brown 

 of the upper surface, which has a mottled appearance, owing 

 to each feather being of a darker hue in the centre ; lesser 

 wing-coverts dark brown, Avitli a spot of dull Avhite at the tip 

 of each, forming a spotted band across the shoulder ; greater 

 coverts and primaries dark brown margined with wax-yellow; 

 tail broAvn, the lateral feathers margined externally at the 

 base Avitli wax-yellow ; ear-coverts silvery, with a fcAv of the 

 anterior featliers pale yellow, and a posterior tuft of rich 

 gamboge-yellow ; throat and breast clothed Avith narrow lan- 

 ceolate white feathers, a fcAv on the sides of the chest tinged 

 with deep yellow ; abdomen dull greyish white, changing to 

 a creamy tint towards tlie vent ; bill black ; feet horn-colour. 



Female. In colouring differs only in the spots at the tips of 

 the lesser wing-coverts being nearly obsolete, but, as is the 

 case witli many other species of the family, is niucli smaller 

 than the male, as will be seen by the following admeasure- 

 ments : — 



Male. Total length 5 inches, bill 1, wing 3^, tail 2^, tarsi J. 

 Female. „ 4 „ „ | „ 2f „ 2h „ f 



Habitat. The little-explored districts of the Cape-York 

 peninsula, where it was shot by Mr. Cockcrell, after whom I 

 have named it. 



Remark. Although I have placed this beautiful new species 

 in the genus Ptilotis, I am by no means certain that I am 

 correct in so doing ; for the bird possesses characters which 

 ally it to at least three genera, namely, Stigmatops. Meliphaqa. 



Ann. & Mag. X. Hist. ScY. 4. Vol. iy. 9 



