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

 than in the former. 



Geopelia TRANQUiLLA. Gcop.facie et gutture pallide cinereis, oc- 

 cipite dorso alisque e^cinereo-fuscis, singulis plumis ad apicem 

 anguste nigerrimo fasciatis ; alulis spuriis, primariisque saturate 

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

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

 domine medio crissoque albis ; humeris siibtus castanets. 

 Face and throat pale grey ; occiput, back and wings ashy bro^vn, 

 each feather bounded at the end with a narrow band of deep velvety 

 black ; spurious wing and primaries dark brown ; chest, sides and 

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

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

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

 deep chestnut ; four centre tail-feathers gre5'ish brown, passing into 

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

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

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

 wrinkled and of a beautiful light greenish blue ; frontal scales of the 

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

 Total length, S| inches ; bill, ^ ; wing, 4 ; tail, 4| ; tarsi, |. 

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

 South Wales. 



Family Rallid.e. 



Genus Eulabeoenis. 



Gen. char. — Rostrum capite longius, fere rectum, et leviter incurvum, 

 lateraliter compressum ; naribus elongatis, apertis, singulis in sinu 

 per mandibulae tres fere partes a basi excurrente positis. Alee 

 paulo breves atque debiles, valde rotundatae ; tertiariis elongatis, 

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

 genere ' Rallus :' digitis attamen brevioribus. Cauda longa, cu- 

 neiformis, pogoniis laxis et efl^usis. 



EuLABEORNis CASTANEovENTRis. Eul. cttpite et collo clnereis ; 



corpore superiore in toto olivaceo ; pectore et corpore inferiore e 



cinereo-castaneis . 



Head and neck ash-grey ; all the upper surface, wings and tail 



olive ; breast and all the under surface gi-eyish chestnut ; bill yellow 



at the base, horn-colour at the tip ; legs and feet brown. 



Total length, 19 inches; bill, 21; wing, 9^ ; tail, 6; tarsi, 2\. 



Hab. North coast of Australia. 



The " Morduggera " of the aborigines at Port Essington. 



Pamily Procellarid^. 



PuFFiNUS CARNEiPES. Pj/jf. castaneo-tiigcr ; rostra e cameo albo, 

 cubnine apiceque fuscis ; pedibus flavesceiiti-carneis. 



All the plumage chocolate-black ; bill fleshy white ; culmen and 

 tips of the mandibles brown ; legs, feet and membranes yellowish 

 flesh-colour. 



