66 Zoological Society. 



Climactebis melanura, Gould. Clim. fronte, corpore superiore, 

 rectricibusque caudee ex holoserico fuscescenti-nigris ; occipite et 

 nucha f errugineo-tinctis ; primariis et secundm'iis ad apicem et 

 basin saturate fuscis ; plumis gularibus albis nigro-marginatis ; 

 abdomine et lateribus ferrngineis ; crisso nigra. 

 Forehead, all the upper surface and tail-feathers velvety hrownish 

 black ; the occiput and back of the neck stained with ferruginous 

 brown ; primaries and secondaries dark brown at the base and at the 

 tip ; the intermediate space buff, forming a conspicuous band across 

 the wing when expanded ; feathers of the throat white, edged all 

 round with black, giving the throat a striated appearance ; abdomen 

 and flanks ferruginous brown ; under tail- coverts black, irregularly- 

 crossed with bars of buff ; bill and feet blackish brown. 

 Total length, 6| inches ; bill, ^ ; wing, 4 ; tail, 3 ; tarsi, 1. 

 In size this species ra,ther exceeds the Climacteris scandens. 

 Hub. The north-west coast of Australia. 

 From the collection of Mr. Bynoe. 



PoRZANA FLUMiNEA. Porz. corpore superiore olivaceo ; singulis 

 plumis strigd centrali nigrescente, et ad marginem guttis duabus 

 albis antice et postice nigro-cinctis, ornatis ; facie, gulu, pectore 

 et abdomine superiore plumbeo-cinereis, abdomine imo, et lateribus 

 cinerescenti-nigris, lineis albis angustis irregulariter fasciatis . 

 All the upper surface olive, with a broad stripe of blackish brown 

 down the centre and two oval sjjots of white, bounded above and 

 below with black on the margin of each web of every feather ; pri- 

 maries and secondaries brown ; tail dark brown, margined with lighter 

 brown and with an indication of white spots on the extreme edge ; 

 face, throat, chest, and upper part of the abdomen dark slate-grey ; 

 lower part of the abdomen and flanks greyish black, crossed by nar- 

 row irregular bars of white ; under tail- coverts white; bill orange- 

 red at the base, and dark olive-green for the remainder of its length ; 

 feet dark olive -green. 



Total length, 7 inches ; bill, ^ ; wing, 3f ; tail, 1| ; tarsi, 1. 

 Hab. New South Wales. 



PoRZANA PALUsTRis. Porz. capitc et nuchd ferrugineo-fuscis, sin- 

 gulis plumis longitudinaliter strigd centrali nigrescent i-ornatis ; 

 plumis dorsalibus scapularibus, et secundariis fuscescenti-nigris, 

 rufescente marginatis, et strigd oblongd albu nigro interrniptd or- 

 natis ; gulu, pectore, et abdomine superiore cinereis ; abdomine imo 

 et lateribus nigrescentibus lineis latis irregularibus cinereis fas- 

 ciatis. 

 Head and back of the neck rusty brown, with a stripe of blackish 

 brow^n down the centre of each feather ; feathers of the back, scapu- 

 laries and secondaries brownish black margined with rusty brown, 

 and with an oblong stripe or mark of white, interrupted in the mid- 

 dle with black ; wing- coverts rusty brown, a few of them marked on 

 their inner w^ebs like the scapularies ; primaries brown, two or three 

 of the innermost with a mark or marks of white at the tip ; tail dark 

 brown, fringed with rusty brown ; face, throat, chest and u])per part 



