194 Ali-.y iGORs's and Dr. HonsFiELu's Description of the 



sent imperfect state, and was supposed to have been killed by a 

 cat. Its native name, he adds, is IVat'toatkin* 



T" Genus. /EaoxiiELEst. 



Rostriirn breve, crassiusculum, latissimum, basi depressum, to- 

 miis integris, rictu amplissimo. Cuhntii carinatum, rotun- 

 datum, dertro imguiculato, subadunco. Mandibula infe- 

 rior apice ad accipiendum superioris dertrum canaliculata. 



* Tlie toUowing species of this genus, which has been kindly lent to us by Mr. Lead- 

 beater for description, was received from New Holland, and does not appear to have 

 been hitherto recorded. 



"7 AlbO-GULARIS. i' . hntmieiis iiigro gi-if:en f'ulviiijiie variiis, afxlomiiie J'ulvesceii[e 



l/iKiiiico-fasciato, iiiai:ii/â ovii/i obliijuu ud giiluin uti'uique allnt. 



Capiil gnseo-albo undulatim sparsum, lineis nigris in medio notntuni. Giila, regio 

 uphtliulmica, col/umque subtns brunneo-fulvo maculatœ : torqne a gulâ ad nucham 

 e.vtendente e maculis fiiKis coni])osito; macula alb;i grandi ellipticâ utrinque ad 

 gulam. L'ecliis brunneum maculis obscuiè albidis griseo-sparsis notatum. Dur- 

 sinn brunneum strigis longitudinalibus griseo albidoque sparsis supernè, maculis 

 fulvis parcis infia, notatum. Tectrices superiores scapiilaresque saturate brunnea?, 

 fu!\ o griseoque parce notata? ; inferiores brunnea», fulvo-fasciataj. Remiges satu- 

 rate brunneee, omnium pogoniis, tribus primis exceptis, maculis fulvis utrinque 

 notatis ; secundas et tertiœ macula fnlvà unicâ, tertiœ et quart» macula albâ, 

 pogoniis externis notatis; tertiœ macula albâ unicâ pogonio interne notato : sub- 

 tus pallidè brunnescentes ; tertiâ macula albâ utrinque, caîteris interioribus macu- 

 lis albidis frequentibus notatis. Abdotiieii Rilvinn, brunneo-fasciatum, fasciis infrà 

 minus frequentibus. Jiectrices saturate brunne;e, mediarum pogoniis ambobus, 

 Cîeterarum, duabus extimis exceptis, internis fasciis griseis brunneo-undulatis no- 

 tatis; quatuor extimarum pogoniis internis, etduarum extimarum pogoniis exter. 

 nis, fasciis fulvis undulatis; subtus pallidiores, fasciis fulvis interruptis notala;. 

 Rostrum rngrum. Pedes hnmneee. Longitudo foryjo;/s, 14 j; 7os//7 ad frontem, ^, 

 ad rictum, 1 y'- ; alic a carpo ad remigem secundam, 7y ; c(iiida',t') :, tarsi, j'^. 

 + /liyo6y]A))5, ('(iprimii/giis. — We revive the Aristotelian name of the Goatsitcker. 

 The Word, although originally conveying an erioneous meaning, has been translated 

 into so many languages, and, as such, has become so identified with the birds of this 

 family, that we feel no hesitation in applying it to the present group. 



T ibris^œ 



