330 Mr. ViGOKs's and Dr. Horsiield's Description of the 



Mr. Caley informs us that " this bird is more often heard than 

 seen. Jt inhabits brushes. The loud cracking whip-like noise 

 it makes (from whence the colonists give it the name of Coach- 

 ti)hip) may be heard from a great distance." 



Genus. Pomatokiiinus. Hors/, in Linn. Trans. 



^ ]. Temporalis. Pom. cineraceo-fuscus, suhtus fulvescenii-fiis- 



cus; fronte, temporibtis, giitture, pectoreque albis; tccnia gra- 

 cili super altcraque subtus oculos, caudâque nigris, liac apice 

 albido. 



Caput in medio pallide fuscum, ^ro//Ye, te>}iporibusi[ue albis. Ré- 

 miges externe pallidc fuscœ, ad apicem saturatiores. Tec- 

 trices inferiores pallidc ferrugineo-fusca?. llectrices nigrre, 

 omnes, mecliis exceptis, ad apicem albœ. Rostrum nigrum, 

 ad frontem albescens. Pedes nigri. Longitudo corporis, 

 lOi ; ahe a carpo ad remigem quartam, 4^- ; caudœ, 4f ; 

 rostri ad frontem, 1^, ad rictum, \\ ; tarsi, l^V- 



Dusky Bee-Eater. Lath. Gen. Hist. iv. p. 146. no. 31. 



This species was found by INIr. Brown at Shoalwater Bay, 

 August 1802. 



> 2. SuPERCiLiosus. Pom. brunnescenti-fuscus ; tcvniâ supercili- 



ari ad nucha?n exlendente, gula, pectore, abdomine anteriori, 

 caudâque apice albis. 



Frons, loraqwe nigro-notata;. Remiges fuscce, subtus pallidiores. 

 Tectrices inferiores pallidè brunnescenti-fuscaî. Abdomen 

 imum crissumque brunneo-fusca. Rectrices brunneo-nigrœ, 

 omnes, mediis exceptis, ad apicem albie. Rostrum pedesque 

 nigri. Longitudo corporis, T-nr ; alcB a carpo ad remigem 

 quartam, 3-;% ; caudce, S\ ; rostri ad frontem, ^, ad ric- 

 tum, 1^; tarsi, 1^. 



This 



