76 DR. W, BAIKD ON THE GEPHYREA. [Feb. 13, 



Chrysococcyx russata, Gould. 



Head, all the upper surface, and wings pale shining rusty bronze ; 

 under surface white, crossed by numerous bands of bronzy brown ; 

 a wash of rufous across the breast, most apparent or defined on the 

 sides in front of the shoulders ; under wing-coverts barred like the 

 breast ; base of the primaries and secondaries deep fawn-colour ; tail 

 deep rufous, the two centre feathers glossed with bronze, tlie lateral 

 feather on each side with three double spots, the upper half black, 

 in the form of a crescent, the lower round and white, a similar spot 

 on the tip of the inner web of each of the next three feathers on 

 each side, but with the white greatly diminishing as they approach 

 the centre ; bill black ; legs and feet olive. 



Total length .^f inches, bill §, wing 3|, tail 2f , tarsi ^. 



Hab. Cape- York district of Queensland, Australia. 



Pitta simillima, Gould. 



Crown deep ferruginous, with a narrow stripe of black down the 

 centre ; on the chin a large spot of black, terminating in a point on 

 the front of the neck, uniting with a broad band on each side of the 

 head, encircling the crown and terminating in a broad rounded 

 point at the base of the neck ; back and wings pure olive-green ; 

 shoulders and lesser wing-coverts bright metallic cerulean blue ; 

 across the rump a band of the same colour ; upper tail-coverts and 

 tail black, the latter tipped with dark olive-green ; primaries black, 

 becoming paler at the tip ; near the base of the fourth, iifth, and 

 sixth a small spot of white ; sides of the neck, throat, breast, and 

 flanks buff; on the centre of the abdomen a patch of black ; vent 

 and under tail-coverts scarlet ; irides dark brown ; bill brown ; feet 

 flesh-colour. 



Total length 7j inches, bill Ig, wing 4|, tail 1|, tarsi 1 1. 



Hab, Cape-York district of Queensland, Australia. 



2. Monograph of tlic Species of Worms belonging to the 

 Subclass Gephyrea; with a Notice of such Species as 

 are contained in the Collection of the British Museum. 

 By W. Baird, M.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. 



(PlatesIX., X., XI.) 



Subclass GEPHYREA*. 



Gephyrea, Quatrefages, Ann, des Sciences Nat. 3rd ser. Zool. 

 tom. vii. p. 340, 1847 ; Hist. Nat. des Anneles, Annelides et Ge- 

 phyreens, tom. ii. pt. 2. p. 563, 186.5 ; Ehlers in Zeitschrift fiir 

 wissenschaft. Zool. Baud xi. Heft 2. p. 205, 1861. 



Rhynyodea, suborder Proetucha, tribe Sipimculidea, Diesing, Syst. 



* ye<j)vpa, bridge. 



