344 



TWO CENTENARIES AND A QUARTER 



Total 



5' 



length 4 inches ; bill, 

 gape i; front q^; wings 2,^; 

 tail, beyond fjj; base 1^; tarsus 

 i§ ; hind toe and claw ^. The 

 crown resembles that of the Sei- 

 surus auricapillus, but the black 

 stripes are darken, they widen be- 

 hind, and then end abruptly: the 

 yellow is deepest on the belly and 

 in the middle of the body. 



187. Erythrosto3ius cyano- 

 gaster. 



Bright green : body, and 

 belly beneath, rich purple 

 blue, glossed with lilac : tail 

 lengthened, rounded, tipt with 

 purple. 



Inhabits Brazil. Mus. Nost. 



Total length nearly 12 inches; wuigs 6\ 

 base 5 ; tarsus ^ ; middle toe and claw 1 . 

 quills equal, and longest ; the first tinged 



tail, beyond, 3; 

 Second and third 

 with blue. This 



beautiful species may, probably, have been described on the 

 Continent ; but it is very rare, even in Brazil. 



188. EiDOPSARis hicinctus. 



Body, above, grey ; beneath, paler : middle of the 

 back, and sides of the tail, olive : nape, sides, and 

 upper part of the head, black, with a broad crescent- 

 shaped band of white uniting the eyes. 



Inhabits Tasmania. Sent by Thomas James Lem- 

 priere, Esq. Mus. Nost. 



Total length 6 inches ; bill, gape ^ ; front ^ ; wings 3 ; 

 tail, beyond, ]i ; base 2f ; tarsus-^. The plumage above, and 

 on the sides of the neck and breast, is cinereous grey : the region 

 of the chin is pure white : the nape may be said to have two 

 bands, — the first of white, the second of black. 



189. EuDYNAMis Australis. 



Entirely black. The bill yellow. Wings nine inches 

 long. 



Female. — Spotted : the third quill longest. 

 Inhabits Australia. Mus. Nost. 



