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cies of Birds from Now South Wales, wliich he considered to be 

 new to science, as they are not contained in the collection of the 

 Linnean Society; nor, as far as he is aware, described in any publica- 

 tion. Mr. Gould embraced this opportunity to characterize and 

 name ten species, and stated that at subsequent meetings of the So- 

 ciety he would bring forward the remainder of his collection. 



Mr. Gould more particularly pointed out a species of Petroica ; a 

 new and interesting species of Ptilonorhynchus, allied to Ptil. nu- 

 c/ialis, and which he proposed to make the tyjje of a new genus ; a 

 new species (belonging to the Society) of the genus Calyptorhynchus, 

 which he compared with all the other members of the group then on 

 the table, and described as Calyptorhynchus Naso; and four new spe- 

 cies of the genus Amadina, Swains., which he n^ivnei. Amadina cincta, 

 riificauda, modesta, and Castanotis. The characters of the above spe- 

 cies are as f jUows : 



Petroica thcenicea. Mas. Pet. corpore superni fuliginoso-griseo 

 fronte, naribus, marginibusqiie anterioribus remigmn tertialium 

 albo notatis ; remigibus primariis rectricibtiKque griseo-nigris, 

 harum externis plur.iis penitus ulbis, guld fiiHginosa ; corpore 

 subths coccineo ; crisso albo ; rostro pedibusque nigris. 



Fcem. Coipore superrie toto brunneo, tectricibus alee rufo-griseo 

 emarginatis ; rectricibus externis albis corpore subtus rufescenti- 

 griseis -, rostro pedibusque nigris. 



Long. tot. 5^ unc; roslri, \; ala, 3^; caudce. 2; tarsi, J. 



Hab. Novti HoUandia. 



' Amadina Castanotis. Am. corpore superni cinereo-fusco ; uro- 

 pygio albo, tectricibus caudte nigi-is, albo guttatis; genis castaneo- 

 rvfis lined albd ad basin roslri; pectore griseo lineis nigris trans- 

 versim striata; notd nigrd in medio pectoris; abdomine albo, crisso 

 ochraceo, lateribus castaneis albo guttatis ; rostro aurantiaco ; 

 pedibus subfluvis. 



Long. tot. 4i unc; alee, 2^; caudce, 1|; tarsi, ^. 



Hab. Nova Hollandia. 



Amadina modesta. Ama. fronte sanguinolentd ; corpore superiore 

 fusco ; alls albo-guttatis ; uropygio crissoque alternatim striatis 

 lineis albis atque fuscis ; rectricibus nigris, duabus lateralibus ex- 

 ternis ad apicem albo notatis ; guld nigrd; corjwris inferiore parte 

 cinereo-albido lineis ti'ansversis fuscis striata, abdomine intermedia 

 crissoque albis ; rostro nigra, pedibus nigrescentibus. 



Long. tot. 4^ unc; ala, 1^; caudce, 2; tarsi, ^. 



Hab. in Nova Hollandia. 



Amadina ciNCTA.*'^?>i«. capite toto argentata cinereo; guld nigrd; 

 corpore toto pallide castanea ; fascid nigrd corporis inferiurcm 

 partem cingente ; tectricibus caudce superioribus et inferioribus 

 albis ; caudd nigrd ; rostra nigro ; pedibus brunneis. 



Long. tot. 4h unc; ahe, 2f^; caudce, 2.]^; tarsi, ^. 



Hab. in Nova Hollandia. 



