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Neomori'ha I'RASsiROSTRis. Ncovi. roslfo suburcuato, valido, 

 aculo, corneo colore, in plambeum ad basin transeunie ; corpore 

 nigra ; caudcl large ad apicem albd. 

 Long. tot. 17^ unc. ; rostri, 2^; alee, — ; caud<e, 7^; ta7-si, — . 

 Remark. It is to be regretted that the only examples known of 

 both these species are imperfect, wanting the feet and the greater 

 portion of the wings : they form a part of the Zoological Society's 

 collection, and were obtained from the captain of a vessel, who had 

 received them from a native chief in New Zealand. 



PoDiCEPS GULARis. Pod. sutnmo capite, et nucha, intense nigres- 

 centi-brunneis, olivaceo lavatis ; gutture genisque nigris ; strigd 

 castaned pone oculos oriente et per latera colli excurrente ; corpore 

 suprci nigrescenti-brunneo ; tcctricibtts aloe secundariis albo niar- 

 ginatis, hoc colore vittam transversain faciente ; collo imo,pectore 

 et corpore subtus argenteo-griseis, hoc colore in hriinneum ad la- 

 tera transeunte ; rostro et pedibus nigris. 



Long. tot. 10 unc. ; rostro, \\\ nice, 4^; tarsi, \\. 



Hob. In Nova Cambria Australi. 



PoDicEPS Nestou. Pod. capite plumis elongatis sericeis albis in- 

 duto ; gutture et occipile nigris ; corpore suprci intensi brunneo, 

 subtus argenteo-griseo, ad latera brunneo lavato ; rostro nigro ad 

 apicem pallidiore ; tarsis oUvaceo-nigris. 



Long. tot. 9 unc. ; rostri, 1 ; al<jc, A\ ; tarsi, 1 g. 



Hub. In Terrii Van Diemen et in Nova Cambria Australi. 



Calodera.* 



Rostrum validum, arcuatum, capite brevius, naribus basalibus rotun- 

 datis, fere apertis, mandibula superiore ad apicem levit^r inden- 

 tata marginibus sulcatis ; margine mandibulae inferioris in sul- 

 cum superioris recepto ; ales mediocres, remige primo brevissimo ; 

 tarsi validi, antrorsim scutellati, poUice cum digito interno con- 

 juncto, hoc ejusque ungue, validis, at medio digito ungueque, 

 brevioribus ; ungues incurvati et acuti ; cauda mediocris, penitiis 

 ccqualis. 



* The species belonging to thcgeuus Calodera, aie characterized at page 100. 



