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Long. tot. 8| unc. ; rostri, 1 ; alee, 4| ; cauda, If,- tarsi, 1^. 

 Habitat in Nova Cambria Australi, vel Terra Van Diemen. 



Hemipodius melanotus. Hem. capite nigro, plumis apicibus brun- 

 neis ; loro, lined supra-ocular i, buccisque, pallide flavo-brunneis ; 

 plumis buccarum apicibus extremis nigris ; nuchd leete castaneo- 

 ruf a, plumis singulis fascia latd nigrd centrali linedque cervindad 

 latera externa ; dorso superiore uropygio et tectricibus caudcB su- 

 perioribus nigris, singulis plumis brunneo minute variegatis, nee 

 non maculis obscuri fulvis ; cauda tectricibus extern'^, et alarum 

 tectricibus majoribus minoribusque siramineis, harum plumis sin- 

 gulis maculd nigra centrali; rectricibus brunneis ; guld albes- 

 centi ; collo antici pectoreque saturate stramineis ; lateribus colli 

 et corporis pallidi stramineis, vittd oblongd transversd nigrd cen- 

 trali ; abdomine tectricibus que inferioribus caudce Jlavo-albidis ; 

 rostro pedibusque fuscis . 



Long. tot. 61 unc. ; rostri, ^ ; alee, 3^ ; cauda, | ; tarsi, |. 



Hab. In Terra Van Diemen. 



CoTURNix PECTOKALis. Cot. loro, uurtcuUs guldque fulvis ; summo 

 capite nuchdque saturate brunneis, lineis duabus stramineis super 

 oculum ; lined stramined h rostro ad nucham excurrente ; nuchd 

 brunned, plumis singulis lanceolatd centrali stramined, et ad latera 

 nigro guttatis ; dorso tectricibus que superioribus cauda fuscis, 

 lineis angularibus nigris transversim notatis, strigdque lanceolatd 

 centrali stramined ; alis fuscis lineis angularibus griseis et nigris 

 transversim fasciatis; remigibus primariis cum maculd pectorali 

 nigris ; lateribus pectoris brunneis ; abdomine albo, plumis singu- 

 lis lined centrali nigrd ; lateribus corporis saturate brunneis, plu- 

 mis singulis strigis tribus, quarum exteriores nigra sunt, inter- 

 medid albd ; rostro nigrescenti ; pedibus fusco-carneis. 



Long. tot. 6f unc. ; rostri, i ; aim, 3| ; tarsi, ^. 



Habitat in Nova Cambria Australi. 



Mr. Gould also exhibited a new and interesting species of Parrot, 

 presented to the Society by Mr. John Leadbeater, and which he 

 characterized, on behalf of the donor, as Platycercus ignitus. 



Platyceecus IGNITUS, Leadb. 



Plat, capite summo auriculis, uropygio, pectore, corporeque sublux 

 coccineis ; buccis albis ; plumis singulis dorsi ad medium nigris, 

 marginibus coccineo etjlavo inter mixtis ; aid medid cceruled pri- 

 mariis quintis ad basin albis, apicibus brunneis; rectricibus qua- 

 tuor intermediis albis coccineo pallide tinctis ; rectricibus reliquis 

 cceruleis ad basin albis, ad apicem albescentibus ; rostro livido ; 

 pedibus saturatejuscis. 



Long. tot. 12 unc; alee, 6; caudce, 6|; tarsi, J. 



Hab. Australia. 



