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Sericulus magnirostris. Ser. fronte, gulce lateribus, corpo- 

 reque subtus griseis, singulis plumis brunneo marginalis ; ma- 

 cula occipitali nigra et quadratd ; lined nigra irregulari in giit- 

 ture centrali ; nucha, dorso, scapidisque cinerescenti-albis, niar- 

 qine brunneo circmndatis ; alis, uropygio, cauddque olivaceo- 

 brunneis ; rostro pedibusque nigris. 

 Long. tot. line. 11^; rostri, 1^ ; alcB, 5^ ; caudce, 4| ; tarsi, \\. 

 Hob. in terra Van Dienien ? 



Obs. This is in every respect a true Sericidus, and from what we 

 know of the changes of the common species Ser. chrgsocephalus, I 

 conceive that it may prove to be a female, or immature bird. 



Oreocincla. Genus novum. 



nostrum capitis longitudineni asquans vel superans, subincurvatum, 

 lateraliter compressum, mandibula superiore apice prominente, 

 dcnticula ab apice longe amota, gonide acuto ; rictus setis paucis 

 brevibus instructus; alec mediocres, rigidae, remige P"° brevissi- 

 mo, 4'° et 5'"^ fere asqualibus et longissimis ; cauda subbrevis, 

 quadrata, plumis rigidis ; tarsi mediocres, squamis integris ; digiti 

 graciles, posticus prsecipue, digitis lateralibus fere jjequalibus, in- 

 terno breviore ; plumcc sericeae. 

 Typi sunt, Oreocincla Novcc Hollandice et Tardus varins, Horsf. 



Oreocincla macroriiyncha. Or. stimmo capite, corjwre supra, 

 olivacco-brunneis, singidis plumis nigi'o ad apicem leviter mar- 

 ginatis ; caudd alisque olivaceo-brunneis ; secondariis badio le- 

 viter marginatis ; rectricibus duabus externis idrinque ad apicem 

 albis ; guld corporeque subtus cervino-albis, singidis plumis, 

 maculis nigris lanceolatis ad apicem notatis ; rostro aldque spu- 

 riosd ad apicem nigrcscenti-brit7}neis ; pedibus pallide. brunneis. 



Long. tot. unc. \Qi\ ; rostri, 1 1 ; alte, 5^ ; caudce, 4| ; tarsi, 1^. 



Hab. in Nova Zealandia. 



Obs. Nearly allied to, but differing from, the Turdus varius of 

 authors, in the much larger size of the bill, and in the deeper black 

 colouring of the margins of the feathers. In the British Museum. 



Familia ? 



Symmorphus. Genus novum. 



Rostrum subbreve, tumidum; mandibtdd superiori ad apicem leviter 

 emarginata; culmine comtnissurdque subarcuatis ; 7iares basalos, 

 ovales et plumis frontalibus fere occultatae ; alec mediocres, re- 

 mige 1"^" breviore, 2'^" per diniidium ; 3"°, 4^° et 5'" longissimis 

 et inter se fere Eequalibus ; cauda mediocris, rectrice externa 

 utrinque per partem quartam cseteris breviore; tarsi et pedes me- 

 diocres, illi antice scutellati ; digito postico cum ungue, medio 

 breviori ; digitis lateralibus insequalibus, interno brevissimo. 



Symmorphus leucopygus. Sgm. loro yiigrescenti-brunneo ; li- 

 ned supra-oculari cervino'albd ; summo capite, nucha, dorsoqtie 



