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Land, so called from the numerous white spots with which it is 

 adorned. 



Hab. in terra Van Diemen. 



Pardalotus melanocephalus. Pard.vertice,loro,plumisque 

 auricularibus nigris ; strigd superciliari auranticd oriente, alba 

 desinente ; gents collique lateribus albis ; nucha, dorsoque cine- 

 rescenti-olivaceis ; reciricibus caudcB fuscescenti-cervims ; caudd 

 nigra, ad apicem alba ; alts nigrescenti-fuscis ; remigibus tertio, 

 quarto, quinto, sexto, septimoque albis ; secondariis albo margi- 

 natis atqiie terminatis ; lined albd oblique per humeros abductd ; 

 aid spuria coccineo terminatd ; lined gtitttirali, pectore, ahdomi- 

 neque medio late fiavis ; crisso cervino ; rostra nigro ; pedibus 

 fuscis. 



Long. tot. 4 unc; rostri, |; alee, 2\; ca.udcB, \\\ tarsi, |. 



Hab. in Nova Cambria Australi, apud oram orientalem. 



Pardalotus rubricatus. Pard. fascia frontali angustd sor- 

 dide albd ; vertice, et occipife nigris, albo guttatis ; nucha, dorso, 

 uropygio, tectricibusque alarum cinereis ; alis intense fuscis ; aid 

 spuria, primariis ad basin, secondariisque ad marginem ex- 

 ternum Icetc aurantiacis ; notd flammed ante oculos ; strigd su- 

 per-ocidari cervind ; tectricibus caudce olivaceis ; caudd intense 

 fused, ad apicem albd; guld abdomineque cinereis; jwctore 

 fiavo ; mandibuld superiore fused, inferiore cincred ; pedibus 

 fuscis. 

 Long. tot. 4 unc. ; rostri, ^ ; alcB, 2^ ; caudce, l\ ; tarsi, |. 

 Hab. in Australia. 

 Obs. In my own Collection. 



Pachycephala xanthoprocta. Pach. vertice, corporeque su- 

 pra olivaceis, hoc colore, ad crissum, ct ad marginem remigum 

 alee, rectricumque caudce, Icetiore ; abdomine pallide fusco ; 

 crisso flavo ; rostro ad apicem nigro, ad basin brunneo ; pedi- 

 bus fuscis. 



Long. tot. 6 unc. ; rostri, jj ; cda;, 3^ ; caudce, 3 ; tarsi, |. 



Hab. in Nova Cambria Australi, apud oram orientalem. 



Obs. This may possibly prove to be the female of some species 

 the male of which is at present vmknown. 



Pachycephala longirostris. Pach. vertice, corpore superiore, 

 alisque olivaceis, primariis, secondariis, tectricibus, reclricibus- 

 que caudcE ad marginem nitide olivaceo-aureis ; gidd, pectore- 

 que pallide cinerescenti-fuscis ; crisso flavo ; rostro nigrescenti- 

 fusco ; pedibus brunneis. 



Long. tot. 7 unc; rostri, |; alee, 4; caudce, 3^; tarsi, \. 



Hab. in Nova Cambria Australi, apud oram orientalem. 



Sphenostoma. Genus novum. 



Rostrum breve, durum, lateraliter compressum, et cuneiforme ; 

 nares basales, rotundatae, opertEE ; rictus rectus ; mandibula supe- 



