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quarto, et quinto sequalibus cetero.«que excellentibus ; cauda rae- 

 diocris subaequalis ; pedes validi ; digito postico forti, digitumque 

 intermedium excellente ; externo ad intermedium basaliter ad- 

 juncto ; unguibus ineurvatis. 



Hoc genus ad illud Anthochcera dictum appropinquat, difFert 

 Cauda jequali, plaga faciali nuda genisque spinosis. 



AcANTHAGENYS RUFOGULARis. Accmth. capitc superiorc, dorso, 

 alisque fiiscis, plumis ad marginem pallidioribus ; uropygio, 

 tectricibusque caudce albis, in medio fusco tinctis ; strigd post 

 oculos, et ad latera colli nigrescente ; super strigam lateralem 

 colli, titled albescetite, fusco adspersd ; setis genarum albis, et 

 infra ad basin mandibulce inferioris lined plumarum, albo ni- 

 groque fasciatai-um ; guld pectoreque summo pallide rujis; cor- 

 pore subtiis sordide albo, j)lumis fusco nolatis ; caudd ni- 

 grescenti-fuscd, apice albo ; plagd faciali nudd, rostroque basi 

 aurantiacis ; rostri apice, pedibusque nigris. 



Long. tot. 9| unc; rostri, l^; alee. 4^; caudce, 41; tarsi, 1. 



Hab. in Nova Cambria Australi. 



ANTHOCHiERA LUNULATA. Atith. summo capite, nuchd dorsoque 

 anteriore olivaceo-brunneis ; dorso inferiori uropygioquc oliva- 

 ceo-brunneis, singidis plumis, stemmatibus albis ; tectricibus 

 sujierioribus caudce, olivaceo-brunneis, ad apices cdbis ; prima- 

 riis brunneis ; secondariis tertiariisque brunneis, cinereo margi- 

 natis ; rectricibus caicdcB intermediis duabus, cinereofuscis ; 

 relicjuis obscure-fuscis, apicibus albis; plumis ntichcs lateralibus, 

 elongatis ; acutis cinereis ; guld et nuchd anteriore, pectore, 

 corporeque infra cinereo-brunneis ; maculd obliqud nived ad 

 latera ; rostro nigrescentifusco ; pedibus rifo-brunneis. 

 Long. tot. unc. 12; rostri, 1| ; caudce, 6^; ales, 5^; tarsi, 1|. 

 Hab. in Australia, apud Flumen Cygnorum. 

 Obs. Nearly allied to Anth. mellivora, but differs in its smaller 

 size, in having a considerably longer bill, and in being entirely desti- 

 tute of white strice down the head and back of the neck. In the 

 Collection of Fort Pitt, Chatham. 



Plectorhyncha. Genus novum. 



Rostrum capite brevius, leviter arcuatum, fere conicum, et acutum, 

 naribus basalibus, operculo tectis ; mandibula superiore obsolete 

 ad apicem indentata ; alee mediocres, remige primo brevissimo, 

 tertio quartoque longissimis ; cauda mediocris et aequalis ; tarsi 

 validi ; digito postico cum ungue forti, et digitum intermedium 

 anticum excellente ; digitis lateralibus insequalibus, externo lon- 

 giore, et intermedio basaliter conjunct©. 



Plectorhyncha lanceolata. Plec. vertice, plumis auricu- 

 laribus, nieckdque, albo fuscoque variegatis ; guld corporeque 

 stibtus citierescenti-cdbis ; jjlumis pectoralibus sublanceolatis, et 

 albis ; corpore toto, cauddque superne pallide fuscis; rostro 

 fuscescenti-cortieo ; pedibus nigris. 



