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Long, tot 9 line; rostri, 1 ; alee, 4-^; caudcB, 4;^; tarsi, 1. 

 Hob. in Nova Cambria Australi. 



Entomophila. Genus novum, 



Hostrum fere capitis longitudinem sequans, ad basin latiusculum, 

 dein compressum, et ad apicem, acutum ; mandibula superioris to- 

 miis arcuatis, et apicem versus leviter indentatis ; nares basales, 

 ovales, in membrana positae, et operculo tectse ; alcB longiusculae ; 

 remige primo spurio, secundo tertium fere cequante, hoc longissi- 

 mo ; Cauda brevis, sub-quadrata ; tarsi breves, et subdebiles ; di- 

 gito posteriore bi'evi, forti; digitis externis baud aequalibus, interne 

 paululum breviore. 



Entomophila picta. Mas. Ent. capite, gcn'is, corporeqne sup](i 

 nigris ; plumls auricidaribus postice albo jimhriatis ; alls nigris, 

 primariis secondariisque cxlus nitide Jlavis ; cnudce rectricibus 

 nigris, extiisjlavo marginatts, omnibiisque (duahus internis excep- 

 tisj plus minusve extus albo ad apicem notatis ; gulci, corporeque 

 subtus alius, h6c ad latcra notis subfuscis longiludinalibus sparse 

 ornato ; rostro Jlavescente ; pedibus nigrescentibus. 

 Fcem. vel mas junior? Divert partibus fuscis, quce in mare adulto 

 nigrce ; in cceteris mari simiHima,Jlavo colore minus nitido, ros- 

 troque ad apicem fusco. 

 Long. tot. 5^ unc. ; rostri, | ; al(Z, 3f ; cmidce, 2| ; tarsi, ^. 

 Hab. in Nova Cambria Australi. 



Obs. The disposition of the yellow markings of the wings and tail of 

 this kind reminds us of the Goldfinch ( Cardiielis elegans, Steph.): the 

 lengthened wing, broad and short tail, the great breadth of the bill at 

 its base, and the short tarsi lead me to believe that this species feeds 

 principally upon insects which it pursues and captures on the wing. 



Glyciphila ? OCULARIS. Glyc. stttnmo capite, corpore suprci, 

 alls caiuldque, obscure olivaceo-brunneis, hoc colore ad tiro- 

 pygium et rectriccs caudales in luteo transeunte ; pone oculos 

 pliimis paucis parvis nitide hrunneo-jiavis ; gtdd pectoreque 

 cinereo-fuscis ; cd)domine crissoque olivaceo-dnereis ; rostro pe- 

 dibusque ingro-brunneis, , 



Long. tot. unc. 5\; rostri, |; alee, 2|; caudce, 2\; tarsi, |. 



Hab. in terra Van Diemen. 



Glyciphila? subocularis. 



Obs. A species from New South Wales, which differs from Glyc. 

 ocularis in being rather smallei', and in its more olive colouring. 



^GiALiTis ? CANUS. Mg.fronte, lined supra-ocxdari, genis, gida 

 corporeque sublils, albis ; summo capite, corporeque supra cinereo- 

 fuscis ; primariis obscure brunneis, stemmalibus albis ; caudd 

 brunned, singulis plumls marginibus albis; rostro pedibusque 

 nigris, oliuaceo tinciis. 



Long. tot. unc. 7i ; rostri, | ; alee, 3f ; caudce, 2^ ; tarsi, 1^. 



Hab. in Nova Cambria Australi. 



