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was immediately pronounced by Mr. Coxen and others to be new to 

 the colony. On the 22nd I again saw a number of these birds hawk- 

 ing over a piece of cleared land at Yarrondi, on the Upper Hunter : 

 upon this occasion I obtained six specimens, but have not met with 

 it since. 



Pod ARGUS PHALiENoi'DES. Pod. cinereo, fuscoque ornatus, lined 

 nigra centrali per plumas singulas excurrente ; scapularibus, 

 tectricibusque majoribus castaneo sparsis ; primariis fuscis, albo 

 angusle fasciatis ; caudd cuneiformi, nigra anguste fasciatd ; 

 rostrofuscescenti-corneo; pedibus olivaceis. 



Long. tot. 1 4| poll. ; rostri, 2^ ; alee, 8| ; caudce, 6^ • tarsi, 1 . 



Hab. The north-west coast of Australia. 



This bird is smaller than any other species of the genus yet dis- 

 covered in Australia. 



From Benjamin Bynoe, Esq. 



Graucalus Phasianellus. Granc. cinereus ; uropygio abdo- 

 mineque albis, anguste nigro-fasciatis ; crinso albo ; alis cau' 

 ddque nigris, kdc ad basin albd ; rostro tarsisque nigris. 



Long. tot. 15 poll. ; rostri, 1^ ; «/«, 8^ ; caudce, 8 ; tarsi. If. 



Hab. Liverpool Plains. 



From the collection of Stephen Coxen, Esq. 



Pachycephala Lanioides. Path, veriice, plumis auricularibus 

 et pectorc nigris; dorso posteriore fascid castaned ornato ; gut- 

 ture, abdomine medio, crissoque albis ; dorso, lateribus, humeris, 

 necnon primariis secundariis tectricibusque, externe, cinereis ; 

 caudd, rostro, j^edibusque nigris. 



Long. tot. 7^ poll.; rostri, 1 ; alts, 3| ; caudcB, 3^ ; tarsi, 1. 



Hab. The north-west coast of Australia. 



From Benjamin Bynoe, Esq. 



Petroica rosea. Pet. (nias) veriice, guld, corporeque superne 

 cinereis ; f route fascid angustd albd nolalo ; pectore rosacea , ab- 

 domine, crissoque, albis; alis, Tectricibusque caudce sex inter- 

 mediis nigrcscentibus ; reclricibus externis ad ajnceyn albis ; ros- 

 tro, pedibusque nigrcscentibus. 

 Fcem., fascid J'rontali luted; corpore supra cinerea-fusco ; alis, 

 fasciis, secundariis fasciis duabus luteis, obscure notatis ; caudd 

 fused. 

 Long. tot. 4^ ; rostri, ^ ; ala, 2J ; caudce, 2^ ; tarsi, ^. 

 Hab. Hunter, and the Liverpool Range. 



This species is nearly allied to Petroica Lathami. It inhabits thick 

 brushes. I killed specimens both on the Hunter River and the 

 Liverpool Range. 



Petroica pulchella. Pel. nigra, fronte noldque humerali al- 

 bis ; pectore abdamineque coccineis ; rostro nigra ; pedibus fuscis. 

 Long. tot. 5 poll. ; rostri, | ; ate, | ; caudce, 2^ ; tarsi, 1 . 

 Hab. Norfolk Island. 



