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EuPHEMA AURANTiA. Euph. vittd frofituU lazuUno-ccEruled ; loris 

 viridibus : abdomine maculd grandi splendide aurantiacd ornato. 



Male. — Frontal band blue, margined before and behind with a very- 

 faint line of greenish blue ; crown of the head and all the upper sur- 

 face deep grass-green ; shoulders, many of the secondaries, and outer 

 edges of the primaries deep indigo-blue ; lores, cheeks and breast 

 yellowish green, passing into greenish yellow on the abdomen and 

 under tail-coverts, the centre of the abdomen being ornamented 

 with a large spot of rich orange ; two centre tail-feathers green ; the 

 next, on each side, blackish brown on the inner, and green on the 

 outer webs ; the remainder blackish brown on their inner, and green 

 on their outer webs, and largely tipped with bright yellow ; irides 

 very dark brown, becoming lighter on the under side ; legs and feet 

 dull brown. 



Female. — Possesses the orange spot, but in her it is neither so 

 extensive nor so brilliant. 



Total length, 8i inches ; wing, 4| ; tail, 4\ ; tarsi, i. 



Hab. Van Diemen's Land and the Actaeon Islands in D'Entrecas- 

 teaux Channel. 



EuPHEMA PETROPHiLA. Eufh. vUtd frontttU intense cieruled; loris 

 et spatio circum oculos sordide viridibus. 



Frontal band deep indigo-blue, bounded before and behind with a 

 very narrow line of dull verditer-blue ; lores and circle surrounding the 

 eye dull verditer-blue ; all the upper surface yellowish oUve-green ; 

 under surface the same, but lighter, and passing into yeUow, tinged 

 with orange on the lower part of the abdomen ; under surface of the 

 shoulder indigo-blue ; a few of the wing-coverts greenish blue ; pri- 

 maries brownish black on their inner webs, and deep indigo-blue on 

 the outer ; two centre tail-feathers bluish green ; the remainder of 

 the feathers brown at the base on the inner webs, green at the base 

 on the outer webs, and largely tipped with bright yellow ; irides dark 

 brown ; bill blackish brown ; feet flesh-brown. 



Total length, 8 inches ; wing, 4^ ; tail, 41 ; tarsi, |. 



Hab. Western Australia. 



Two new and highly interesting species of Climacteris were cha- 

 racterized as Climacteris erythrops and C. rufa ; and Mr. Gould ob- 

 served that four species of this genus now formed part of the Austra- 

 lian fauna. 



Climacteris erythrops. Clim. Mas : loris et spatio circum oculos 

 rufescenti-castaneis; guld albidd: pectore cinereo. 



Fcem. plumis pectoris ferrugineis, si/igulis lined albd centrali notatis, 

 distinguenda. 



Male. — Crown of the head blackish-brown, each feather margined 

 with grayish brown ; lores and a circle surrounding the eye reddish 

 chestnut ; back brown ; sides of the neck, lower part of the back, and 

 upper tail-coverts, gray ; primaries blackish brown at the base, and 

 light brown at the tip, all but the first crossed in the centre by a 

 broad band of buff, to which succeeds another broad band of black- 



