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domen and under tail-coverts ; irides light reddish yellow ; bill and 

 feet black. 



Total length, 4^ inches; bill, i; wing, 2^; tail. If; tarsi, |. 



Hab. Western Australia. 



A new species and new form, which I first saw in the streets of 

 Adelaide, where it was hopping about and presenting the appearance 

 of the Sparrow in London. For this new bird I propose the generic 

 and specific terms Xerophila leucopsis. 



Genus Xerophila. 



Characteres generici. — Rostrum breve, semiconi instar, ad basin ro- 

 bustum, ad apicem baud denticulatum, basi vibrissis antice ductis 

 parce instructa; naribus rotundatis et plumis minutis obtectis. 

 Alee mediocres, remigum primo brevi, tertio et quarto longissimis, 

 tertiariis latis et paul6 elongatis. Cauda mediocris, ad apicem 

 quadrata, et aliquanto concava. Tarsi robusti ; digitus posticus 

 validus, digiti antici debiles, horum externus longissimus. 



Xerophila leucopsis. Xer . facie albd ; corpore supernefusco. 



Forehead and lores white ; upper surface olive brown ; wings and 

 tail browTi, the latter passing into black near the extremity and 

 tipped with white; all the under surface pale buff; bill and feet 

 black. 



Total length, 4 inches; bill,§; wing, 2\; tail. If; tarsi, |. 



Hab. South Australia. 



LiCMETis PASTiNATOR. Lic. ttlbus, loris coccineis; remigum pogoniis 

 internis necnon caudce rectricum sulphureis, colore quam in L. 

 nasico intensiore cui speciei magnitudine corporis L. pastinator 

 magnopere prcestat. 



Lores scarlet ; general plumage white ; the base of the feathers of 

 the head and front of the neck scarlet, showing through and giving 

 those parts a stained appearance ; the basal half of the inner webs of 

 the primaries, the inner webs of all the other feathers of the wing 

 and the inner webs of the tail-feathers beautiful brimstone yellow ; 

 naked space round the eye greenish blue; irides light brown; bill 

 white ; feet dull olive gray. 



Total length, n\ inches; bill, \^ ; wing, 12 ; tail, 7 ; tarsi, 1. 



Hab. Western Australia. 



Nearly allied to Licmetis nasicus but of a much larger size. 



NuMENius UROPYGiALis. Num. verticc fusco, lined luteold angustd 

 et inaquali j^er medium currente ; uropygio et tectricibus caud(B 

 fusco alboque fascialis. 



Crown of the head brown, with a narrow irregular stripe of bufFy 

 white down the centre ; lores and line behind the eye brown ; line 

 over the eye, neck and breast buffy white, with a brown line down 

 the centre of each feather, the brown colour predominating ; centre 

 of the back and scapularies dark olive spotted on their margins with 

 light buff; wing-coverts the same, but lighter and presenting a mot- 

 tled appearance ; primaries blackish brown with white shafts ; rump 



