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The whole of the plumage dull brown, with a vinous tinge on the 
head ; paler on the under surface ; irides bright red ; bill dark green- 
ish black; feet dark bluish grey ; tarsi tinged with yellow. 
Male.—Total length, 5 inches ; bill, 8; wing, 23; tail, 23; tarsi, 2. 
Hab. Port Essington. 
The sexes differ only in the female being much smaller in size. 
Guycrruta rascrata. Glye. vertice fuscescenti-nigro, plumis ad 
apicem lunuld parvuld albd ornatis ; uropygio rufo tincto, facie 
lateribus, guld et corpore subtis albis, ab angulis oris strigd an- 
gusta fuscescenti-nigrd per latera colli ducta ; pectore lineis semi- 
circularibus fuscescenti-nigris transversim fasciato-lateribus et 
crisso luteolis, laterum plumis strigd centrali Sfuscescenti-nigra 
longitudinaliter notatis. 
Crown of the head brownish black, with a small crescent of white 
at the extremity of each feather; feathers of the back very dark 
brown, margined with buffy brown ; rump tinged with rufous ; wings 
and tail dark brown, fringed with light brown; sides of the face, 
throat, and under surface white ; from the angle of the mouth down the 
side of the neck a narrow stripe of brownish black; chest crossed by 
a number of semicircular brownish black fascie; flanks and under 
tail-coverts buff, the former with a stripe of brownish black down 
the centre ; irides reddish brown ; bill greenish grey ; feet aurora-red. 
Total length, 4% inches ; bill, 3; wing, 22; tail, 22; tarsi, 3. 
Hab. Port Essington. 
Enromoruina? rurogunarts. Ent. capite et corpore superiore 
fuscis ; primariis et caude rectricibus, externe colore cerino mar- 
ginatis, guld ferrugined. 
Head and all the upper surface brown; wings and tail darker 
brown ; primaries, secondaries and tail-feathers margined externally 
with wax-yellow ; throat rust-red ; sides of the head and all the un- 
der surface very pale brown; bill and feet dark purplish brown. 
Total length, 43 inches ; bill, £; wing, 22; tail, 22; tarsi, 3. 
Hab. North coast of Australia. 
Enromopuita? aLpocuiaris. Ent. capite saturate cinereo, cor- 
pore superiore fusco ; alis cauddque saturatioribus ; primariis, 
secundariis, rectricibusque caude per partem basalem dimidiam 
cerino marginatis ; guld albd, pectore et lateribus e rubro-luteolis ; 
abdomine medio, et crisso albis. 
Head dark grey; all the upper surface brown; wings and tail 
darker brown; primaries, secondaries, and basal half of the tail- 
feathers margined with wax-yellow; throat pure white; chest and 
flanks reddish buff; centre of the abdomen and under tail-coverts 
white ; irides bright reddish brown; bill blackish grey; feet bluish 
ey. 
J'otal length, 44 inches ; bill, $ ; wing, 23 ; tail, 2; tarsi, 2. 
The female is similar, but much less brilliant in colour than her 
mate. 
Hab. Port Essington. 
