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CaLYPTORHYNCHUS MACRORHYNCHUS. Cal. mas fulgid® e ca- 
ruleo-niger, rectricibus caude tribus externis (externe pogonio 
externo excepto) fere apud medium vittd latd pulchre coccined fas- 
ciatis. 
Fem. a mari differt plumis criste, laterum capitis, tectricumque 
alarum flavido-guttatis, singulis plumis corporis inferioris, et pre- 
sertim pectoris fasciis nonnullis luteolis ornatis ; rectricibus caude 
tribus externis subtis, crebre et irregulariter flavido-fasciatis ; su- 
pra ad basin fasciis nitidé flavis ad basin, exinde ad apicem pal- 
lide coccineis notatis. 
Male.—The whole of the plumage glossy bluish black; lateral 
tail-feathers, except the external web of the outer one, crossed by a 
broad band of fine scarlet; bill horn-colour; irides blackish brown ; 
feet mealy blackish brown. 
Female.—General plumage as in the male, but with the crest- 
feathers, those on the sides of the face and neck, and the wing- 
coyerts, spotted with light yellow ; each feather of the under surface, 
but particularly the chest, crossed by several semicircular fasciz of 
yellowish buff ; lateral tail-feathers crossed on the under surface by 
numerous irregular bands of dull yellow, which are broad and freckled 
with black at the base of the tail, and become narrower and more 
irregular as they approach the tip; on the upper surface of the tail 
these bands are bright yellow at the base of the feathers, and gra- 
dually change into pale scarlet as they approach the tip; irides 
blackish brown. 
Total length, 2 inches ; bill, 14 in length and 3 in depth; wing, 16; 
tail, 12; tarsi, 1. 
Hab. Port Essington. 
CacaTua sancuinea. Cac. corpore albo, plumis faciei, ad basin 
sanguineo-tinctis ; primariis, secundariis et rectricibus caude, cum 
pogoniis internis ad basin sulphureis. 
All the plumage white ; base of the feathers of the lores and sides 
of the face stained with patches of blood-red ; base of the inner webs 
of the primaries, secondaries and tail-feathers fine sulphur-yellow ; 
bill yellowish white ; feet mealy brown. 
Total length, 15 inches; bill, 14; wing, 108; tail, 6; tarsi, 7. 
Hab. North coast of Australia. 
CLIMACTERIS MELANURA, Gould. Clim. fronte, corpore superiore, 
rectricibusque caude ex holoserico fuscescenti-nigris ; occipite et 
nucha ferrugineo-tinctis ; primariis et secundariis ad apicem et 
basin saturate fuscis ; plumis gularibus albis nigro-marginatis ; 
abdomine et lateribus ferrugineis ; crisso nigro. 
Forehead, all the upper surface and tail-feathers velvety brownish 
black; the occiput and back of the neck stained with ferruginous 
brown ; primaries and secondaries dark brown at the base and at the 
tip; the intermediate space buff, forming a conspicuous band across 
the wing when expanded; feathers of the throat white, edged all 
round with black, giving the throat a striated appearance ; abdomen 
