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irregular oblique band of dull bluish black, beyond which they be- 

 come of a paler glaucous green, until they end in white ; but each 

 has a dark stain of bluish green on the outer margin near the tip ; 

 irides brown ; bill and nostrils bluish horn-colour ; feet mealy grey. 



Total length, 1 1 iuches ; bill, f ; wing, 4\ ; tail, 7 ; tarsi, £. 



Female. — Similar to the male in colour, but all the hues much 

 paler, and the markings much less strongly defined. 



Young. — In this state the whole of the head, all the upper sur- 

 face, wing-coverts, throat, and breast are of a pale glaucous green ; 

 the rump and upper tail-coverts and the tail similar to the same 

 parts in the male, but not so bright ; and the lower part of the ab- 

 domen is greyish white, with faint stains of scarlet. 



In the notes accompanying the specimens, Mr. Elsey states that 

 they were procured on the 14th of Sept., 1856, in lat. 18° S. and 

 long. 141°30'E., that their crops contained some monocotyledonous 

 seeds, and that the os furcatorium was small, but well-developed ; 

 of this he was certain, as he had a discussion with Mr. Gregory on 

 the subject, and dissected on the same day Platycercus palliceps 

 and Aprosmictus erythropterus, and noticed that while the former 

 was entirely destitute of that bone, and had only a weak ligamentous 

 band in its place, the latter had a distinct os furcatorium closely re- 

 sembling that of Psephotus. He remarked, too, that the flight of 

 the Psephotus was swift and decided ; and adds, that he never saw 

 it on the ground, although the contents of its crop would indicate 

 that it obtained its food there. 



The Malurus he designated 



Malurxjs coronatus. 



Male. — Crown of the head rich lilac purple, with a triangular 

 spot of black in the centre, and bounded below by a band of velvety 

 black, which commencing at the nostrils passes backwards through 

 the eve, dilates upon the ear-coverts, and meets at the back of the 

 neck ; back and wings light brown ; tail bluish green, becoming of 

 a deeper hue towards the extremity ; lateral feathers margined ex- 

 ternally and tipped with white ; under surface buffy white, becoming 

 gradually deeper on the flanks and vent ; irides brown ; bill black ; 

 feet fleshy brown. 



Total length, 6£ inches ; bill, £ ; wing, 2\ ; tail, 3f ; tarsi, 1|. 



Female. — All the upper surface light brown ; lores and space 

 behind the eye white ; ear-coverts chestnut ; in other respects similar 

 to the male. 



Ilab. Victoria River, North-Western Australia. 



The Petroica he proposed to call 

 Petroica? cerviniventris. 



All the upper surface, wings and tail chocolate-brown ; line over 

 the eye, throat, tips of the greater wing-coverts, base of the prima- 

 ries, base and tips of the secondaries, and tips of the tail, white ; 



