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resemblance to our P. cincta, a plentiful species near 

 Brisbane. It is a bird about the same size, but differs in 

 having the upper tail-coverts brownish-black, whereas 

 in P. cincta they are white. The name I propose for it 

 will indicate this peculiarity — P. atropygialis, or black- 

 rumped Poephila. The drawings will sufficiently show 

 the difference without further description. 



" Another discovery among the birds sent by Mr. 

 Gulliver is a new Acanthiza ; and I have the pleasure of 

 stating that, though new, it is also found in this neigh- 

 bourhood. The family is a numerous one ; but, strange 

 to say, this species is not, to my knowledge, described. 

 It differs from an}-- other species I know. The rather 

 uniform greyish-brown, tinged with green on the upper 

 surface, the brown tail with dark centre and white tips 

 on the inner web, make its relationship to its congeners ; 

 but it is well separated from all others by having a well 

 defined white throat, followed by a yellow chest and 

 abdomen, which induces me to give it the descriptive 

 name of Acanthiza flavigasta." 



Then on p. 12 the Cuckoos are thus described : — - 

 " The larger species, which must at present stand 

 under the name or Guculus Brisbanensis, until contra- 

 dicted by better authority, is thus described in my note- 

 book. Unlike all the members of our moderately-sized 

 species, this one has the whole of the under-surface 

 fasciated — in this respect partaking of the character of 

 the Bronze Cuckoo, which are mostly adorned with 

 bands beneath. It is very much smaller than C. cano- 

 roides, say four inches shorter, and of a reddish-brown 

 tint above, and richly banded with darker. Descrip- 

 tion : Head, back, and upper portion of the wings 

 brownish-black, each feather marked and edged with 

 bands of reddish-brown. Primaries brownish-grey, 

 edged and rather broadly tipped with dull reddish-buff. 

 Secondaries and tertiaries greyish-brown, broadly zig- 

 zagged with buff. Beneath the shoulder and for more 

 than an inch of the edge of the wing, white. Tail brown, 

 all the feathers, including the central pair, with serrated 



