110 THE AUSTRAL AVIAN RECORD [Vol. II. 



NEW GENERA. 

 By G. M. Mathews. 



V- p. 33. Alphapuffinus gen. nov. Type Puffinus 



assimilis Gould. 



Differs from Pufflnus Brisson in having a different 

 shaped bill, being much thinner and the nostrils more 

 open. 



Alphapuffinus assimilis 



,, ,, assimilis 



,, ,, tunneyi 



1~~~ p. 50. Alphagygis new name for Gygis Wagner 1832, 

 not Gyges Bory de St. Vincent 1825. 



Alphagygis alba 



,, ,, Toyana 



p. 123. Harrisornis gen. nov. Type CalyptorhyncJius 

 halmaturinus Mathews, 



Differs from Calyptorhynchus in having a distinct 

 sharp keel to the culmen ; and although the smallest 

 of the black cockatoos has the widest bill, the lower 

 mandible being particularly noticeable, being bigger 

 than that of C. macrorhynchus. 



Harrisornis viridis 



,, ,, viridis 



,, ,, halmaiurinus. 



"^ p. 238. Alphacincla gen. nov. Type Colluricincla 



woodivardi Hartert. 



Differs from Colluricincla Vigors and Horsfield in 

 having a fiat head and a long thin bill equal to the length 

 of the head ; lower bill with wide inter-ramal space ; 

 nostrils in a groove with no feathers. 



Alphacincla woodwardi Hartert 

 Alphacincla woodwardi woodivardi 

 Alphacincla woodwardi assimilis. 



