PSILOPUS BREVIROSTRIS, Gould. 

 Fig. 1. 



Psil. rostro perbrevi, pallide fusco ; strigd super ciliar i Jlavescerite ; vertice fuscescenti-cinereo ; nucha 

 olivaced ; dorso, uropygio, tectricibusque caudce olivaceis ; plumis auricular ibus, genisque pallide 

 rufo-brunneis ; guld, pectoreque albis, olivaceo lavatis, strigisque fuscis longitudinalibus, leviter 

 ornatis ; abdomine pallide citrino ; rectricibus caudce intermediis duabus fuscis ; reliquis ad basin 

 fuscis dein nigrescente fasciatis, et interne albo notatis, apicibus pallide fuscis ; pedibus nigre- 

 scentibus. 



Long. tot. 2>\ unc. ; rostri, § ; alee, 2 ; caudce, lj ; tarsi, i. 



Bill extremely short and of a light brown ; a narrow stripe of yellowish white passes from the bill 

 over each eye ; crown of the head brownish grey, passing into olive at the back of the neck ; back, 

 rump, and upper tail-coverts olive, brightest on the latter; ear-coverts and sides of the face very pale 

 reddish brown ; throat and chest white tinged with olive, with a faint longitudinal mark of brown 

 down the centre of each feather, the remainder of the under surface pale citron yellow; two centre 

 tail-feathers brown ; the remainder brown at the base, the middle being crossed by a broad band of 

 blackish brown, which is succeeded by a spot of white on the inner webs, the tips pale brown ; feet 

 blackish brown. 



Syn. Psilopus brevirostris, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837. 



Remark. In my own Collection. 



Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 



PSILOPUS FUSCUS, Gould. 

 Fig. 2. 



Psil. vertice, corporeque toto superne, saturate fuscis, leviter olivaceo tinctis ; rectricibus caudce duabus 

 intermediis fuscis ; reliquis ad basin albis, dein nigresce?iti-fusco late fasciatis, exinde albo notatis, 

 apicibus pallide fuscis ; guld, pectoreque cinereis ; abdomine, crissoque albis ; rostro pedibusque 

 intense fuscis. 



Long. tot. 3f unc ; rostri, 1; aloe, 2^; caudce, 1J; tarsi, J. 



Crown of the head, all the upper surface, and wings dark fuscous brown, slightly tinged with olive ; 

 two centre tail-feathers brown ; the remainder white at the base, succeeded by a broad band of deep 

 blackish brown, round which is a broad stripe of white, which entirely crosses the outer feathers, but 

 only the inner webs of the remainder, the tips pale brown ; throat and chest grey ; abdomen and under 

 tail-coverts white ; bill and feet deep blackish brown. 



Syn. Psilopus fuscus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837. 



Remark. In the Collection of the Earl of Derby. 



Habitat. Australia: locality, uncertain. 



PSILOPUS OLIVACEUS, Gould. 

 Fig. 3. 



Psil. strigd superciliari a basi mandibular flavd ; vertice, corporeque supra olivaceis ; alis fuscis, plumis 

 extiis olivaceo marginatis ; rectricibus caudce duabus intermediis fuscis ; reliquis ad basin fuscis, 

 dein albo, nigrescenti fusco, iterumque albo fasciatis, apicibus fuscis ; rostro pedibusque fuscis. 

 Long. tot. unc. ; rostri, 1 ; aim, 2^ ; caudal, If; tarsi, f . 



From the base of the upper mandible over each eye a line of yellow ; crown of the head and all the 

 upper surface olive green ; wings brown, externally margined with olive green ; two centre tail-feathers 

 brown, the remainder brown at the base, succeeded by a bar of white, beyond which is a broader one 

 of dark brown ; to this succeeds another of white, the extremities being brown ; bill and feet brown. 



Syn. Psilopus olivaceus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837. 



Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 



PSILOPUS ALBOGULARIS, Gould. 

 Fig. 4. 



Psil. vertice, plumis auricular ibus, corporeque supra olivaceo fuscis ; guld alba; pectore corporeque 

 subtus late citrinis ; rectricibus caudce duabus intermediis fuscis, reliquis ad basin fuscis, albo, dein 

 late nigrescenti-fusco fasciatis, et interne ad apicem cervinis ; rostro, pedibusque intense fuscis. 

 Long. tot. 4i unc; rostri, 1 ; alee, 2f ; caudce, If ; tarsi, f. 



Crown of the head, ear-coverts, and all the upper surface olive brown ; throat white ; chest and all 

 the under surface bright citron yellow ; two centre tail-feathers brown, the remainder brown at the 

 hase, above which a bar of white, succeeded by a broader one of deep blackish brown, the tips of all 

 but the two middle ones buffy white on their inner web ; bill and feet dark brown. 



Syn. Psilopus albogularis, Gould in Proc of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837. 



Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Whales. 



