Genus PLECTORHYNCHA, Gould. 



CHARACTERES GENERICI. 



Rostrum capite brevius, leviter arcuatum, fere conicum, et acutum naribus basalibus, operculo teeth . 

 mandibuld superior e obsolete ad apicem indentatd. Ake mediocres ; remige primo brevissirtio, 

 tertio, quartoque longissimis. Cauda mediocris et cequalis. Tarsi validi ; di 'gito postico cum ungut 

 forti, et digitum intermedium anticum excellente ; digitis lateralibus inaiqualibus, externo longiore, t ( 

 intermedia basaliter conjuncto. 



GENERIC CHARACTERS. 



Bill shorter than the head, slightly arched, very pointed, almost conical and acute ; nostrils basal 

 and partly covered by an operculum; an obsolete notch near the tip of the upper mandible ; wings 

 moderate, the first feather short, the third and fourth the longest; tail moderate and square-, tarsi 

 strong ; hind toe and claw long, powerful and longer than the middle toe and claw ; lateral toes un- 

 equal ; the outer one the longest, and united to the middle one nearly to the first joint. 



PLECTORHYNCHA LANCEOLATA, Gould. 



Vertice, plumis auricularibus, nuchdque, albo fuscoque variegatis ; guld corporeque subtus cinerescenti- 

 albis ; plumis pectoralibus sublanceolatis, et albis ; corpore toto, cauddque superne pallide fuscis ; 

 rostro fuscescenti-corneo ; pedibus nigris. 



Long. tot. 9 unc; rostri, 1 ; alee, 4^; caudce, 4<J ; tarsi, 1. 



Crown of the head, ear-coverts, and back of the neck mottled witli black and white, a longitudinal 

 mark of black running down the centre of each feather ; throat and under surface greyish white, the 

 stem of each feather, which ends lanceolate, pure white ; back, wings and tail light brown ; bill dark 

 horn colour ; feet blackish brown. 



Syn. Plectorhyncha lanceolata, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837 



Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales. 



