Genus ERYTHROGONYS, Gould. 



CHARACTERES GENERICI. 



Rostrum capite longius, rectum, pauld depressum. Nares basales, lineares. Ala elongata, remige primo 

 longissimo ; tertialibus fere ad apicem remigum tendentibus. Cauda brevis, et fere cegualis ; tarsi 

 elortgati. Digiti quatuor ; postico parvulo ; anticis inter se conjunctis, usque ad articulum primum ; 

 tibiae ex parte nudce. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Bill longer than the head, straight, rather depressed ; nostrils basal, linear ; wings long and powerful, 

 the first feather the longest ; tertiaries nearly as long as the primaries ; tail short and nearly square ; 

 legs long ; toes four in number, slender, the hind toe extremely diminutive and free, the outer toe united 

 to the middle one nearly to the first joint ; thighs naked above the knee. 



ERYTHROGONYS CINCTUS, Gould. 



Capite, plumis auricular ibus, nucha, pectoreque nigris ; guld, abdomine medio, crissoque albis ; hoc 

 fusco adsperso ; dorso, alls mediis, scapularibusque olivaceis, brunneo metallice lavatis ; uropygio, 

 rectricibus caudce duabus intermediis fuscis ; rectricibus reliquis albis ; lateribus castaneis ; tibice 

 parte nudd, cum articulo, coccined; tar sis olivaceo-fuscis ; rostro ad basin rubro, ad apicem nigro. 



Long. tot. 7 unc. ; rostri, 1 ; alee, 4^ ; caudce, 1J- ; bare space above the knee, \ ; tarsi, \\. 



Head, ear coverts, back of the neck, and chest black ; a small patch under the eye, throat, chest, 

 sides of the neck, centre of the abdomen, and under tail-coverts white, the latter spotted with dark 

 brown ; back, centre of the wings, and tertiaries olive, tinged with bronzy brown ; tips of the secon- 

 daries, and the inner webs of the tips of the six contiguous primaries white ; rump and two middle tail- 

 feathers olive, the remaining tail-feathers white ; flanks chestnut ; thighs and knees scarlet ; tarsi 

 deep olive brown ; bill red at the base, black at the tip. 



Syn. Erythrogonys cinctus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837. 



Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 



