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Calyptoriiynchus xanthanotus. Crown of the head, cheeks, throat, upper and under 

 surface brownish black ; feathers of the breast obscurely tipped with dull olive ; ear-coverts yellow ; 

 two centre tail-feathers deep blackish brown, the remainder black at the base and tips, the central 

 portion being in some specimens uniform light lemon yellow, and in others the same colour blotched 

 with spots and markings of brown ; bill in some specimens white, in others blackish brown ; feet 

 dark brown. 



Total length, 24 inches; wing, 14-J; tail, 12; tarsi, 1. 

 Habitat. Van Diemen's Land. 



This species is nearly allied to Cat. Baud'mii and Cal.funereus, but is quite distinct from both. 



Platycercus h^matonotus. Crown of the head, back of the neck, cheeks, and chest emerald 

 green, which is lightest on the forehead and cheeks ; back brownish green ; rump scarlet ; tip and 

 under surface of the shoulder, spurious wing, and the outer edge of the basal half of the primaries rich 

 ultramarine blue ; the blue of the shoulder above passing into sulphur yellow, and forming a conspicu- 

 ous spot of the latter colour in the centre of the shoulder ; greater and lesser wing-coverts, and second- 

 aries bluish green ; upper tail-coverts, and two centre tail feathers green, passing into blue towards 

 the tip, which is blackish brown ; the remainder of the tail-feathers green at the base, gradually passing 

 into delicate greyish white on the inner webs and the tips; centre of the abdomen yellow; thighs dull 

 bluish green ; under tail-coverts greyish white ; bill horn colour ; feet brown. 



Total length, 1 1 inches ; wing, 5 ; tail, 6^ ; tarsi, J. 



Habitat. New South Wales. 



The young of the year differs from the adult in having those parts delicate greenish grey, which in 

 the latter are emerald green ; in being destitute of the red colouring of the rump, and of the yellow on 

 the centre of the abdomen ; and in having the bases of the secondaries and some of the primaries white. 



This species unites Platycercus to Nanodes, and is in fact so directly intermediate between these 

 genera in size and other characters, that it is difficult to decide to which group it should be referred ; 

 I am induced however to include it among the Platycerci. 



Meliphaga sericeola. Crown of the head, lores, orbits, and throat black; across the forehead, 

 and over each eye an obscure band of white ; on each cheek a plume of hair-like white feathers ; back 

 of the neck, back, and rump dark blackish brown, each feather margined with brownish white, which 

 is most conspicuous on the back of the neck ; wings and tail blackish brown ; the primaries, second- 

 aries, and the margins of the basal half of the tail-feathers king's-yellow ; all but the two centre tail- 

 feathers tipped with greyish white ; chest and under surface white, with a stripe of brownish black 

 down the centre of each feather ; bill black ; feet dark brown. 



Total length, 5£ inches ; bill, J ; wing, 21 ; tail, c l\ ; tarn, J. 



Habitat. Australia ; locality, unknown. 



This species very closely resembles in its markings the Meliphaga sericea : it is, however, full a third 

 less in all its proportions, and is without doubt specifically distinct. 



Meliphaga inornata. Crown of the head, all the upper surface, wings, and tail dark olive brown ; 

 primaries, secondaries, and the bases of all but the two middle, tail-feathers margined with dull wax 

 yellow ; throat mottled brown, bounded on the chest by a crescent of brown, which is posteriorly 

 margined with brownish white ; centre of the abdomen brownish white ; flanks brown ; bill and feet 

 brownish black. 



Total length, 5| inches ; bill, f ; wing, 2£ ; tail, 2^ ; tarsi, J. 



Habitat. Van Diemen's Land. 



This is very closely allied to Mel. Australasiana, but is distinguished from that species by the ob- 

 scurity of its markings. 



ANTHOCHiERA lunulata. Crown of the head, back of the neck, and upper part of the back olive 

 brown the feathers being darkest in the middle ; lower part of the back and rump olive brown, each 

 feather having a line of white down the stem, dilated into a spot at the extremity ; upper tail-coverts 



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forepart of the neck greyish brown, with a round silvery-grey spot at the extremity ol each feather ; 

 feathers of the chest, and under surface greyish brown, with a fine line of white down the centre, di- 

 lated into an oblong spot at the extremity, the white predominating on the hinder part of the abdo- 

 men and under tail-*c o verts ; on each side of the chest an oblique mark of pure white; bill blackish 

 brown ; feet reddish brown. 



Total length, 12 inches; bill, If; wing, 5£ ; tail, 6^; tarsi, 1J. 



Habitat. Swan River. . , 



Nearly allied to Anthochcera melhvora, but differs in being smaller m size, in having a considerably 

 longer bill, and in being entirely destitute of the white striae down the head and back of the neck. 

 In the Collection of Fort Pitt at Chatham. 



