PETROICA GOODENOVII, Jard. 8f Selh. 
Fig. 1. 
Mas. Pet. corpore superiore, nucha, pectore et alis brunneo-nigris ; abdomine, strigd longitudinali ala- 
rum, rectricumque duarum lateralium marginibus albis ; f route pectoreque vivide coccineis ; rostro 
nigro ; pedes fusci. 
Long. tot. 4-^ unc. ; rostri, \ ; ala, 2^ ; caudce, 2 ; tarsi, |. 
Upper surface, neck, upper part of the breast, and wings brownish black ; wing-coverts and secon- 
daries edged with white, forming a broad stripe along the wings ; middle of the outer web of the quills 
with a narrow white margin ; forehead, crown, and lower part of the breast bright scarlet passing into 
white on the vent ; bill black ; feet dusky. 
Syn. Muscicapa Goodenovii, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 24-5. — Jard. and Selb. 111. 
Orn., vol. i. pi. viii. fig. 2. 
Petroica Goodenovii, Jard. and Selb. 111. Orn., Add., vol. ii. 
Habitat. Australia : locality. New South Wales, where it is abundant. 
PETROICA PH(ENICEA, Gould. 
Fig. 2. 
Mas. Pet. corpore super ne fuliginoso-griseo f route, naribus marginibusque anterioribus remigum ter- 
tialiuiii albo nutatis ; remigibus priitiariis rectricibusque griseo-nigris, harum externis plumis penitvs 
albis ; gidd fuUginosd, corpore subiits coccineo ; crisso cdbo ; rostro pedlbusque nigris. 
FcEM. Corpore superne toto brunueo, tecfricibus aloe rufo-griseo emarginatis ; rectricibus externis albis 
corpore subtiis rufescenti-griseis ; rostro pedibusque nigris. 
Long. tot. 5g- unc. ; rostri, ^ ; alee, Sg^ ; caudce, 2 ; tarsi, |. 
Male. Crown" of the head and all the upper surface sooty grey, except a small white spot across 
the forehead, a patch of the same colour on the shoulders, and the anterior edges of the tertials ; 
primaries and tail-feathers greyish black, except the outer feathers of the latter, which are nearly all 
\\ hite ; the second tail-feather on each side is also tinged with white ; upper part of the throat sooty 
grey, the rest of the under surface rich scarlet ; under tail-coverts white ; feet and bill black. 
Female. Uniform brown above ; wings dark brown ; tertials and wing-coverts edged with reddish 
grey ; tail brown ; the outer tail-feathers on each side almost wholly white ; all the under surface 
reddish grey ; feet and bill black. 
Petroica phcenicea, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part IV., 1836. 
Remark. This species has been for a long time abundant in collections, but appears never to have 
been characterized. 
Habitat. Australia : locality. New South Wales. 
PETROICA MULTICOLOR, Swalm. 
Fig. 3. 
Mas. Pet. capite, guld et corpore super iore nigris ; fronte, macula tectricum, fascid remigum, rectricum 
lateralium strigd, crissoque albis ; pectore abdomineque coccineis ; rostro et pedibus nigris. 
FcEM. Corpore supra et subtiis brunneo ; pectore coccineo lavato. 
Long. tot. 5\ unc. ; rostri, ^ ; alee, 3 ; caudce, 2\ ; tarsi, |. 
Male. Head, throat, and upper surface black ; forehead snowy white ; a longitudinal and two 
oblique bands of white on the wings ; breast and upper part of the belly scarlet ; lower part of the 
belly dull white ; bill and feet black. 
Female. All the upper and under surface brown, with the breast strongly tinged with red. 
Syn. Muscicapa multicolor, Gmel. Syst., vol. i. p. 944'. No. 74 Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., 
vol. XV. p. 243. 
• Muscicapa erythrogastra, Lath. Ind. Orn., p. 479. No. 50. — Gmel. Syst. Nat., vol. i. p. 944. 
Red-breasted Warbler, Lewin, Birds of New Holl., pi. xvii. 
Red-bellied Flycatcher, Lath. Gen. Syn., vol. iii. p. 343. pi. 50. — Id., Supp., vol. ii. p. 216. — Nat. 
Misc., pi. 147.— Shaw, Zool., vol. x. p. 400. pi. 32 Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. vi. 
p. 209. pi. 100. 
Petroica multicolor. Swains. Zool. 111., 2nd Ser. pi. 36. 
Habitat. Australia : locality. New South Wales generally. 
