PSILOPUS BREVIROSTRIS, Gould. 
Fig. 1. 
Psil. rostro perhrevi, pallide fusco ; strigd super ciliari jiavescente ; vertice fuscescenti-cinereo ; nucha 
olivaced ; dorso, uropijgio, tlctricibusque candcE olivaceis ; plumis auricrdaribus, genisque pallide 
rufo-brunneis ; guld, pectoreque a/bis, olivaceo /avatis, strigisqne fi'scis lougitudiiiaJibus, leviter 
ornatis ; abdPhiine pallide citrino ; rectricibus cauda; intermediis duabus fuscis; reliquis ad basin 
fuscis dein nigrescente fasciatis, et interne, alho notatis, apicibus pallide fuscis ; pedibus nigre- 
scentibus. 
Long. tot. 3^ unc; rostri, ^; alcB, 2; caudce, 11; tarsi, \. 
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 Ijy 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 siiperne, saturate fuscis, leviter olivaceo tinctis ; rectricibus caiidce duabus 
intermediis fuscis ; reliquis ad basin albis, dein nigrescentifusco late fasciatis, exinde alba notatis, 
apicibus pallide fuscis ; guld, pectoreque cinereis ; abdomine, crissoque albis ; rostro pedibusque 
intense f uscis. 
Long. tot. 3|unc. ; rostri, 1; ala, 2^ ; caudce, 1|; tarsi, J. 
Crown of the head, all the upper surface, and wings dark fuscous brov/n, 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 whicli 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. a. 
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, nigrescentifusco, iteriimque albo fasciatis, apicibus fuscis ; rostro pedibusque fuscis. 
Long. tot. 4^ unc. ; rostri, 1 ; ala, 2g- ; caudce, 1 -i; tarsi, ^. 
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 Avhich is a broader one 
of dark brown ; to this succeeds another of white, the extreniities 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 auricularibus, corporeque supra olivaceo fuscis ; gidd albd ; pcctore corporeque 
subttis Iccte citrinis ; rectricibus caudce duabus intermediis fuscis, reliquis ad basin fuscis, albo, dein 
late nigrescenti-fusco fasciatis, et interne ad apicem cervinis ; rostro, pedibusque inteiise fuscis. 
Long. tot. 4-^ unc; rostri, 1; alee, 2^; caudce, 1|; taj'si, ^. 
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 
base, above which a bar of white, succeeded by a broader one of deep blackish brown, the tips of all 
but the two middle ones buify 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 Wales. 
