Genus ACANTHAGENYS, Gould. 
CHARACTERES GENERICI. 
Rostrum caput aquans, mmpressum, leviter arcuatum, ad apicem acutiim, naribus sub-basalihus, man- 
dibul(B superioris tomiis ad apicem indentatis, et delicate serratis ; plagd nudd a basi mandibulce 
infra oculos excurrente ; genis infra plagam spinis snbrigidis tectis. Alae mediocres ; remige 
primo brevissimo tertio, quarto, et quinto cequaUbus ceterosque excellentibus. Cauda mcdiocris sub- 
(Equalis. Pedes validi ; digito postico forti, digitumque intermedium anticum excellente ; ex- 
terna ad intermedium basaliter conjuncto ; unguibus incurvis. 
Hoc genus ad ilhid Anthochsera dictum appropinquat, differt caudd cequali, plagd faciali nudd genisque 
spinosis. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Bill equalling the head, compressed, slightly arched, acute at the tip ; nostrils sub-basal, the edges 
of the upper mandible notched near the tip, and delicately serrated, from the base of the mandible a 
naked stripe runs below the eyes, and below this the cheeks are covered with stiff spines ; vnngs 
moderate, the first quill-feather very short, third, fourth, and fifth longest and equal ; tail moderate, 
nearly equal ; feet robust, hind toe strong and longer than the middle, outer united at its base to the 
middle, claws hooked. 
This genus approaches Anthochcera, but differs in having the tail equal, a naked facial stripe, and the 
cheeks spinose. 
ACANTHAGENYS RUFOGULARIS, Gould, 
Capite superiore, dorso, alisque fuscis, plumis ad marginem pallidioribus ; uropygio, tectricibusque 
caudcB albis, in medio f usee tinctis ; strigd post oculos, et ad later a colli nigrescente ; super strigam 
lateralem colli, lined albescente, fnsco adspersd ; setis genariim albis, et infra ad basin mandibulce 
inferioris lined plumarum, albo nigroque fasciatarum; gidd pectoreque summo pallide rufis ; 
corpore subtits sordide albo, plumis fusco notatis ; caudd nigrescenti fused, apice albo ; plagd faciali 
nudd, rostrique basi aurantiacis ; rostri apice, pedibusque tiigris. 
Long. tot. 9f unc. ; rostri, alee, 't^; caudce, 41; tarsi, 1. 
Crowu of the head, back and wings dusky brown, each feather margined with pale brown ; upper 
tail-coverts with each feather dusky brown in tlie centre ; stripe behind the eye and on the sides of 
the neck black, above which on the side of the neck another line of whitish mingled with dusky ; hairs 
on the cheeks white ; below the lower mandible a line of feathers, which are white crossed by black 
lines ; throat and fore part of the chest pale rufous ; under surface dirty white, each feather striated 
with dusky brown ; tail blackish brown, tipped with white ; bare part of the face and base of the bill 
orange ; point of the bill and feet black. 
Syn. Acanthagenys rufogularis, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837. 
Habitat. Australia : locality. New South Wales. 
