Genus PLECTORHYNCHA, Gould. 
CHARACTERES GENERICI. 
Rostrum capite breviiis, levitir arcuatum, fere conicum, et acutum naribus hasalibus, operculo tectis ; 
mandibuld siiperiore obsolete ad apicem indentatd. Alse mediocres ; remige primo brevissimo, 
tertio, quartoque longissimis. Cauda mediocris et cequalis. Tarsi validi ; digito postico cum ungue 
forti, et digitum intermedium anticum excellente ; digitis lateralibus incequalibus, extenio longiore, et 
intermedia basaliter conjuncto. 
GENERIC CHARACTERS. 
Bill shorter than the head, slightly arched, very pointed, almost conical and acute ; nostrils basal 
and partly covered by an operculum ; an obsolete notch near the tip of the upper mandible ; wings 
moderate, the first feather short, the third and fourth the longest ; tail moderate and square ; tarsi 
strong ; hind toe and claw long, powerful and longer than the middle toe and claw ; lateral toes un- 
equal ; the outer one the longest, and united to the middle one nearly to the first joint. 
PLECTORHYNCHA LANCEOLATA, Gould. 
Vertice, plumis aMricularibus, nuchdque, albo fuscoque variegatis ; gidd corporeque siditiis cinerescenti- 
albis ; pliunis pectoralibus suhlanceolatis, et albis ; corpore toto, cuuddque stiperne pullide fuscis ; 
rostro fusQescenti-corneo ; pedibus nigris. 
Long. tot. 9 unc. ; rostri, 1 ; alcE, 4|- ; caudce, 4^ ; tarsi, 1 . 
Crown of the head, ear-coverts, and back of the neck mottled with black and white, a longitudinal 
mai'k of black running down the centre of each feather ; throat and under surface greyish white, the 
stem of each feather, which ends lanceolate, pure white ; back, wings and tail light brown ; bill dark 
horn colour ; feet blackisli brown. 
Syn. Plectorhyncha lanx;eolata, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837. 
Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 
