Genus ERYTHROGONYS, Gould. 
CHARACTERES GENERICI. 
Rostrum capite longius, rectum, pauld depression. Naves basales, lineares. Ala elongata, remk/e primo 
longissimo ; tertialihiis fere ad apicem remigiim tendentihus. Cauda hrevis, et fere cequalis ; tarsi 
elongati. Digiti qiiatuor ; postico parvulo ; anticis inter se co?ijimctis, usque ad articulum primum ; 
tibiae ex parte nudce. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Bill longer than the head, straight, rather depressed ; nostrils basal, linear ; icings long and powerful, 
the first feather the longest ; tertiaries nearly as long as the primaries ; tail short and nearly square ; 
hgs long ; toes four in number, slender, the hind toe extremely diminutive and free, the outer toe united 
to the middle one nearly to the first joint ; thighs naked above the knee. 
ERYTHROGONYS CINCTUS, Gould. 
Capite, plumis auricular ibus, nucha, pectoreque nigris ; guld, abdomine medio, crissoque albis ; hoc 
fusco adsperso ; dorso, alis mediis, scapularibusque olivaceis, brunneo metallice lavatis ; uropygio, 
rectricibus caudce duabus intermediis fuscis ; rectricibus reliqiiis albis ; lateribus castaneis ; tibice 
jiarte nudd, cum articulo, coccined; tar sis olivaceo-fuscis ; rostro ad basin rubra, ad apicem nigro. 
Long. tot. 7 unc. ; rostri, 1 ; cdcB, 4^ ; caudce, 1^ ; bare space above the hnee, J ; tarsi, \\. 
Head, ear coverts, back of the neck, and chest black ; a small patch under the eye, throat, chest, 
sides of the neck, centre of the abdomen, and under tail-coverts white, the latter spotted with dark 
brown ; back, centre of the wings, and tertiaries olive, tinged with bronzy brown ; tips of the secon- 
daries, and the inner webs of the tips of the six contiguous primaries white ; rump and two middle tail- 
feathers olive, the remaining tail-feathers white ; flanks chestnut ; thighs and knees scarlet ; tarsi 
deep olive brown ; bill red at the base, black at the tip. 
Syn. Erythrogonys ductus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837. 
Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 
