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Calyptorhynchus xanthanotus. Crown of the head, cheeks, throat, upper and under 
surface brownish black ; feathers of the breast obscurely tipped with dull olive ; ear-coverts yellow ; 
two centre tail-feathers deep blackish brown, the remainder black at the base and tips, the central 
portion being in some specimens uniform light lemon yellow, and in others the same colour blotched 
with spots and markings of brown ; bill in some specimens white, in others blackish brown ; feet 
dark brown. 
Total length, 24 inches; wing, li^; tail, 12; tarsi, 1. 
Habitat. Van Diemen's Land. 
This species is nearly allied to Cal. Baudinii and Cal. funereus, but is quite distinct from both. 
Platycercus HiEMATONOTUS. Crown of the head, back of the neck, cheeks, and chest emerald 
green, which is lightest on the forehead and cheeks ; back brownish green ; rump scarlet ; tip and 
under surface of the shoulder, spurious wing, and the outer edge of the basal half of the primaries rich 
ultramarine blue ; the blue of the shoulder above passing into sulphur yellow, and forming a conspicu- 
ous spot of the latter colour in the centre of the shoulder ; greater and lesser wing-coverts, and second- 
aries bluish green ; upper tail-coverts, and two centre tail feathers green, passing into blue towards 
the tip, which is blackish brown ; the remainder of the tail-feathers green at the base, gradually passing 
into delicate greyish white on the inner webs and the tips ; centre of the abdomen yellow ; thighs dull 
bluish green ; under tail-coverts greyish white ; bill horn colour ; feet brown. 
Total length, 1 1 inches ; wing, 5 ; tail, 6^ ; tarsi, |. 
Habitat. New South Wales. 
The young of the year differs from the adult in having those parts delicate greenish grey, whicii in 
the latter are emerald green ; in being destitute of the red colouring of the rump, and of the yellow on 
the centre of the abdomen ; and in having the bases of the secondaries and some of the primaries white. 
This species unites Platycercus to Nunodes, and is in fact so directly intermediate between these 
genera in size and other characters, that it is difficult to decide to which group it should be referred ; 
I am induced however to include it among the PlafycercL 
Meliphaga sericeola. Crown of the head, lores, orbits, and throat black; across the forehead, 
and over each eye an obscure band of white; on each cheek a plume of hair-like white feathers ; back 
of the neck, back, and rump dark blackish brown, each feather margined with brownish white, which 
is most conspicuous on the back of the neck ; wings and tail blackish brown ; the primaries, second- 
aries, and the margins of the basal half of the tail-feathers king's-yellow ; all but the two centre tail- 
feathers tipped with greyish white ; chest and under surface white, with a stripe of brownish black 
down the centre of each feather ; bill black ; feet dark brown. 
Total length, 5^ inches ; bill, § ; wing, 2\ ; tail, 2^ ; tar&i, |. 
Habitat. Australia ; locality, unknown. 
This species very closely resembles in its markings the Meliphaga sericea : it is, however, full a third 
less in all its proportions, and is without doubt specifically distinct. 
Meliphaga inornata. Crown of the head, all the upper surface, wings, and tail dark olive brown ; 
primaries, secondaries, and the bases of all but the two middle, tail-feathers margined with dull wax 
yellow ; throat mottled brown, bounded on the chest by a crescent of brown, which is posteriorly 
margined Avith brownish white ; centre of the abdomen brownish white ; flanks brown ; bill and feet 
brownish black. 
Total length, 5| inches ; bill, f ; wing, 2^ ; tail, 2^ ; tarsi, |. 
Habitat. Van Diemen's Land. 
This is very closely allied to Mel. Australasiana, but is distinguished from that species by the ob- 
scurity of its markings. 
Anthoch^ra lunulata. Crown of the head, back of the neck, and upper part of the back olive 
brown, the feathers being darkest in the middle ; lower part of the back and rump olive brown, each 
feather having a line of white down the stem, dilated into a spot at the extremity ; upper tail-coverts 
olive brown, with a crescent-shaped mark of white at the tip ; primaries brown, the inner webs for nearly 
their whole length deep chestnut ; secondaries and tertiaries brown margined with grey ; two middle 
tail-feathers greyish brown, very slightly tipped with white, the remainder dark brown largely tipped 
with white ; feathers of the sides of the neck long, narrow, pointed, and of a silvery grey ; throat and 
forepart of the neck greyish brown, with a round silvery-grey spot at the extremity of each feather ; 
feathers of the chest, and under surface greyish brown, with a tine line of white down the centre, di- 
lated into an oblong spot at the extremity, the white predominating on the hinder part of the abdo- 
men and under tail-coverts ; on each side of tlie chest an oblique mark of pure white ; bill blackish 
brown ; feet reddish brown. 
Total length, 12 inches; bill, IJ; wing, 5| ; tail, 6^; tarsi, 1^. 
Habitat. Swan River. 
Nearly allied to AnthochcEra mellivora, but differs in being smaller in size, in having a considerably 
longer bill, and in being entirely destitute of the white striae down the head and back of the neck. 
In the Collection of Fort Pitt at Chatham. 
