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252. Pitta Vigorsii, GomW . • • • • Vol. IV. PI. 2. 
I regret to say that up to the present time I have not been able to obtain any information respecting this 
species, the specimen of which, in the Linnean Society's Collection, is the only evidence we have of its occurring in 
Australia ; I believe New Guinea to be its true habitat. 
253. Pitta Iris, Gould • • • • • Vol. IV. PI. 3. 
Genus Cinclosoma, Vig. Sf Horsf. 
Among the novelties comprised in the present work, there are none more important than the. additional 
members of this genus ; three well-defined species being described and figured, of which only one was previously 
known. The form is peculiar to Australia, and is, I believe, closely allied to my genus lanthocinda, a group of birds 
confined to India. 
254. Cinclosoma punctatum, Vig. 8^ Horsf. Vol. IV. PI. 4. 
255. Cinclosoma castanotus, Gould Vol. IV. PL 5. 
256. Cinclosoma cinnamomeus, Gould ... . . . . . . . . . Vol. IV. PI. 6. 
When my drawing of this species was made, I had only seen the male ; since then Captain Sturt has pre- 
sented me with a female, which diff^ers from the opposite sex in the absence of the black markings of the throat, 
breast and wings, which parts are brownish grey. 
Genus Oreocincla, Gould. 
Bill as long, or longer than the head, slightly incurved, compressed laterally ; the tip of the upper mandible 
overhanging the under ; notch considerably removed from the tip ; tomia or cutting edges sharp ; nostrils basal, 
oval ; rictus beset with a few short hairs ; wings moderately long and rigid, first quill very short, the fourth and fifth 
nearly equal, and the longest ; tail rather short and square, the feathers rigid, and running to a point exteriorly ; 
tarsi moderate, scales entire ; toes slender, particularly the hinder one ; outer toes nearly equal, but the inner one 
rather the shortest ; general plumage silky to the touch ; the rump-feathers spinous, as in Cehlepyris and Graucalus. 
Species of this genus inhabit India, the Indian Islands and Australia, in which latter country, although much 
difference in size is observable in specimens from different localities, I believe only one exists. It is decidedly a 
brush bird, and has many habits in common with the typical Thrushes, but is more shy and retiring. 
257. Oreocincla lunulata . . . . . . Vol. IV. PI. 7. 
Family PARADISEID^E, G. R. Gray. 
I certainly consider the accounts I have given of the extraordinary habits of the Chlamyderce and Ptilonorhynchi 
as some of the most valuable and interesting portions of my work, and however incredible they may appear I am 
happy to say they have been fully confirmed by other observers. 
Genus Chlamydera, Gould. 
Generic characters. 
Bill moderate, culmen elevated, and arched to the tip which is emarginated, compressed on the sides ; gonys 
slightly advancing upwards ; nostrils basal, lateral, exposed, rounded, and pierced in a membrane ; wings long and 
pointed, first primary short, second primary shorter than the third and fourth, which are equal, and the longest ; 
tail long and slightly rounded ; tarsi robust, defended anteriorly with broad scuta ; toes long and strong ; outer toe 
longer than the inner, hind-toe long and robust ; claws long, curved, and acute. 
