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brown ; bill and irides black. Length, 4f inches ; wing 2, tail bill If, 
tarsus i. This bird is found in the same locality as the preceding. 
Its habits are similar. 
This paper was originally printed in the Brisbane Telegraph. 
Paper III. 
Short notice of two birds new to the Australian Fauna, read by 
Mr. Diggles, 28th May, 1874. 
PTILOHOPUS CHRYSOGA.STER. 
The natural habitat of this species is probably New Guinea. 
The specimen, of which my drawing is a representation, was shot by 
Mr. Cockerell, near Cape York. It much resembles P. Swainsoni 
both in size and coloration, the principal differences being the absence 
of the red or pink crown, and also the large portion of the under 
surface, which, in P. Swainsoni, is first black, followed by crimson and 
orange, the under tail coverts are also orange, whereas in P. Chryso- 
gaster a central patch of orange alone exists. The chest is sparsely 
freckled, and the tips of the tail feathers are also greyish green, and 
not yellow as in Swainsoni. The drawings before you will sufficiently 
show these distinctions. I have also this opportunity of showing all 
the species of Ptilonopus at present known to Australia, and to 
correct an error which authors have fallen into in reference to the 
female of P. Superbus, which has been figured as a distinct species by 
Temminck, and named Cyaneo virens. These pigeons are nearly all 
of the same size, and doubtless assimilate in habit, the food being 
berries and small fruits. P. Ewingi, supposed by Mr. Gould, and 
figured by him as distinct, is only a variety of P. Swainsoni, and from 
numerous specimens of the latter which I have examined, I am per- 
fectly satisfied as to the correctness of this conclusion. 
HEW HECTARIHEA. 
So large a number of this beautiful genus having been described, 
and as the present drawing represents the only specimen that I am aware 
of having been obtained in Australia, I am unwilling to give a name 
to it, as in all probability it will be found already named, figured, and 
described in some of the great works. I have prepared the accompany- 
ing drawing for Mr. E. P. Ramsay, of Sydney, who has promised to 
find out from some of the works to which he has access whether or no 
such is the case ; in the meantime I content myself with description 
and measurements. The family to which the bird belongs is known 
