Miscellanea . 
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Hab. Port Essington. 
This and the next species are very nearly allied, but on com¬ 
parison of numerous individuals I find that size invariably points 
out the locality from which they have been procured ; the larger 
bird ( G . tranquilla) being an inhabitant of the interior of New 
South Wales, and the smaller (G. placida) of the north coast; 
besides which, the bands crossing the chest are broader and more 
distinct in the latter than in the former. 
Geopelia tranquilla. Geop. facie et gutture pallidb cine - 
reis, occipite dorso alisque e cinereo-fuscis, singulis plumis 
ad apicem auguste nigerrimo fasciatis; alulis spuriis f pri- 
mariisque saturate fuscis , pectore , lateribus , et nuchd pal - 
lide cinercis, lineis angustis nigris crebre notatis , abdomine 
et lateribus pallid £ vinaceis , abdomine medio crissoque albis; 
humeris subtiis castaneis . 
Face and throat pale grey; occiput, back and wings ashy 
brown, each feather bounded at the end with a narrow band of 
deep velvety black; spurious wing and primaries dark brown ; 
chest, sides and back of the neck pale grey, crossed by nume¬ 
rous narrow, irregular bands of black ; abdomen and flanks pale 
vinous; centre of the abdomen and under tail-coverts white; 
under surface of the shoulder deep chesnut; four centre tail- 
feathers greyish brown, passing into black at the tip ; the lateral 
tail-feathers black, largely tipped with white; irides transparent 
bluish white ; base of bill and nostrils light blue; tip of the bill 
bluish black ; naked skin of the orbits deeply wrinkled and of a 
beautiful light greenish blue; frontal scales of the tarsi and toes 
dark purple; hind part of the legs flesli-colour. 
Total length, 8| inches; bill, |; wing, 4; tail, 4f ; tarsi, g. 
Hab . Liverpool Plains and banks of the Namoi, interior of 
New South Wales. 
Family Rallidje. 
Genus Eulabeornis. 
Gen . chav.—Rostrum capite longius, fer& rectum, et leviter 
incurvum, lateraliter compressum; naribus elongatis, apertis 
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