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gined externally with blue, the latter with green ; two centre 
tail-feathers dark brown; the remaining feathers black on the 
base of the internal webs, green on the base of external webs, 
and largely tipped with bright yellow; chest rich reddish 
orange; under surface yellow, becoming green on the flanks. 
Total length, 8 inches ; wing, 4J ; tail, ; tarsi, i. 
Hab . Western Australia. 
Euphema petrophila. Eupli. vittdfrontali intensh cceruled; 
loris et spatio circutn oculos sordidviridibus. 
Frontal band deep indigo-blue, bounded before and behind 
with a very narrow line ol dull verditer-blue; lores and circle 
surrounding the eye dull verditer-blue; all the upper surface 
yellowish olive-green; undersurface the same, but lighter, and 
passing into yellow, tinged with orange on the lower part of the 
abdomen; under surface of the shoulder indigo-blue; a few of 
the wing-coverts greenish-blue; primaries brownish black on 
their inner webs, and deep indigo-blue on the outer; two centre 
tail-feathers bluish green ; the remainder of the feathers brown 
at the base on the inner webs, green at the base on the outer 
webs, and largely tipped with bright yellow; irides dark brown; 
bill blackish brown; feet flesh-brown. 
Total length, 8 inches ; wing, 4£ ; tail, 4J ; tarsi, J. 
Hub . Western Australia. 
Two new and highly interesting species of Climacteris were 
characterised as Climacteris cry the ops and C . rufa; and Mr. 
Gould observed that four species of this genus now formed part 
of the Australian fauna. 
Climacteris erythrops. dim. Mas: loris et spatio 
circum oculos rufescenti-castaneis; guld albidd: pectore 
cinereo. 
Fcem. plumis pectoris ferrugin&is, singulis lined albd centrali 
notatis , distinguenda. 
Male. — Crown of the head blackish-brown, each feather 
margined with greyish brown; lores and a circle surrounding 
the eye reddish chesnut; back brown ; sides of the neck, lower 
part of the back, and upper tail-coverts, grey; primaries 
blackish brown at the base, and light brown at the tip, all but 
the first crossed in the centre by a broad band of bull', to which 
succeeds another broad band of blackish brown; two centre 
tail-feathers grey, the remainder blackish brown, largely tipped 
with light grey ; chin dull white, passing into greyish brown on 
the chest; the remainder of the under surface greyish brown, 
each feather having a broad stripe of dull white, bounded on 
either side with black running down the centre; the lines 
becoming blended, indistinct, and tinged with buff on the centre 
of the abdomen; under tail-coverts huffy white, crossed by 
irregular bars of black ; irides brown ; bill and feet black. 
The female differs in having the chesnut marking round the 
