390 
New Species of 
eye much richer, and in having, in place of the greyish brown 
on the breast, a series of feathers of a rusty red colour, with a 
broad stripe of dull white down their middles, the stripes 
appearing to radiate from a common centre: in all other 
particulars her plumage resembles that of the male. 
Total length, 5 inches ; bill, l ; wing, 3J ; tail, 2g; tarsi, f. 
Hab. New South Wales. 
Climacteris rufa. dim. gutture plumis atcricularibus, 
ct abdomine ferrugineis . 
Male. —Crown of the head and all the upper surface and 
wings dark brown, tinged with rufous on the rump and upper 
tail-coverts ; primaries brown, all but the first crossed by a broad 
band of rufous, to which succeeds a second broad band of dark 
brown; two centre tail-feathers brown, indistinctly barred with 
a darker hue; the remainder pale rufous, crossed by a broad 
band of blackish brown, and tipped with pale brown ; line over 
the eve, lores, ear-coverts, throat, and under surface of the 
shoulder rust-brown; chest crossed by an indistinct band of 
rufous brown, each feather with a stripe of buffy white, bounded 
on each side with aline of black down the centre; the remainder 
of the under surface deep rust-red, with a faint line of huffy 
white down the centre of each feather, the white line being lost 
on the flanks and vent; under tail-coverts light rufous, with a 
double spot of blackish brown at intervals along the stem; 
irides dark reddish brown; bill and feet blackish brown. 
Female, rather less in size; in colour the same as the male, 
but much lighter, without the bounding line of black on each 
side of the buff stripes on the breast, and having only an indi¬ 
cation of the double spots on the under tail-coverts. 
Total length, 6 inches; bill, l ; wing, 3i£; tail, 2g; tarsi, |. 
Hub. Western Australia. 
And a new and beautiful Ocypterus, by far the best-marked 
species of the genus, as 
Ocypterus personatus. Ocypt. guld et plumis auricular - 
ibtts nigris: corpore subtits in toto cinereo. 
Face, ear-coverts and throat jet black, bounded below with a 
narrow line of white; crown of the head sooty black,gradually 
passing into the deep grey which covers the whole of the upper 
surface, wings, and tail ; the latter tipped with white; all the 
under surface very delicate grey; thighs dark grey; irides 
blackish brown; bill blue at the base, becoming black at the 
tip; legs and feet mealy bluish grey. Total length, 6| inches; 
bill, 1; wing, 5; tail, 3; tarsi, j. About the size and having 
much the contour of Ocypt. superciltosus. It is one of the 
finest and best-marked species of the genus, the jet black 
colouring of the face and throat distinguishing it from every 
other. The sexes are nearly alike in colour. 
Hah. Southern and Western Australia. 
