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New Species of 
minufcis obtectis. Alee mediocres, remigum primo breyi, 
tertio et quarto longissimis, tertiariis latis et paulo elongatis. 
Cauda mediocris, ad apicem quadrata, et aliquantb coucava. 
Tarsi robusti; digitus posticus validus, digiti antici debiles, 
horum externus iongissimus. 
Xerophila leucopsis. Xer. facie alba; corpore supernk 
fusco. 
Forehead and lores white; upper surface olive brown; wings 
and tail brown, the latter passing into black near the extremity 
and tipped with white; all the under surface pale buff; bill and 
feet black. 
Total length, 4 inches; bill, $; wing, 2£; tail, 1|; tarsi, 
Hub. South Australia. 
Licmetis pastinator. Lie.albusjloriscoccineis; remigum 
pogoniis intern is necnon can dec rectricum sulphur eh, colore 
qitdm in L. nasico intensiore cui speciei magnitudine cor¬ 
poris L. pastinator magnoperk preestat. 
Lores scarlet; general plumage white; the base of the 
feathers of the head and front of the neck scarlet, showing- 
through and giving those parts a stained appearance; the basal 
half of the inner webs of the primaries, the inner webs of all 
the other feathers of the wing, and the inner webs of the tail- 
feathers, beautiful brimstone yellow; naked space round the 
eye greenish blue; irides light brown; bill white; feet dull 
olive-grey. 
Total lengtl), 17J inches; bill, 1§ ; wing, 12; tail,7; tarsi, 1. 
Hub. Western Australia. 
Nearly allied to Licmetis nasicus , but of a much larger size. 
Numenius uropygialis. Num. vcrtice fusco , lined luteold 
angustd et incequali per medium currente; uropygio et 
tectricibus caudee fusco alboquefasciatis. 
Crown of the head brown, with a narrow irregular stripe of 
buffy white down the centre; lores and line behind the eye 
brown ; vv line over the eye, neck, and breast buffy-white, with a 
brown line down the centre of each feather, the brown colour 
predominating; centre of the back and scapularies dark olive, 
spotted on their margins with light buff; wing-coverts the 
same, but lighter, and presenting a mottled appearance ; prima¬ 
ries blackish-brown with white shafts; rump and upper tail- 
coverts barred with brown and white; tail pale brown barred 
with dark brown; chin, lower part of the abdomen, and under 
tail-coverts white; bill blackish horn-colour, fleshy at the base; 
feet greyish black. 
Total length, 15 inches; bill, 3; wing, 9 h ; tail, 3; tarsi, 2|. 
Sab . South coast of Australia. 
Nearly allied to N . Phceopus y but distinguished from that 
species by the brown colouring of the rump. 
