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meter), becoming gradually slender to the apex, and clothed 
throughout with very minute hairs, between which the scaly skin 
is visible; those on its upper part and sides partly black and 
partly yellow, and on the under surface dirty white. The specimen 
described is a male. 
July 22, 1845. 
Mr. Gould exhibited to the Meeting three new species of Birds 
from Australia:— 
Strix tenebricosus. Str. disco faciali fuliginoso-griseo, 
circiim oculos multo saturatiore ; corpore superiore fusco- 
nigro purpureo splendente, singulis autern plumis maculd albd 
ad apicem ornatis; alis cauddque ejusdem colons sed pal- 
lidioribus; corpore inferiore fusco-nigro, stramineo lavato. 
Facial disk sooty grey, becoming much deeper round the eyes ; 
upper surface brownish black, with purplish reflections and with 
a spot of white near the tip of each feather; wings and tail of 
the same hue, but paler ; the feathers of a uniform tint, without 
bars; tail-feathers faintly freckled with narrow bars of white - 
under surface brownish black, washed with buff, and with the 
white marks much less decided ; legs mottled brown and white • 
irides dark brown ; bill horn-colour; feet yellowish. 
Total length, 16 inches ; bill, 1|; wing, 12 ; tail, 5^ ; tarsi, 3. 
Hob. The brushes of the river Clarence, New South Wales. 
Colluricincla rufogaster. Col. omni corpore superiore 
alis, cauddque olivaceo-brunneis ; gula pallidt stramineo-albd 
fusco-striatd corpore inferioreferrugineo-rufo. 
All the upper surface, wings and tail olive-brown, with the ex¬ 
ception of the inner webs of the primaries, which are dark brown • 
throat pale bully white, streaked with brown ; all the under 
surface rusty red ; irides black ; bill and feet fleshy-brown 
Total length, 7J inches; bill, 1£; wing, 3£ ; tail, 3J ; tarsi, 1 j. 
Hub. The brushes of the Clarence River in New South Wales. 
Donacola flaviprymna. Don. capite cervino ; dorso alis- 
que castaneo-brunneis ; corpore inferiore stramineo; tectri- 
cibus caudcE superioribus cerinis; tectricibus caudce infe- 
noribus nigris . J 
Head pale fawn colour; back and wings light chesnut-brown ; 
