Zoological Society of London. 
477 
alba ; guld loroque nitidi tiigris; magnd ovatd maculd infra 
oculuni, et corpore inferiors albis; pectore magnd maculd 
nitidi nigrd, found tanquam sagittce, signatd. 
The whole of the upper surface, scapularies, two central tail- 
feathers, sides of the breast and flanks cinnamon-brown ; wing- 
coverts jet-black, each feather largely tipped with white; above 
the eye a faint stripe of white; lores and throat glossy black, 
with a large oval patch of white seated within the black, beneath 
the eye; under surface white, with a large arrow-shaped patch of 
glossy black on the breast; feathers on the sides of the abdomen 
with a broad stripe of black down the centre; lateral tail-feathers 
jet-black, largely tipped with pure white; under tail-coverts black 
for four-fifths of their length on the outer web, their inner webs 
and tips white; eyes brown ; tarsi olive; toes black. 
Total length, inches; bill, |; wing, 3$; tail, 3j ; tarsi, 1J. 
Hab. South Australia. Shot by Capt. Sturt at the dep6t, 
lat. 29° 40', June 9, 1845. 
This fine new species, discovered by the enterprising traveller 
Sturt, is of peculiar interest, as being one of the few inhabitants 
of the sterile and inhospitable interior of Australia, and as forming 
the third species of the genus known to belong to that portion of 
the globe; it is considerably smaller than either of its congeners, 
and also differs from them in the beautiful cinnamon colouring of 
the upper surface. It now forms part of the national collection 
at the British Museum. 
PARIS ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 
March 29, 1847. 
M. Boussingault read the Report of a Committee on a paper 
comparison with those of existing Struthionidce. 
in. 
Okies. 
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arinus. 
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mioides. 
Din. didi- 
formis. 
Din. curtus. 
Din. otidi- 
formis. 
Apteryx. 
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in. lin. 
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in. lin. 
in. lin. 
in. lin. 
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