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Show 76 DR. W. BAIRD ON THE GEPHYREA. [Fe C H R Y S O C O C C Y X RUSSATA, Gould. Head, all the upper surface, and wings pale shining rusty bronze ; under surface white, crossed by numerous bands of bronzy brown; a wash of rufous across the breast, most apparent or defined on the sides in front of the shoulders; under wing-coverts barred like the breast; base of the primaries and secondaries deep fawn-colour ; tail deep rufous, the two centre feathers glossed with bronze, the lateral feather on each side with three double spots, the upper half black, in the form of a crescent, the lower round and white, a similar spot on the tip of the inner web of each of the next three feathers on each side, but with the white greatly diminishing as they approach the centre ; bill black ; legs and feet olive. Total length 5f inches, bill f, wing 3\, tail 2^, tarsi \. Hab. Cape-York district of Queensland, Australia. PITTA SIMILLIMA, Gould. Crown deep ferruginous, with a narrow stripe of black down the centre; on the chin a large spot of black, terminating in a point on the front of the neck, uniting with a broad band on each side of the head, encircling the crown and terminating in a broad rounded point at the base of the neck ; back and wings pure olive-green; shoulders and lesser wing-coverts bright metallic cerulean blue ; across the rump a band of the same colour ; upper tail-coverts and tail black, the latter tipped with dark olive-green ; primaries black, becoming paler at the tip; near the base of the fourth, fifth, and sixth a small spot of white ; sides of the neck, throat, breast, and flanks buff; on the centre of the abdomen a patch of black ; vent and under tail-coverts scarlet; irides dark brown ; bill brown ; feet flesh-colour. Total length 7\ inches, bill lg, wing 4|, tail 1|, tarsi 1 \. Hab. Cape-York district of Queensland, Australia. 2. Monograph of the Species of Worms belonging to the Subclass Gephyrea; with a Notice of such Species as are contained in the Collection of the British Museum. By W . BAIRD, M.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. (Plates IX., X., XI.) Subclass GEPHYREA*. Gephyrea, Quatrefages, Ann. des Sciences Nat. 3rd ser. Zool. torn. vii. p. 340, 1847; Hist. Nat. des Anneles, Annelides et Ge-phyreens, torn. ii. pt. 2. p. 563, 1865 ; Ehlers in Zeitschrift fiir wissenschaft. Zool. Band xi. Heft 2. p. 205, 1861. Rhyngodea, suborder Proctucha, tribe Sipunculidea, Diesing, Syst. * yecpvna, bridge. |