E ^ R ^ M lA ^ l t s T R A L I g , Góuid.
Australian Dottrel.
Eudromias A, / i ^ ,, u t
present looked upon with the
example was known,
■ i l J,"tml ( Islands. Nothing can: he moré in-
| ¥ W ; th w m Sb 1 £ | ■ ! " " »A fth e species o^ïhe W M gronps of the northern
w h S B I h U E
p f o / ' t " hlch a 8lnS,e "P“ «1’ H H f has yet been discover«!!« either county. For my first knowledge
■ ■ ■ M g l b .rk l .... uuMjicd n, rhr k.ndn. s of ( ptain’ S to t lg h o forwarded me a young individual
rom e ig a» neai the liver Murray in South Australia. A fine adult has since been transmitted to
this country by H is Excellency George Grey, Esq., Governor of South Australia, and is now in the British
.to which it was presented by that gentleman,, topther with many otherlrare birds. It
b'-w'J.V F™tifMng rp know, tint ' l^ ^ J ^ i ^ t t f j j L ^ h i s arduous "dune- as Qwérnor' is devoting as much
go^h/- unntun 1- p.gMlilj&k> In-tury)tb .n T ^ o l '^ h n h will dinbih-. hrVtl,.. many Sn„ .
^ IW n g ^ h e t i o n s w i ^ h r o q g ^ S i g h t l ^ KWmld otherwise have remained buried in obscunty.
,.%?$?“y years*mu^9h»hly elapse1 heforg anythingi&nown of the habits ^djebarïpmj^fthe AustraKan
Qpttrel; -for even tSbse ofeif® European ally, Eudronaos mmnëlld-nn hiit'kttle understood, in consequence
^B^lfegs-of Its Jjji-ctuig iorajjtics far removi d M ^ ihe'halnS.'ijnfef man;sa HplSin all .probability equally
ffijffSètpristic of the habits oftheAustralianbgdj' r ;
| ^ B h | and'all?|bgmpper surftwgjjght. sandy b ^ ® é - c é n lr e | of the feathers being brown; primaries
/KafnlsbfbSeh wirh - u rJj.Enif - h i t f c 'm j t t ^ W A o n .t ftiiirgj^ffiy margined j v i # |b | same; throat
bnffy whitC bélöwwhich a orescent-shaped mprlgqf bkekislnbrown; chest, flanka-and under surface of the
wing huff, passing into reddish chestnut o h .fe ^ d o ip e n ^ |o !^ S h icK fS i^ if e n t and under tail-coverts are
whité.3 .<tój|_bïowaish black, tjê centre’feather marginedwith buff/the outer oneS p tb white; bill .‘dark
olive-brown ; feet yëllowishvhro wn.
The figures,(which are of the natural size, represent the adult in two different positions, and-the young in
the plumage of the first autumn.