g a j j f e i r a v T f l x e i I.
RHTNCHtEA AUSTRALIS, Gould.
Australian Rhynchasa.
Pf Zool t ó W p ij s j and in Syn. BWa of Anatolia, Part IV.
jp r g ^ u . - t o l 'a .^ R h y n d i^ i s 'a ’‘summer, visitant tc/'JSfew South Wales, where it arrives mA u st aid
I - <* it^ is its a r e ^ g & ^ o c c u r in such wet seasons as fill the lagoons Z i J L
»ti.cp-h.rluu, t o s j iy j i i^ th f lk . , ,™ n<»t;in all probability they are entirely
" ^inllnuitid g i l g g g M j lh.>;ason, .as WJ£e*uiu,t Imimd sitnations appear to suit its habits
■ f l | the ^ s e a s o n ,1 I g S B much r a i n ^ fallen arid the wh ofekce o f the country was covered
A most 1 g g g g and V ,1 | H w .d ^ . l J ^ h S 'd 'J 'V h ' .d l o w ligoon, this bird was tolerably
n | | U | W d t e s f f i 11‘1-tpm r Hunt, r , particularly in the flats1 of Segenho, Aberdeen Scone Ac
'»>.<< ed III finihn i g E B il» cxi,t> . & .mu.lof-it- hr., ding in the
^ t n a i ^ E r wuC size and ready to
P i m M ÈM jM Ü Ü "r S f l ^ W 1“Ï ™ i K i a W a l B partakes both o f the to e
■ ■ H H H I ■ ■ it manner ot t im to e Snipes, but exposes
It-di to view l,k. .llu -^ y im S ^ .m im n ^ ih.iut tjm ft-hc., or on thé bto gronn d at the edae of
III. wah r on \n mad, tu rk .i; thov 1 - . ^ ^ H ® , o t f ? t o w a r d 'thé brush, seeking shelter among the
lo yh jsh e s , fro n . i a h ^ m V u r i ," ‘l c * t» ? l.f eA , ,..' I. flu, straightcr slower
more l^opred a n d> $ jg ^ } \C iL r $ ïn ,rt i pKl iTr . Considerable, confusion has always
respectm.rjh. g g B B g B irro"P bnd lm V -s.ti.e oppo iïc « y . , o ï the same species
i 1‘aiing.^j™ d.<i i , iin dapdi-tm. t , horn r ó f „ u S i^ g . i xamples, and from seeing
■ H P matefl'in a state of nature, h-am-.e.iiallcdtu. iffirm tin t t h . a t g w .^ i i^ a . .-omnanvi^ P l a t e ^
•a egjra tptop^ntation s ofg iT ad dgna le and female.V^T^^ ^ w i l l b e fó iw $ & e omp aSw to possess
^ a . n . i . 'u i o ^ ^ a ^ e r s much s la t e r . ( hmcie y>e< i£ ? to which it is most nearly 0,1 dissection I also observec^an.'anatoiiii. il v .n eun u rd ifun nature,-tl«?more so
thl . b a llu d^ j^ tjn jre a t elpngation of t®;tr$eheaf,^^h passesdown between
■ g ^ v i n and the m u s c l^ ^ ^ p » . the-brlfét for the jw M p p jg th d the’ body, making four distinct coni
' -volutions Ik [or^ejiltring the lungs* O ^ ^ y fn n / t l i^ > e x t r .ordiu4ty. formation I immediately placed the
■ y ^ d v , u | ^ f l9or til. s3Eammiti..n5l»n.\ friend Mr. Yarrell "•<«. as;i??yeiW£nown, has paid great
attention to this part o f 'the organza tion ofbirijs, imdjwhSj|irms.. ihe that the ^ op tion‘andffohm of the
trachea in tfe e^ yn cA sa -/»«to^ n ^ in nlhr inutiiaL of jjii- ScmipahnJPd' (loose, figured in the iSth volume
Cranes, Sw^sJUQuans, &o,i present JusJjjvith speeies-having the
- . t r ^ j , m o s fc^ i^ ^ ^ d e v e lop ed fts«yJ:ifl q f the j r a a q g h femivc i B g f f l f f i t fh . thn-'ent, .
some with a r e ^ g g ^ ^ f e i t s fo ld s jw ^m th e 'c a a tv^ ^ p keel o f .® ö e a s t - b o n ^ ^ f ^ . others it is’
J^tiuti.]5^ 3(l(-t!jr“ pu t.jril musclex mmuijgU l\ him ith jhu 'Itin iS fe .b r i la s t ; but in no instance
: 8 t inore.extens vely or mor^yjriou Ivdi vajiigi d th u in did present fe d .
H B tl]ft*Liinformations'll êxelii-u .T ^ n tm jJ l to jK f fa n d t i S t^ p u ja le s e ^ ’coSd'npt ip any
J P ^ e p T < f o r surmise. No note'whatever",was’ lyiJ^Wproceed while on the wih^or
flushed.,
^ V -3Flie female has a stripe from the hill down theqcentre of the the. nape pale huff; circle sur£$l
; shdrtóstripe h é h ^ e a i j f l^ f e t ^ f, J ^ ^ h e neck chestnut,- c ro sM ^ ith indistinct narrow
bars o f greenish brown; c row n dark brown ; sides ó f the face, and the s id e s and fo r e p a r t o f 'th e neck cho-
c o l a t e ; c hm white; b a c k o liv e -g re e n tin g e d w ith g re y , a n d 1 m a rb le d w ith dark b r o w n ; scapularies blotched
on their e te rn a l webs with deep buff; ^ g - c o S t s . crossed by numerous fine irregular bars of
black; tertiaries. oUve-greenÉ^ge^Ayi|^grey, crossed by-i o ë g u l a r , '^^pumerously spriökled-with -
blaek;«three outer primaries dark brown, crossed,on th|ir ^ B w e h s ^ S b r o a d irregular patches of deep
buff, a n d sprinkled with grey on the inner; the remainder of the primpies ana|§|e secondaries grey, crossed
by numerous n a r row irregular l in e s ^ Mac^ a n d s p o tte d w ith w h ite surrounded w ith black; rump and tail
grey like the secondaries^ hut spotted with both white and ?'bu|p each o f which colours are bounded with
blaek; breast a n d M l the under surface white,' with a large .^ M ilïr patch of oflv^fgreen’ narrowly’barred
with black, on each side o f the chest; bill pale gree^ at tÓé base, passing into b row n ish horn-colour at the
t ip ; irides rather dark hazel; legs pale greep^;', %
^ The male ièÉffiu# smaller than the female, and has the sides, .back and front o f the neck much lighter
and mingled with patches o f white jK^ings napre oliye^the coverts ornamented with numerous large ir r e g u la r
patches o f buff, e n c ir c le d w ith a n a r ro w lin e o f b l a c k ; the buff bands on the primaries r ic h e r and more
distinct; the scapularies speckled with white j^the7"patch on each side o f the chest dark olive, with large
patches of white surrounded by a line o f^ a c ^ '
The figures represent both sexes o f thejiatuyal size.