THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. BY JOHN GOULD, F.R.S., F.L.S., F.Z.S., M.E.S., F.ETHN.S., F.R.GEOG.S., M. RAYS., HON. MEMB. OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF TURIN, OF THE ROY. ZOOL. SOC. OF IRELAND, OF THE PENZANCE NAT. HIST. SOC., OF THE WORCESTER NAT. HIST. SOC., OF THE NORTHUMBERLAND, DURHAM AND NEWCASTLE NAT. HIST. SOC., OF THE NAT. HIST. SOC. OF DARMSTADT AND OF THE TASMANIAN SOCIETY OF VAN DIEMEN’S LAND, ETC. IN SEVEN VOLUMES. VOL. IV. LONDON: PRINTED BY RICHARD AND JOHN E. TAYLOR, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET. PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR, 20, BROAD STREET, GOLDEN SQUARE. 1848. LIST OF PLATES. VOLUME IV. Pitta strepitans, _Temm._ Noisy Pitta 1 —— Vigorsii, _Gould_ Vigors’ Pitta 2 —— Iris, _Gould_ Rainbow Pitta 3 Cinclosoma punctatum, _Vig. & Horsf._ Spotted Ground-Thrush 4 —— castanotus, _Gould_ Chestnut-backed Ground-Thrush 5 —— cinnamomeus, _Gould_ Cinnamon-coloured Cinclosoma 6 Oreocincla lunulata Mountain Thrush 7 Chlamydera maculata, _Gould_ Spotted Bower-Bird 8 —— nuchalis Great Bower-Bird 9 Ptilonorhynchus holosericeus, _Kuhl_ Satin Bower-Bird 10 —— Smithii, _Vig. & Horsf._ Cat Bird 11 Sericulus chrysocephalus Regent Bird 12 Oriolus viridis New South Wales Oriole 13 —— flavo-cinctus Crescent-marked Oriole 14 Sphecotheres Australis, _Swains_. Australian Sphecotheres 15 Corcorax leucopterus White-winged Chough 16 Struthidea cinerea, _Gould_ Grey Struthidea 17 Corvus Coronoïdes, _Vig. & Horsf._ White-eyed Crow 18 Neomorpha Gouldii, _G. R. Gray_ Gould’s Neomorpha 19 Pomatorhinus temporalis Temporal Pomatorhinus 20 —— rubeculus, _Gould_ Red-breasted Pomatorhinus 21 —— superciliosus, _Vig. & Horsf._ White-eyebrowed Pomatorhinus 22 Meliphaga Novæ-Hollandiæ New Holland Honey-eater 23 —— longirostris, _Gould_ Long-billed Honey-eater 24 —— sericea, _Gould_ White-cheeked Honey-eater 25 —— mystacalis, _Gould_ Moustached Honey-eater 26 —— Australasiana Tasmanian Honey-eater 27