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5. Brownit. Mal. capite subcristato collo antico tectricibus ala- 
rum rectricibusque nigris, dorso coccineo, remigibus fusco- 
brunneis.' 
Tectrices suprà nigræ, inferiores de ecu Remiges fusco- 
brunneæ subtus pallidiores. Rostrum nigrum. Pedes flaves- 
centes. Longitudo corporis, 3-7 ; ale a carpo ad remigem 
quartam, 12; caude, lé; rostri, 2; tarsi, 3. 
In honorem ROBERTI Braw; Armigeri, Societatum Regie et 
Linneane Socii, &c. Botanicorum principis, qui Museum Lin- 
neanum avibus Nove Hollandiæ propriis pretiosissimis ditavit, 
hæc species perpulchra nominatur. 
This species is very nearly allied to M. melanocephalus in the 
general disposition of the colours. It differs, however, in the black 
being more intense, and covering the whole of the under parts, the 
tail being darker, and the size of the bird much smaller. "The bill 
_ also is black, which is of a pale-yellowish colour in the preceding 
_ It is marked by Mr. Brown, to whom the Society is in- 
r the specimen, as having been obtained at the Bay of 
ear the i inner entrance of Thirsty Sound, Sept. 1802. 
a. Exirrs. Lath. MSS. Mal. superné rufo-brunneus, strigis 
latis fuscis ornatus, subtus pallidior ; remigibus rectricibusque 
fuscis, his apice albido, 
Capitis dorsique plume in medio fuscæ.  Tectrices inferiores 
rufescenti-albide. Rectrices fuscæ, prope apicem albidum 
saturatiores, brunneo-rufo marginatæ ; subtus grisescentes, 
macula nigrá prope apicem albidum instructæ. Rostrum 
pedesque. flavescentes. rides avellaneæ. Longitudo cor- 
poris, 4; ale a carpo ad remigem quartam, 1-7; caude, 1~7,: 
rostri, +; tarsi, $. Longitudo corporis Fomine, 34. 
Exile Warbler. Lath. Gen. Hist. vii. p. 136. no. 165. 
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