224 Mr. Vicors’s and Dr. HonsrizLD's Description of the 
Y ** Rectricibus decompositis. 
7. Maracuurus. Mal. Serrugineo-brunneus, fusco-strigatus, 
subtus pallidior, strigd ante oculos superciliisque pallidè ceru- 
leis, guild guttureque griseis, rectricibus decompositis. 
Fem. Gulá guttureque ferrugineis. Ig 
Muscicapa malachura. Lath. Ind. Orn. Supp. p. lii. no. 15. 
Soft-tailed Flycatcher. Linn. Trans. iv. p. 242. pl. 21. 
“ This bird," Mr. Caley observes; “is called Emu Bird by 
the colonists. The native name is Wawguljelly. I have never 
known it called Merion Binnion, as published in the Linnean 
Society’s Transactions. The native name of an Emu is M urring. 
. The species is an inhabitant of scrubs, which are principally 
composed of different kinds of Banksia, particularly where the 
ground is moist or inclining to be marshy. The natives tell me 
it may be run down.—It has a small shining black eye, with a 
hazel-brown iris." : | 
Genus. ACANTHIZA*. 
Rostrum gracile, breve, rectum, basi subdepressum, apice com- 
pressum, culmine apicem versus leviter arcuato ; mandibulá 
superiori subemarginatà ; naribus linearibus, longitudinali- 
bus, supra membraná tectis, setis plumulisque partim oper- 
tis; rictu setis parcè instructo. rem 
Ale subbreves, rotundatæ ; remige prima brevi, secundá et ter- 
tia gradatim longioribus, quartá longissimA, secundá et 
decimá æqualibus. | : TM | 
Pedes graciles, acrotarsiis paratarsüsque integris. 
Cauda mediocris, apice subrotundata. 
This group is closely connected with that of Malurus. "The 
construction of the wings and legs is the same, and their habits, 
as far as we can learn, are similar. But the soft, lengthened, 
(— * Axavüsav dumetum, and Caw vivo. 
and 
