460 Zoological Society. 



AcANTHiZA APiCALis. ActtTi. plumis in frojite cervinis,fusco mar- 

 ginatis ; caudd laid fascid fusco-nigrd prope apicem transversim 

 ornatd, apice ipso albo ; tectricibus caudcE superioribus ru/o 

 tinctis. 



Feathers of the forehead deep buff, edged with dark brown ; all 

 the upper surface, wings and tail light olive-brown ; tail crossed near 

 the extremity with a broad and distinct band of brownish black, and 

 largely tipped with white ; upper tail-coverts tinged with rufous ; 

 throat and chest greyish white, each feather margined with black, 

 giving that part a mottled appearance ; flanks, abdomen and under 

 tail-coverts pale buff ; irides light red ; bill, legs and feet dark brown. 



Total length, 4 inches ; bill, ^ ; wing, 2 ; tail, 2 ; tarsi, J. 



Hab. Swan River, Western Australia. 



Remark. — Distinguished from A. diemenensis , A. pusilla, and A. 

 Ewingii, to all of which it is nearly allied, by its large size, by its 

 larger and rounder tail, by the broad and distinct band of black which 

 crosses the tail-feathers near their extremities, and by their being 

 largely tipped with white. 



Cysticola isura. Cys. colli lateribus, nuchd, et uropygio pallide 

 rvfis ; vertice, dorso, secondariisque, saturate brunni-nigris , sin- 

 gulis plumis stramineo mar ginatis, et lata fascid atrd transversim 

 prope apicem infra ornatis. 



Sides and back of the neck and rump pale rufous ; crown of the 

 head, back and secondaries deep brownish black, each feather mar- 

 gined with buff; tail dark brown, margined with bufF, and crossed 

 on the under side near the tip with a broad conspicuous band of 

 black ; under surface deep buff, becoming paler on the chin and centre 

 of the abdomen ; bill brown ; feet yellowish brown. 



Total length, 4 inches ; bill, | ; wing, 1| ; tail, 1|- ; tarsi, |. 



Hab. Southern coasts of Australia. 



Remark. — Distinguished from the other members of the genus by 

 the shorter and more truncated form of its tail, which has suggested 

 the specific term assigned to it. 



Chalcites osculans. Chal. capite, corpore superiore, alisque, ni- 

 tente olivaceo-fuscis, colore eodem in humeris primariisque satura- 

 tiore, sed in tectricibus caudce superioribus albicante ; caudd in- 

 tenst olivaceo-fuscd, plumd qudque ad apicem alba ; pectore et abdo- 

 mine pallide cinnamominis . 

 Head, all the upper surface and wings glossy olive-brown, becoming 

 darker on the shoulders and primaries, and fading into white on the 

 upper tail-coverts ; tail dark olive-brown, each feather tipped with 

 white, and the lateral one on each side crossed on the inner web with 

 five bars of white ; ear- coverts black, encircled with white ; under 

 surface of the wing, throat, breast and abdomen pale cinnamon-brown, 

 fading into white on the under tail-coverts ; bill brown ; feet olive- 

 brown. 



Total length, 1\ inches; bill, |; wing, 4f ; tail, 3|-; tarsi, |. 



Hab. New South Wales. 



Remark. — I have applied the term of osculans to this species, be- 



