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Rather a large species, and is distinguished from the other mem- 

 bers of the genus by the sombre hue of its plumage and the square 

 form of its tail. 



Psilopus culicivorus. Psi. abdomine crissoque albis; rectricibus 

 Cauda, duabus intermediis exceptis, albo ad basin late fasciatis . 



All the upper surface olive-brown ; wings brown margined with 

 olive ; two centre tail-feathers brown ; the remainder white, crossed 

 by an irregular band of black and tipped with brown, the band upon 

 all but the external feathers, so blending with the brown at the tip 

 that the white between merely forms a spot on the inner web ; lores 

 blackish-brown ; line over the eye, throat and chest light gray, pass- 

 ing into buff on the flanks, and into white on the centre of the ab- 

 domen and under tail-coverts; irides light reddish yellow; bill and 

 feet black. 



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



Hab. Western Australia. 



A new species and new form, which I first saw in the streets of 

 Adelaide, where it was hopping about and presenting the appearance 

 of the Sparrow in London. For this new bird I propose the generic 

 and specific terms Xerophila leucopsis. 



Genus Xerophila. 

 Characteres generici. — Rostrum breve, semiconi instar, ad basin ro- 



bustum, ad apicem haud denticulatum, basi vibrissis antice ductis 



parce instructa; naribus rotundatis et plumis minutis obtectis. 



Ala mediocres, remigum primo brevi, tertio et quarto longissimis, 



tertiariis latis et pauld elongatis. Cauda mediocris, ad apicem 



quadrata, et aliquanto concava. Tarsi robusti ; digitus posticus 



validus, digiti antici debiles, horum externus longissimus. 



Xerophila leucopsis. Xer . facie albd ; corpore supernefusco. 



Forehead and lores white ; upper surface olive brown ; wings and 

 tail brown, the latter passing into black near the extremity and 

 tipped with white; all the under surface pale buff; bill and feet 

 black. 



Total length, 4 inches; bill, §; wing, 2£; tail, lj; tarsi, j. 



Hab. South Australia. 



Licmetis pastinator. Lie. albus, loris coccineis; remigum pogoniis 

 internis necnon caudce rectricum sulphureis, colore quam in L. 

 nasico intensiore cui speciei magnitudine corporis L. pastinator 

 magnopere prastat. 



Lores scarlet; general plumage white ; the base of the feathers of 

 the head and front of the neck scarlet, showing through and giving 

 those parts a stained appearance ; the basal half of the inner webs of 

 the primaries, the inner webs of all the other feathers of the wing 

 and the inner webs of the tail-feathers beautiful brimstone yellow ; 

 naked space round the eye greenish blue ; irides light brown ; bill 

 white ; feet dull olive gray. 



Total length, 17 J inches; bill, If ; wing, 12 ; tail, 7 ; tarsi, 1. 



Hab. Western Australia. 



Nearly allied to Licmetis nasicus, but of a much larger size. 



