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powers of voice, imitating the poultry on board the corvettes, and 

 even whistling airs* 



Graucalus viridis, the Sphecothera :iiridis of Vieiilot ; from 

 Timor. 



Turdus Falcklandii^ Pectus and abdomen rufescent : throat 

 spotted with black. — The trivial name, points out the country in 

 which this species was captured, but where it seems to be only 

 an occasional visitor, its true country appearing to be South 

 America. It very closely resembles the Griverou de Bresil, 

 figured in Le Vaillant's Oiseaux d'Afrique, differing chiefly in 

 the linear spots under the neck being more distinctly circum- 

 scribed in the T. Fatcklandii. 



Oriolus regens^ the Sericulus chri/socephalus of Swainson, Zool. 

 Journal, i. 478. It is unfortunate that M M. Quoy and Gai- 

 mard have been unable to furnish any information with respect 

 to the habits of this bird, the precise location of which remains 

 therefore still undecided. The only specimen which they posses- 

 sed having been lost on the voyage, they have been compelled to 

 employ for their engraving a drawing by Lewin, who regarded 

 it as a Meliphaga. 



Malurus textilis^ Body throughout somewhat rufous, marked 

 longitudinally with brown points : bill black, strong : tail long. 

 This species keeps under bushes in the neighbourhood of the Baie 

 des Chiens Marins, New Holland, where it runs quickly, and 

 might be mistaken for a mouse, from its resemblance in colour, 

 and in its slight shrill whistle. 



M. leucopterus. An un described species from Dirk Ilatich's 

 Island, of which a specimen is contained in the collection of the 

 Linnean Society. 



Emberiza melanodera, Body yellowish-green : head and neck 

 fuscous above ; throat black. From the Malouine Islands. 



Xanthornus Gasqiiet, Body and wings fuscous : abdomen, flex- 

 ure of the wings, and uropygium yellow. — This species, which 

 differs chiefly /rom the Troupiale bicolor of Vieiilot, by its broad 

 yellow fascia on the extremity of the back, is referable to the 

 genus Leistes of Vigors. It is identical with the Leisies Suchii^ 

 Vig.j.described at page 191 of our second volume. 



