8. SCHCEXICOLA. 109 



uniform ; thighs isabelline brown ; under tail-coverts brown, with 

 whitish shaft-streaks ; under wing-coverts tawny ; quills light brown 

 below, rufescent along the inner web. Total length 6'5 inches, 

 culmen 0-55, wing 2-55, tail 3-1, tarsus 1. 

 Hab. Interior of Western Australia. 



a. Ad. sk. Australia. 



4. Amytis goyderi. 



Amytis goyderi, Gould, Ann. S^- Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) xvi. p. 286 

 (1875) ; id. B. New Guinea, part ii. (1876) ; liamsay, Proc. Linn. 

 Soc. N. S. TV. ii. p. 184 (1878). 



Adult. General colour above sandy isabelline, streaked with 

 white down the centre of each feather, the mesial streaks edged on 

 each side with dusky brown ; the mesial streaks less distinct and 

 more fulvous on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; wing-coverts like 

 the back, and streaked in the same manner, the greater coverts 

 browner, longitudinally streaked with isabelline; tail-feathers dark 

 brown, margined with rufous, the outer feathers also tipped and 

 broadly edged with rufous or isabelline ; lores and feathers round 

 the eye white ; ear-coverts brown, streaked with white, the hinder 

 parts sandy brown, broadly centred with white ; cheeks white, 

 streaked with black : under surface of body white, the sides bright 

 rufous ; thighs and under tail-coverts sandy isabelline ; under wing- 

 coverts and asillaries deep isabelline ; quills light brown below, 

 isabelline along the edge of the inner web. Total length 5-5 inches, 

 culmen 0-45, wing 2-05, tail 2'8, tarsus 0"85. 



Hab. Interior of South Australia. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Macumba, lat. 27° -4' S., Gould Collection. (Types of 

 long. 145° 1' 23" E. species.) 



8. SCHffiNICOLA. 



Type. 



Schcenicola, Bh/tli, J. A. S. Benff. xiii. p. 374 (1844, nee 



Bp. 1850) . : S. platvura. 



Catriscus, Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 43 (1850) S. apicalis. 



Cf. Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 920. 



Range. S. India and Ceylon. N.E. Africa and Natal. 



Keij to the Species. 



a. Dark rufous-brown ; the ear-coverts uniform with 



the crown ; flanks dai'k rufous-brown ; imder tail- 

 coverts fulvescent or rufous-brown platyura^ p. 110. 



b. Pale rufous-brown ; the ear-coverts pale brown; 



flanks fulvescent; under taU-coverts blackish, with 



paler margins apicalis, p. 110. 



