15. MEGALTJRUS. 125 



t. Ad. sk. Philippine Islands {H. Eytou Collection. 



Cumin (j). 



«. Ad. sk. Manila, Luzon. Gould Collection. 



V. Ad. St. Cataguan, Luzon. Hugh Cuming, Esq. [C.]. 



2. Megalurus gramineus. 



Sphenoeacus gramineus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1845, p. 19 ; id. B. Austr. 



fol. iii. pi. m ( 1848) ; id. Handb. B. Ausfr. i. p. 400 (1865) ; Diqqles, 



Orn. Austr. pi. 47. fig. 1 (1870) ; Bamsay, Proc. Liim. Soc. N. 8. TV. 



ii. p. 186 (1878). 

 Megalurus gramineus, Grm/, Gen. B. i. p. 169 (1848) ; Bp. Co?isp. i. 



p. 279 (1850) ; Grmj, Haml-l. B. i. p. 206, no. 2914 (1869). 

 Poodytes gramineus, Cah. Mm. Hdn. Th, i. p. 42 (1850). 



Adult. General colour above fidvous-brown, broadly streaked 

 with black down the centre of the back and mantle, which are also 

 somewhat tinged with ashy brown ; rump and upper tail-coverts 

 clearer fulvous-brown, the latter rather broadly streaked with dusky 

 brown ; forehead rather more rufous than the crown of the head, 

 the latter plainly streaked with black ; wing-coverts like the back' 

 centred with blackish brown, margined with fulvous ; primary- 

 coverts dark brown, very narrowly edged with fulvous; quills 

 brown, edged with fulvous-brown, inclining to whity brown on the 

 margins of the secondaries ; tail-feathers brown, edged with fulvous 

 or ashy brown ; lores and a tolerably distinct eyebrow dull white ; 

 cheeks and car-coverts dull white, slightly m'ottled with dusky 

 edgings to the feathers; throat and under surface of body dull 

 white; the flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts fulvescent, the 

 latter rather broadly centred with light brown ; the lower throat, 

 fore neck, and sides of body narrowly streaked with dark brown ; 

 axillaries and under wing-coveits light fulvous, mottled near the 

 edge of the wing with a few dusky spots ; quills light brown below, 

 ashy fidvous along the edge of the inner web ; " bill and tarsi 

 fleshy brown" {Gould). Total length 5-75 inches, culmen 0-5, 

 wing 2-3, tail 2-5, tarsus 0-75. 



The female resembles the male, according to Gould. 



Hah. "VVestern and Southern Australia, extending as far north as 

 Port Denison on the east coast of the continent. 



«• f f ^}- South Australia. Gould Collectiou. 



0- Ad. sk. Australia. Purchased. 



c, d. Ad. sk. [Tasmania.] Ronald Guuu, Esq. 



3. Megalurus ruficeps. 



Mammy in Tweedd. Orn. Tl'orks, p. 657 (1881). 



Adult female (type of the species). General colour above ashy, 



the feathers mesially centred with dark brown ; lower back and rump 



browner than the mantle and uniform ; wing-coverts brown, exter- 



