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Origma, Guidd, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 146 O. riibricala. 



Range. Contined to Australia. 



1. Origma nibricata. 



Ruddy Warbler, Lath. Gen. Sr/n. Suppl. ii. p. 249 (1801). 



Sylvia rubricata, Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. Iv (1801). 



Rock Warbler, Leicm, B. N. Holl. pl. 16 (1822). 



Saxicola solitaria, Vig. !^- Hoisf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 236 (182/ ). 



Origma rubricata, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 148; id. B. Audi: tol. in. 

 pl. 69 (1848) ; Grai/, Gen. B. i. p. 185 (1848) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 306 

 (1850); Gould, Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 385 (1865); Gray, Hand-L 

 B. i. p. 230, no. 3314 (1869) ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. X. S. W. 

 ii. p. 186 (1878). 



Origma soUtaria, Leidn, B. N. S. W. 2nd ed. pl. 16 (1838). 



Adult. General colour above sooty brown, slightly washed with 

 rufous on the rump ; lesser aud median wing-coverts like the back ; 

 bastard-wing feathers dark brown, externally light rufous-brown ; 

 greater coverts, primary-coverts, and quills dark brown, externally 

 washed with ashy; upper tail-coverts and tail-feathers blackish, 

 with narrow pale margins to the tips of the latter ; head like the 

 back, the frontal plumes pale rufous tipped with dusky brown ; 

 lores and feathers round the eye dull rufesceut, obscured with dusky 

 tips ; cheeks aud ear-coverts dull reddish browu, the latter washed 

 with sooty brown : throat ashy whitish, mottled with dusky bases ; 

 remainder of under surface deep ferruginous, becoming more dusky 

 and of a rufous-brown shade on the flanks, thighs, and under tail- 

 coverts ; under wing-coverts and axiUaries light reddish brown ; 

 quills ashy brown below, ashy rufous along the edge of the inner 

 web ; " bill aud feet brownish black, the former rather lighter than 

 the latter; iris dark reddish brown" {Gould). Total length 5-8 

 inches, culmen 0-G, wing 2-6, tail 2-;J5, tarsus 0-9. 



A young male is coloured like the adult, but is more dingy, and 

 the throat is washed with rufous. 



Hub. New South Wales, extending to the Wide-Bay district on 

 the east coast of Australia. 



a. Ad. sk. New South Wales. Purchased. 



b. cJ juv. sk. Middle Harbour, near Sydney, Sydney Museum [P.]. 



December 1876. 



c. d. Ad. sk. Queensland iCockerell Coll.). F. D. Godmau and O. 

 ' Salvin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



e. Ad. St. Australia. J- Gould, Esq. 



