13. ACANTHIZA. 291 



cro^Ti a black streak just above the ear-coverts ; cheeks white ; 

 under surface of bodj- pale yellowish streaked with black, the streaks 

 broader on the breast and sides of the body ; lower abdomen and 

 under tail-coverts uniform yellowish ; axillaries yellowish ; under 

 wing-coverts brown ; under surface of quills light brown, whitish 

 along the edge of the inner web ; " bill brown ; feet fleshy brown ; 

 iris straw-yellow" (Goidd). Total length 4*75 inches, culmen 0-4, 

 wing 2'35, tail 1"8, tarsus 0-75. 



Hab. Victoria, South Australia, and New South Wales, extend- 

 ing along the east coast as far as the Wide-Bay district. 



a, b. Ad. sk, Australia. Linnean Society [P.]. 



(T\-pes of A. mtfiimus.) 



c. Ad. sk. Australia. Baron Laugier. 



d. Ad. sk. Australia, J. Gould, Esq. [C.]. 



<■, f. Ad. sk. Queensland (J. T. F. D. Godman and 0. 



Cockerell). Salvia, Esqrs. [P.]. 



g. Ad. St. AustraHa. Sir T. MitcheU [P.]. 



13. ACANTHIZA*. 



Type. 

 Acanthiza, Vig. 8f Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 224 



(1827) A. nana. 



Geobasileus, Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 32 (1850) .... A. chiysorrhoa. 



Range. Australia and Tasmania. 



Key to the Sjiecies. 



a. Band on tail strictly subterminal, and not equal 

 to basal half of tail. 

 a'. Throat rufescent, streaked with whitish shaft- 

 lines ; upper surface uniform olive-green. . . . nana, p. 292. 

 . b'. Throat ashy white or yello\\-ish white. 



a". Head like back, with the exception of the 

 scalj^ feathers on the forehead. 

 a'". No perceptible dusky streaks on the 

 throat and breast, which are plain 

 whitish ; upper tail-coverts ding^' olive- 

 brown, but not strikingly different from 



the back inornata, p. 293, 



h'". Throat and breast perceptibly streaked 

 with dusky black ; upper tail-coverts 

 reddish, contrasting with the upper parts 

 of the bodv. 



* ACANTUIZA BUCHANASI. 



Acanthiza buchanani, Vig. cf- Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 227 (1827); 

 Grat/. Gen. BA. p. 189(1848); Bp. Consp. i. p. 292 (1850); Gray, 

 Hand.l. B. i. p. 219, no. 2121 (1869). 



This species, described with the following characters, "rectricibus nigris, uro- 

 pygio poccineo," can scarcely be a true Acanthiza. It appears to he a femule of 

 Ephthinnura incolor. 



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