294 TIMELIID.^. 



a. 5 ad. sk. Perth, Swan river, March 31, Eyton Collection. 



1889 {J. Gould). 



b. Ad. sk. King George's Sound. Gould Collection. 



c. S ad. St. King George's Sovind. J. Gould, Esq. 



d. Ad. St. Murray river. Sir George Grey [P.]. 



3. AcantMza pusilla*. 



Motacilla pusilla, JJliite, Voy. N. S. Wales, pi. in p. 257 (1790). 



Dwarf Warbler, Lath. Gen. Syn., Suppl. ii. p. 251 (1801). 



Sylvia pusilla, Lath. Ind. Orn., Suppl. ii. p. Ivi (1801) ; Shaiv, Gen. 



Zool. X. p. 647 (1817). 

 Acanthiza pusilla, Viff. ^ Llorsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 227, note 



(1827); Gould, B. Austr. fol. iii. pi. 5.3 (1848); Gray, Gen. B. i. 



p. 189 (1848) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 292 (1850) ; Reichenb. Vog. Neiiholl. 



p.. 74 (1850); Gould, Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 364 (1865) ; Gray, 



Hand-l. B. i. p. 219, no. 3115 (1869) ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. 



N. S. W. ii. p. 185 (1878). 



Adult. General colour above dull olive-green, with a tuft of 

 ■whitish feathers on each side of the rump ; lesser wing-coverts like 

 the back ; median and greater coverts dusky, with olive-green 

 margins ; bastard-wing feathers blackish brown, with ashy margins ; 

 primary-coverts dusky, narrowly edged with olive-green ; quills 

 sepia-brown externally, edged with olive-brown, yellower on the 

 primaries; upper tail-coverts light rufous-brown; tail-feathers pale 

 brown, externally light rufous-brown ; tips ashy, with a distinct 

 subterminal bar of black, less distinct on the centre feathers ; the 

 outer tail-feathei's with a narrow edge of whitish to the tips of the 

 inner webs ; lores fulvous, with dusky tips to the feathers ; feathers 

 round the eye dull whitish, extending a little behind the eye ; ear- 

 coverts light olive-brown, shafted with dull white ; cheeks, throat, 

 and fore neck dull white, streaked with blackish, the feathers edged 

 with dusky ; breast and abdomen yellowish white, ashy on the sides 

 of the breast ; Hanks pale olive-yellowish, or light fulvous-brown ; 

 thighs olive externally, white on the inner aspect ; the sides of the 



* The following species I cannot identify from the description or the figure ; 

 but it will probably prove to be the same as A. pusilla. 



Acanthiza macularia. 

 Saxicola macularia, Quoy et Gaim. Voy. de VAstroL, Zool. i. p. 199, pi. 10. 



fig. 3 (183U). 

 Acanthiza macularia, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 189 (1848) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 292 



(1850) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 219, no. 3120 (1869). 



Above rufous-brown, the frontal feathers loose and elevated in front, covering 

 the base of the bill, and of a reddish colour with whitish spots ; the bill is 

 brown, straight, and a little curved at the point ; the throat, breast, and belly 

 are dull white streaked with brown ; the tail, which is slightly rounded, is uni- 

 form rufous, and is marked near its tip with a broad transverse band; the feet 

 are long, slender, and brown, like the toes. {Q. cf- G. I.e.) 



The female or young male differs in having the belly buff without striations. 

 {Q.^G.l.c.) 



Hah. Port Western. 



