296 TIMELIID^. 



a. cJ ad. sk. Tasmania {Gould). Eyton Collection. 



6, c. Ad. sk. Tftsmania. Gould Collection. 



d, e. Ad. St. Tasmania. Ronald Gunn, Esq. [P.]. 



f. $. Skeleton. Purchased. 



5. Acauthiza apicalis. 



Acanthiza apicalis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 31 ; id. B. Ausfr. fol. iii. 

 pi. 57 (1848) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 189 (1848) ; Bj). t'onsp. i. p. 292 

 (1850) ; Reichenh. Vog. Neuholl. p. 72 (1850) ; Gould, Hajidh. B. 

 Austr. i. p. 368 (1865) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 219, no. 3123 (1869) ; 

 Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. IF. ii. p. 185 (1878). 



Adult. General colour above dark olive-brown, a little lighter 

 olive on the rump, with half-concealed spots of silky whitish on the 

 sides of the latter ; lesser wing-coverts ashy olive ; median coverts 

 and outer greater coverts dusky brown, margined with olive, paler 

 on the edge of outer greater coverts ; bastard wing and primary- 

 coverts dusky brown, with very narrow olive margins ; quills dusky 

 brown, edged with ashy olive, paler on the primaries ; upper tail- 

 coverts rufous-brown ; tail-feathers ashy brown, edged with olive 

 and crossed with a tolerably broad subterminal band of black, and 

 a broad spot of white at the end of the inner web ; crown of head 

 like the back, the forehead scaly, the feathers blackish, with whitish 

 or pale rufous cross markings ; lores dull whitish ; eyelid whitish, 

 slightly mottled with dusky tips to the feathers ; ear-coverts ashy 

 brown, streaked with whitish ; cheeks, throat, fore neck, and breast 

 white, streaked with dusky blackish margins to the feathers ; ab- 

 domen white ; thighs ashy brown ; sides of the body, flanks, and 

 under tail-coverts pale fulvous ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 yellowish white, with ashy bases ; quills below dusky brown ; inner 

 edge of quiUs white ; " bill, legs, and feet dark brown ; iris light 

 red" (Gould). Total length 4 inches, culmen 0"45, wing 2-05, tail 

 1-85, tarsus 0-8. 



Sexes alike in colour ; but the female is somewhat smaller (Gould). 



Hah. West Australia ; ? South Australia. 



a. $ ad. sk. Near Perth, W. Australia, Eyton Collection. 



MTiy 1, 1839 (Gould). 



b. (S ad. sk. King George's Sound, Gould Collection, 



April 4. 



c. Ad. sk. South Australia, July 21, Gould Collection. 



1835. 



d. Ad. sk. Queensland (Cockered). F. D. Godman and 0. 



Salvin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



6. Acanthiza pyrrhopygia. 



Acanthiza pvrrhopygia, Gould, B. Ausfr. fol. iii. pi. 58 (1848); Gray, 

 Gen. B. i. p. 189 (1848) ; Hturt, Exped. Centr. Austr. ii. App. 

 p. 30 (1849) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 292 (1850) ; Reichenb. Voq. Neuholl. 

 p. 75 (1850) ; Goidd, Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 369 (186'5) ; Gray, 

 Hand-l. B. i. p. 219, no. 3124 (1869) ; Dirjyles, Orn. Austr. pi. 45. 

 tig. 4 (1870) ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. iV.'.S'. JF. ii. p. 185 (1878). 



