308 TIMELIIDJC. 



black ; outer greater coverts blackish, on the outer web tipped with 

 white ; bastard-wing feathers black, with a conspicuous margin of 

 white : primary-coverts black ; quills brown, the primaries edged 

 with hoary grey, the secondaries with olive-brown ; upper tail- 

 coverts rufescent brown ; tail-feathers olive-brown, the two centre 

 feathers subtcrminally shaded with dusky, the remainder with a 

 distinct subtermiual band of black, the tips ashy, the four outer 

 feathers with a white bar at the tip of the inner web ; crown of the 

 head a little more dusky than the l)ack ; lores and a nairow eyebrow 

 white, the feathers tipped with black, so as to form a black line 

 separating the eyebrow from the crown ; eyelid white ; in front of 

 the eye a dusky spot ; ear-coverts ashy brown ; cheeks, throat, and 

 fore neck greyish white, spotted with longitudinal streaks of dusky 

 blackish, less pronounced on the chest, which is washed with yel- 

 low ; breast and abdomen pale yellow ; sides of body, flanks, and 

 thighs olive-brown ; under tail-coverts pale yellow, with light- 

 brown centres ; under wing-coverts ashy whitish, mottled near the 

 edge of the wing with blackish streaks, the lower series ashy ; 

 axillaries pale yellow ; quills below dusky brown ; inner edge of 

 quills pale ashy ; " bill blackish brown ; legs dull brown ; iris 

 straw-yellow" {Gould). Total length 4-7 inches, culmen 0-55, 

 wing 2-1, tail 1*9, tarsus 0*8. 



Hah. New South Wales, throughout Southern Australia to Western 

 Australia. 



a. Ad. sk. Australia. Purchased. 



h. cJ ad. sk. King George's Sciund F. U. Godman and 0. Sal- 



{Cockerell). vin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



c. 5 ad. St. Murray river. J. Gould, Esq. [C.]. 



d. Ad. St. Australia. Purchased. 



9. Sericornis magna. 



Acanthiza magna, Gould, Siippl. to Birds of Ausir. part 2 (1855); 

 id. Handb. B. Amtr. i. p. 373 (18G5; ; Gra>/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 219, 

 no. 3118 (1869). 



Adult (type of species). General colour above reddish brown 

 tinged with olive ; wing-coverts dark sepia-brown, the outer median 

 and greater coverts tipped with white ; bastard wing and primary- 

 coverts uniform dark sepia-brown ; quills dark sepia-brown, slightly 

 washed with the same colour as the back; primaries edged with 

 ashy whitish ; inner secondaries edged with white along both webs ; 

 upper tail-coverts reddish brown ; tail-feathers ashy brown, exter- 

 nally washed with reddish brown, with a broad subterminal black 

 band, the two outer feathers tipped with white at the end of the 

 inner webs ; crown of the head like the back, but a little duller in 

 colour ; lores and feathers round the eye whitish ; spot in front of 

 the eye dusky blackish ; feathers below the eye and ear-coverts dull 

 ashv Tjlackish ; cheeks, throat, and underparts pale yellow or yel- 

 lowish white ; sides of the body, flanks, and thighs reddish olive- 

 brown ; under tail-coverts yellowish white, the larger ones reddish 



