2. ACANT&OKHTNCnXJS. 145 



Slender-billed Creeper, Luth. Gen. Stjn. Suppl. ii. p. 165, pi. 129.^ 

 Melipbaga tenuirostris, Vig. ^- Horsf. Tram. Linn. Soc. xv.p. 317. 

 Acantliorhynchus tenuii'os'tris, Gould, Syn. B. Austr. pt. ii. ; ^d. B. 



Atistr. iy. pi. 61 ; id. Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 5-51 ; Cab. Mus. Hein. i. 



p. 116; Bp. C. A. i. p. 394 ; Biggies, Oni. Austr. pi. ; Grag, Gen. 



B. i. pi. 38. fig. 3 ; Ramsay, Pr'oc. Linn. Soc. K S. W. ii. p. 190. 

 Acanthorliynchus dubius ?, Goidd, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 25 ; Bp. C. A. 



i. p. ;]94. 

 Leptoglossus cucuUatus, Swains. Classif. B. ii. p. 327. 



Adult male. CroTm of head black with a slight greenish gloss ; 

 praeociilar region, ear-coverts, and a crescent on the sides of the neck 

 and chest bronzy black ; mantle reddish brown, inclining to chestnut 

 on the hind neck, and passing through olive-grej' into bluish grey on 

 the rump, upper tail-coverts, wing-coverts, and the innermost secon- 

 daries ; rest of wing and the six central tail-feathers black, the two 

 outer pairs of the latter with large white terminal tips ; under 

 wing-coverts and inner margin of quills white ; cheeks, fore neck, and 

 centre of upper chest white, with a dark reddish-brown patch on the 

 centre of the throat ; breast, flanks, abdomen, and under tail-coverts 

 reddish fawn-coloured ; " biU black ; feet reddish brown ; iris red " 

 {Gould). 



Females resemble the males in coloration, but have the crown 

 dark grey, more or less tinged with olive. 



Young birds are without the black crescent, having the fore neck 

 and chest dingy huffish white. 



S. Culmen 1-2 inch, wing 2-4-2-8, tail 2-2-2-5, tarsus 0-68- 

 0-73. 



2 . Culmen 0-9 inch, wing 2*4, tail 2'2, tarsus 0'66. 



Hab. Eastern half of Australia and Tasmania. 



Ohs. Tasmanian specimens are generally somewhat brighter- 

 coloured on the underparts. 



a, b. S:c.2 ad. ; New South Wales. J. Gould, Esq. [C.]. 



d. Juv. sk. 



*> /"• c? $ ad. sk. New South "Wales. Gould Collection. 



gjh. S ? ad. sk. Australia. R. Butler, Esq. [C.]. 



i. cf ad. sk. Moreton Bay. Gould Collectiou. 



k. S ad. sk. South Australia. Gould Collection. 



I. S ; >«, n. 2 ad. sk. North Australia. F. D. Godman and 0. 



Salvin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



0. S ad. st. Tasmania. Ronald Gunn,Esq.[P,l, 



2. Acanthorhynchus superciliosiis. 



Acanthorhynchus superciliosus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, .p. 24 j id. B. 

 Austr. iv. pi. 62 ; id. Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 553 ; Cab. Mus. Hein. 

 i. p. 116; Bp. C. A. i. p. .■)94; Diggles, Orn. Austr. pi.; Ranuayy 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. 1V. ii. p. 190. 



Adult male. Entire crown of head, mantle, back, and upper tail- 

 and wiag-coverts greyish olive-brown ; wings and six centre taU- 

 fcathcrs blackish brown ; the three outer pairs of tail-feathers 

 with large white subterminal patches ; a streak behind the eye and 



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