54 PAEIDiE. 



with brownish ; all the underparts dull dirty whitish, palest on the 

 al)domeu and mider tail-coverts ; breast washed with fulvous ; across 

 the breast a faint collar of brownish ; bill dark brown ; feet tlcshy- 

 yellow. Total length about 3-3 inches, culmeu 0-25, wing 1-G- 

 1-95, tail 1-5-1-65, tarsus 0-54. 



Adult female. General colour above a little paler than in the 

 male ; quiUs and tail-feathers with faint lighter margins to the 

 outer webs. 



Hab. Java. 



a. Ad. slv. Java. J. Gould, Esq. 



b. Ad. sk. Java. Purchased. 



c. 2 ad. sk. W. Java. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



3. ACREDULA. 



Type. 



Orites, Moehrhu/, Gen. Av. p. 45 (1752) A. caudata. 



Acredula, Koch, Si/st. baier. Zool. p. 19.) (1816) . . A. caudata. 

 Mecistura, Leach, Cat. Mamm. 4" -S. Brit. Mus. 



p. 17 (1816) A. caudata. 



Paroides, Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 468 (1831) . . A. caudata. 

 ^Egithaliscus, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 90 (1850) . . A. erythroc 'phala. 

 Psaltriparus (pt.), Bp. C. R. xxxi. p. 478 (1850) . A. melanotis. 

 Acanthiparus, Gould, B. An'a, pt. vii. (1855) .... A. niveogularis. 

 Psaltrites, Cab. J. f. O. 1881, p. 333 {notnen 



emendat. pro Psaltriparus). 



Bill extremely short and stout ; culmen strongly curved ; nostrils 

 completely hidden by small recumbent feathers ; first primary well 

 developed, but shorter tlian half the length of the next primary ; 

 tip of wing formed by the fourth, fifth, and sixth primaries ; tail 

 generally much longer than the wing, and much graduated ; the 

 scales covering the tarsus in front inclined to fuse into one long 

 scutum. Xo crest. Plumage very soft, and of light colours. 



Range. Palmare tic and jS^earctic Regions. 



Key to the 8])ecies. 



a. Crown uniformly coloured. 



«'. Crown grey; underparts dull whiti-sh, with 



a tinge of fawn melanotis, p. 55. 



b' . Crown brown. 



a". Crown liirbt brown : underparts dull. , • • ,-„ 



a , Throat white < , j. ' ^ -o 



Iplumbea, p. oo. 



V". Throat black leucoytnys, p. 59. 



h". Crown bright reddish brown ; throat 



black. 



c'". Upper breast reddish chestnut, rest 



of undei"parts whitish concinna, p. 57. 



d'" . Breast and abdomen pale fawn vinous erythrocephala, p. 56. 



b. Centre of crown, from nostrils to nape, pale, 



either fawn-coloured or white. 



c' Abdomen and breast rich reddish fawn ; 



from nostrils to nape a broad fawn-coloured 



band ; sides of crown black ; throat dull 



white jouschisfos, p. .58. 



