1 74 LANlIDiE. 



2. Falcunculus leucogaster. 



Falcuncviliis leucogaster, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 144 ; id. B. Austr 

 fol. ii. pi. 80 ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 293 ; Bj). C. A. i. p. 365; Gould 

 JIandb. B. Amtr. i. p. 229 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 387, no. 58o8. 



Adult male aad female. Very like those of T. frontatus, but differ- 

 ing in having the lower part of breast, the whole abdomen, and the 

 flanks entirely white instead of yellow ; the outer webs of the tail- 

 feathers except those of the outer pair are greenish yellow like the 

 outer web of the quills, these parts in T. frontatus being uniform 

 grey. 



(S . Total length G-S inches, culmen 0-75, wing 3-65, tail 3*4, 

 tarsus 0"85. 



5 . Total length 6-4 inches, culmen 0*7, wing 3*3, tail 3-2, 

 tarsus 0"S. 



Hab. Western Australia. 



a. (S ad. sk. W. Australia, .Time 1839. J. Gould, Esq. 



b. 2 fid. sk. W. Australia, May 1835. J. Gould, Esq. 



c. Skeleton. Eytou Collection. 



15. OEEOICA. 



Type. 



Oreoica, Gould., Proc. Zool. 8oc. 1837, p. 151 0. cristata. 



Culmen very convex, but without a tooth and with hardly a notch, 

 subconical. Xostrils oval, in front of a semiossified groove, half ex- 

 posed, with a few nasal and rictal bristles. First and second pri- 

 maries long, the former more than two thirds of the second. Tip 

 of wing formed by third, fourth, and fifth i^rimaries ; the last 

 three primaries very short, and considerably surpassed in length 

 by some of the secondaries, the longest of which equals the long 

 second primary. Tail shorter than wing, square. Tarsus anteriorly 

 covered with transverse scales ; anterior claws very short. Crown 

 with a crest of feathers. Sexes slightly differing in plumage, which 

 is principally dull-coloured. 



Range. Australia. 



1. Oreoica cristata. 



Turdus cristatus, Leivin, Birds of N. Holl. pi. 9 (fem.). 

 Falcunculus gutturalis, Viy. Sf Jlorsf. in Linn. Tram. xv. p. 212. 

 Oreoica gutturalis, Gould, in Proc. Zool. Soc. 1837, p. 151 ; Sturt, 



Exp. Cent. Austr., Append, p. 23 (1849). 

 Oreica cristata, G. E. Gray, Ann. ^ Mag. Nat. Hist. xi. p. 190, note. 

 Oreoica cristata, Gould, B. Austr. fol. pi. 81 ; Bp. C. A. i. p. 365 ; 



Gould, Handh. B. Austr. i. p. 231 ; Gray, Iland-l. B. i. p. 387, 



no. 5856 ; Diyyles, Orn. Austr. pi. 35. 



Adult mule. General colour above reddish brown ; wing-coverts, 

 upper tail-coverts, and quills, including the hind neck and the 

 scapulars, of the same reddish-brown colour, but the outer web 

 edged with a sort of whitish brown ; tail-feathers equally dusky 

 reddish brown, the under surface shining yellowish green ; head 

 light grey, but the forehead and lores white and the long feathers in 



