16. EOPSALTlllA. 175 



the middle of the head deep brownish black, forming a considerable 

 erectile crest ; cj'ebrows, ear-coverts, and sides of ueck liglit grey a 

 little tinged with brown ; a black loral stripe extending over the 

 cheeks and uniting with the black of the lower throat ; chin and 

 upper part of throat white, enclosed by the above-mentioned black 

 stripes ; lower part of throat, fore neck, and upper part of the breast 

 deep brownish black ; lower part of the breast and abdomen white ; 

 sides of breast light reddish brown ; flanks and under tail- and 

 under wing-coverts isabelline ; thighs and axillaries darker ; under 

 surface of quills light greyish brown ; bill black. 



The cuhilt female differs from the male in being everywhere a little 

 lighter-coloured, and in having the lower throat and upper breast 

 reddish brown instead of black and white ; the bill light horny 

 brown ; feet light fleshy brown ; iris " brown." 



Two young males in the British-Museum collection are like the 

 female, but show the white commencing on the upper part of the 

 throat. 



cJ , Total length 8*4 inches, culmen 0-8, wing 4-1, tail 3-5, tarsus 

 l-l. 



2 . Total length S"3 inches, culmen 0"7, wing 4*1, tail 3'o, tarsus 

 1-1. 



JIab. Southern and Western Australia. 



o. cJ ad. sk. Austraha. Liunean Society. (Type of 



Falcuncidus gutturalis.) 



b. cJ ad. sk. Australia. Sir T. MitchenYP.]. 



c, d. (S ad. sk. S. Australia. Sir G. Grey [P.]- 



e. (S juv. sk. S. Australia. Sir G. Grey [}^X 



f. \<3^ juv. sk. Port Lincoln. J. Gould, Esq. fC.]. 



g. [d" Jjuv.sk. S.Australia. Capt. Sturt [P.]. 

 h. (S ad. sk. Australia. J. Gould, Esq. 



i. [ c5'] ii'v. st. Australia. 



k. (S ad. St. W. Australia, March J. Gould, Esq. [C.]. 



1839. 



/. $ ad. St. Perth, Swan river, J. Gould, Esq. [C.]. 



W. Australia. 



m. 5 ad. st. W. Australia. Purchased. 



n. $ ad. sk. W. Australia ( C'ocZ;- F. D. Godman and O. Sal- 



erell). viu, Esqrs. [P.]. 



0. Skeleton. Piuchased. 



16. EOPSALTRIA.* 



Type. 

 Eopsaltria, Swainson, Faun. Bor.-Americ. p. 492 (1831) . . E. australis. 



Bill across the nostrils broader than high, flattened, straight, of 

 the length of the rest of the head, ending with a small tooth ; max- 

 illa and mandibula slightly notched. Nostrils in a coriaceous groove, 



* The following species are doubtfully referred to the genus Eopsaltria : — 

 (1) Eopsaltria (?) lirunnea, Bamsai/, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. vol. i. p. 391, 



1877. (Obtaiued near Port Moresby.) 

 "All the upper surface rich brown with an olive tiiige.a little darker on the 

 head ; inner webs of wings and tail dark slaty brown, base of the quills whitish, 



