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separated from the black of the abdomen by yellowish brown ; 

 irides dark brown ; bill black ; feet flesh-colour. 



Total length 7 inches ; bill 1|- ; wing 4 ; tail If ; tarsi 1-^. 



Genus CINCLOSOMA, Vigors and Horsf. 



Among the novelties comprised in the present work, there 

 are none more important than the additional members of 

 this genus ; four well-defined species being described, of which 

 only one was previously known. The form is peculiar to 

 Australia. 



Sp. 271. CINCLOSOMA PUNCTATUM, Vi^. and Horsf. 



Spotted Ground-Thrush. 



Ttirdus pundaius, Lath. Ind. Orn., Supp. p. xliv. 

 Punctated Thnish, Lath. Gen. Syn. Supp., vol. ii. p. 187. 

 Cinclosoma punctatum, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 220. 



Ciuclosoma punctatum, Gould, Birds of Australia, fol., vol. iv. 

 pi. 4. 



The Cinclosoma punctatum is a stationary species, and is 

 distributed over the whole of Tasmania and the eastern por- 

 tion of Australia, from Moreton Bay to Spencer's Gulf. 



It gives a decided preference to the summits of low stony 

 hills and rocky gullies, particularly those covered with scrubs 

 and grasses. Its flight is very limited, and this power is rarely 

 employed, except for the purpose of crossing a gully or pass- 

 ing to a neighbouring scrub ; it readily eludes pursuit by the 

 facility with which it runs over the stony sm'face and conceals 

 itself among the underwood. When suddenly flushed it rises 

 with a loud burring noise, like a Quail or Partridge. Its short 

 flight is performed by a succession of undulations, and is ter- 

 minated by the bird pitching abruptly to the ground almost 

 at right angles. 



It seldom perches on the smaller branches of trees, but may 



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