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189. A. inomata, Old., Plain-coloured Tit. 



(a) Band on tail subterminal. (6) Throat ashy-white or yellowish- 

 white, (ci Head like back, except scaly feathers on forehead. No 

 perceptible dusky streaks on throat and breast, which are plain 

 whitish ; upper tail coverts dingy olive-brown, but not strikingly 

 different from back. 

 Hab. : 4, 6, 9. 



190. A. piisilla, Lath., Brown Tit. 



(a) Band on tail subterminal. {b) Throat ashy-white, (c) Head 

 like back, except scaly feathers on forehead. ((/) Throat and breast 

 perceptibly streaked with dusky-black ; upper tail coverts reddish, 

 contrasting with upper parts of body, (e) No white tips to tail 

 feathers ; forehead pale rufous, with dusky-brown tips to feathers. 

 (/) Smaller than diemenensis ; colour about light olive-greenish ; 

 abdomen pale yellow ; flanks light fulvous brown. Wing, 2 in. ; 

 tail, 175 in. 



Hab. : 3, 4. 



191. A. diemenensis, Gld., Brown-rumped Tit (Tasmanian Acanthiza). 



Like A. pusilla in (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), but larger (wing, 2*1), and 

 colour above is yellowish-white, flanks olive-brown. 

 Hab. : 5. 



192 A. apicalis. Gld., Broad-tailed Tit (Western Acanthiza). 



Resembles A pusilla in (a), (b), (c), {d), but tail feathers have dis- 

 tinct white tips to inner webs, and upper tail coverts are rufous- 

 brown ; frontal feathers black, with whitish margins. 

 Hab. : 7, 9. 



193. A. pyrrhopyg'ia, Gld., Red-rumped Tit. 



Resembles A. pusilla in (a), (b), (c), (d), but tail feathers have dis- 

 tinct white tips to inner webs, and upper tail coverts are bright 

 rufous ; forehead pale rufous, with dusky margins to feathers. 

 Hab. : 6, 7. 



194. A. lilieata, Gld., Striated Tit. 



Band on tail strictly subterminal, and not equal to basal half of 

 tail ; throat ashy-white ; head a little more rutescent brown than 

 back, and streaked conspicuously with whitish shaft lmes ; back 

 olive -greenish. 



Hab. : 3, 4, 6. 



195. A. Uropygialis, Gld., Chestnut-rumped Tit. 



Dark band on tail, occupying nearly terminal half of feathers ; 

 base of tail bright rufous, like upper tail coverts. 

 Hab. : 6, 7. 



196. A. Chrysorrhoa, Quoy and Gaim. (Geobasileus chrysorrhcea), 



Yellow-rum ped Tit. 

 Dark band on tail, occupying nearly terminal half of feathers ; 

 base of tail bright yellow, like upper tail coverts. 

 Hab. : 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9. 



197. A. regllloides. Vig. and Hors (Geobasileus reguloides), Buff- 



rumped Tit 

 Dark band on tail, occupying nearly terminal half of feathers ; 

 base of tail pale fulvous-brown ; upper tail coverts dull yellow. 



Total length, 3*9 in. ; culmen, 0*4 in. ; wing, 195 in. ; tail, 

 145 in. ; tarsus, 0*65 in. 

 Hab. : 3, 4, G, 7. 



198. A. squamata, De Vis, Scaly-breasted Tit. 



Similar to A. reguloides. It is larger, and has a shorter tarsus. 

 Hab. : 2. 



