8ERIC0RNIS. dpper surface sombre; plumage silky; tail 

 quite even : taraoa plain. 



199 S. hriiiiiica, Gld. (Pyrrholaemua brunneus), Red-throat 



with do distinct Bubterminal band; t;iil feathers 

 .1\ tipped with white; throat bright rufous. [Female has 

 throat w hit tab. North, 

 Hab . 6, 7, 9. 



200. S. citreognlaris. Gld., ¥ellow-throated Scrub-Wren. 



ters with no distinct aubterminal band ; no white tips 

 to tail Feathers : throat bright yellow ; lores and ear coverts black ; 

 no white tip- to bastard wing feathers <>r wing coverts. 

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201. S. frontalis. v*ig. and Hois. is. gularis: British Museum Catalogue 



includes 8. minimus, Gld.), White-browed Scrub-Wren 

 (White-frontt .I Sericornia). 

 Tail feathers with no distinct Bubterminal l>ancl : no white tips 

 to tail feathers : throat white, with blackish spots or edgings to 

 feathers : wing coverts black, tipped white ; a white spot over 

 hn.- ; under t.til coverts pah- yellowish. 

 II ib. : 3 ». 6, 7. 

 s. minimus. Gld., Little Scrub- Wren. 



British Museum Catalogue considers this Bynonymous with S. 

 frontalis It has a Longer \\ ing. 

 Gould, '• Birds of New Guinea," part i., pi. 13. 

 Bab. : I. 2. 

 s. m&gnirostiSj Gld., Large-billed Scrub- Wren 



Tail Feathers with n<> distinct Bubterminal hand; no white tips 

 to tail : throat, lores, and base of forehead pale tawny fulvous 

 Hab.: 2, 3, \. 

 204. S. l;r> iuaslra, Gld. (S. lavigaster), Buff-breasted Scrub- Wren. 

 Tail leathers with dark Bubterminal band, with white edging! 

 tip of on!, i tail Feathers; inner secondaries not edged white: base 

 rehead black; ear coverts blackish ; throat white and fore- neck 

 yellow, with scarcely any spots: under tail coverts uniform yellow. 



II lb. : I, 3. 



205 S. iiiarulata. Gld., Spotted Scrub-Wren. 



Tail feathers with dark Bubterminal hand, with white edging to 



tips of Outer Feathers; inner secondaries not edged white; h. 



forehead brown, like head ; throat and chest very thickly spotted 

 with blackiah ; under tail coverts yellowish with concealed darker 

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Hab. : I. 7. 9. 

 S. inauna. Gld. (Acanthornis, Legge), Scrob-Tit. 



Tail feathers with distinct Bubterminal hand, and with white 

 edging to tipa "t outer ones ; inner secoudariea narrowly edged and 

 tipped w n h white ; nnder tail coverts brown with yellow 

 Hab 



V ox-iilaiis. Gld.. Allied Scrub-Wren. 



i with dark Bubterminal hand, but with no white 



to tip of outer om i I uniform : throat streaked with 



It -. outer under tail covei ts yellow ish white w ith brown a 

 Hab 

 S. Iiiiinilis Gld . Brown Scrub-Wren. 



with dark aubterminal band, with no white edging 



tail feathers; the breast streaked dusky; throat with 



ader tail coverta uniform dark olive-brown, like 



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