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125a. .llallirus assilllilis. North. Purple-backed Wren. Vict. Nat., 

 vol. xviii., No. 2, p. 29. 



Nearest to M. lamberti. Crown and sides of head purplish blue 

 (deep blue in M. lamberti) ; feathers round the eye and ear coverts 

 rich cobalt (toiquoise-blue in M. lamberti) ; mantle and upper 

 portion purplish- blue (cobalt-blue in M. lamberti) ; throat and 

 upper portion of breast black. 

 Hab. : 1, 2, 6, 7, 8. 



130a. Rhipidlira intermedia. North, Allied Fan-tail. Vict. Nat., 

 vol. xix., p. 101 (1902). 



Nearest to 136 ; less orange-rufous on basal half of tail feathers ; 

 narrower black band on throat ; centre of breast and abdomen 

 white. 



Hab. : 2. 



142a. Motacilla barnardi, North, P.L.S. NSW. (1905). 



Closely allied to M. borealis and M. cinereicapilla of Europe. The 

 first find of a Motacilla in Australia. It may be a straggler and 

 abnormal. Throat yellow ; chin white ; lores and feathers below the 

 eye black ; blackish narrow band across fore -neck ; wing, 3 in. : 

 tarsus, 0.9 in. 



Locality : Dawson River, Queensland. 



ITSa. Spheiinra liforalis. Milligan, Lesser Rufous Bristle-bird. 

 Emu, vol. i., part 2, p. 67. 



Nearest to S. broadbenti ; no triangular loral spot ; smaller ; head 

 more rufous. 



Hab. : 9. 



179a. DiapllOl'illas (Alliytis) lliodesta, North, Thick-billed Grass- 

 Wren. Vict. Nat., xix., p. 103(1902). 



Nearest to 179, with head and upper parts much paler brown ; 

 throat whitish. 

 Hab. : 7. 



181a. DiapllOl'illas (Alliytis) gigailtlira, Milligan, Western Grass- 

 bird. Vict. Nat., xviii., No. 2, p. 28. 



No black cheek stripe ; feather striations very distinctly and 

 regularly marked. Wing, 2.75 in. 

 Hab. : 9. 



182a. Alliytis llOUSei, Milligan, Black Grass- Wren. 

 See Kimberley Expl. Exp., p. 8 (1902). 



182b. Ereilliorilis Carteri, North, Carter's Desert-bird. Vict. Nat., 

 xvii., No. 4. 



Key to Genus: — Bill slender; tarsus short; foot small; under 

 tail coverts abnormally long (North). (Compare Schu-nicola.) 



Key to Species : — Lores and distinct eyebrow dull whitish ; fore- 

 head rufous ; ear coverts pale rufous-brown with distinct white 

 shaft-streaks ; centre of breast and abdomen dull bully-white ; 

 upper surface rufous-brown. 



Total length, 5.65 in. ; wing, 2 in., rounded ; centre tail feathers 

 long and broad, 2.6 in. ; tarsus, 0.5 in. 



Female much shorter than male. 

 Hab. : 8, 9. 



183a. llesallirus StriatUS. Milligan, Striated Grass-bird. Emu, 

 vol ii., part 4, p. 201 (1903). 

 Hab. : 9. 



190a. Acantlliza haliuaturilia, A. G. Campbell, Dusky Tit. Emu, 

 vol. v., part 3 (1906). 



Nearest to A. pusilla and A. apicalis ; mantle blackish. 

 Hab. : Kangaroo Island, 8. A. 



