64 CAAIl'P.ELL, A>7.' Sub-species of Tit-Warblers, ^f fu™" 



Acanthiza pusilla canibrensis. Sub sp. nov. 



Upper surface brownish olive tinned on back and rump with medal 

 bronze; forehead crescents tawny with dark spots beneath and dusky 

 fringes like those of A. p. macularia : upper tail coverts brussels brown, 

 the colour i-unning well down the tail particularly on the outer webs; 

 threat heavily striated with black, flanks buffy olive, becoming tawny 

 on the lower portion; under tail coverts warm buff; abdomen and 

 axillaries straw colour. Tail with subterminal black bar, .3 inch 

 wide, no white edging to tips, central feathers with a small dark 

 spot; bill and legs dark brown, base of lower mandible lighter; eyes 

 red. Length, 3.9 in.; bill, .35 in.; wing, 2.1 in.; tail, 1.7 in.; tarsus, 

 .8 in. 



Type male (13) in collection of Edwin Ashby, Esq., R.A.O.U., Ade- 

 laide, taken at Cape Jervis, South .Australia, 6/4/1917. Another 

 skin (no sex) in the same collection, from Lucindale, S.A., is 

 somewhat lighter in plumage, and has striations on throat and 

 breast smaller and greyer. 



Acanthiza pusilla dawsonensi.s. Sub. sp. nov. 



Upper surface light olive, becoming dark citrine on back and rump; 

 frontal and forehead feathers clay coloured to the base with faint 

 dusky fringes only; upper tail coverts dresden brown; under surface 

 mostly white; striations confined to threat, small, faint and grey; 

 flanks buffy citrine; under tail coverts and axillaries white. Tail 

 with black subterminal bar .3 inch wide, with distinct white edges 

 to inner webs; central feathers with a dark spot near tip; bill and 

 legs black; eyes light brown. Length 3.9 in.; bill, .32 in.; wing, 2.0 

 in.; tail, 1.8 in.; tarsus, .7 in. 



Type male (224) in the "H. L. White Coll.," Nat. Mus., Melbourne, 

 taken at Rio Station, Dawson River, Queensland, 13/10/19X8, by H. 

 G. Barnard, R.A.O.U. 



Acanthiza nana belltrees. Sub. sp. nov. 



Upper surface brightest dark citrine with yellowish tinge toward 

 rump; very small light frontal spot on forehead; dark subterminal 

 bar on tail; ear coverts fuscous with fine white shaft streaks; throat 

 cinnamon buff with fine white shaft streaks; breast and abdomen 

 bright strontian yellow; primaries yellow on outer webs at base; 

 sides of breast, flanks yellowish citrine; eyes yellowish white; bill 

 brown; legs black. Length, 3.6 in.; bill, .3 in.; wing, 1.9 in.; tail, 1.5 

 in.; tarsus, .7 in. 



Type male (150) in "H. L. White Coll." Nat. Mus., Melbourne, 

 taken at Scone, N.S.W., 20/6/1917. bv S. W. Jack.son. R.A.O.U. Co- 

 type female (151) also in "H. L. White Coll.". Nat. Mus., Melbourne, 

 taken at "Belltrees," Scone, N.S.W., 20/6/1917, is similar. 

 Acanthiza apicalis erema. Sub. sp. nov. 



Upper surface drab, becoming huffy brown on rump; forehead 

 crescents very indistinct; upper tail coverts cinnamon brown; nar- 

 row subterminal bar on tail, .5 inch wi<le; tips white: throat striations 

 very faint greyish; flanks tinged light buff; under tail coverts warm 

 buff; axillaries and abdomen white; bill and legs black; eyes light 

 grey. Length, 3.8 in.; bill, .32 in.; wing, 1.9 in.; tail, 1.8 in.; tarsus, 

 .75 in. 



Type male in the National Museum Collection, Melbourne, taken 

 at Kychoring Soak, East-West RIy., S. Aust., 17/12/1908. Though 

 only a single skin, it represents the real desert form of a widely dis- 

 tributed interior species, .•\nalagous specimens are found in G. u. 

 -erentus from the same locality. The desert tone so pervades all the 

 skins that it is not easy to tell one species from the other. I have 



