44- 'AlETZ — -.I New Scnih Wic, from H(iuJnutn\< Jf/rol/io^, W.A. 



hi appoiii-aut-e; also there is a total absence of any yellowisli 

 wash on the feathers. The bird may be described as fol lows- 

 All the njiper surface, w'inys and tail. broAvnish i;rey, the 

 tail bein^' crossed with a bi'oad band of blackish brown and 

 ti})ped with AAhite: a narrow line of white runs from the 

 base of the njiper mandible over the eye. forniin*;- a 

 white brow, while a broader line runs from the base 

 of the lower njandible down each side of (he throat. 

 Spurious winj> feathers, black-edj>ed and tipped with white. 

 Tnder surface jireyish white, conspicuously s])Otted on the 

 throat and chest with brownish black, the spots becominii; 

 less distinct on the sides of the chest and merininii; into brownish 

 grey on the flanks, leavin<>- the centre of the breast and abdomen 

 greyish white. Irides yellowish white; bill, very dark horn; 

 feet. \ery (hirk lioi-n. 



The same descrii)tion a]»i)lies to botli sexes. 

 Total length. 120 m.m.; bill, 15 m.m.; wing. (iS m.m.; tail, 

 55 ui.m.; tai-sus, 22 m.m. 



Type specimen in the "Melbtr Park" collection. 



A New Scrub Wren from Houtrnan's Abrolhos, 

 Western y^ustralia. 



— By F. R, ZIETZ. R.A.O.r.— 



[Conti-ibution from the South Ausli-aiiau ^ruseum]. 



SERICOKXIS .AfArT'LATl S HOUTMAXEXSIS Sir.Sl?. N. 

 TUP] ABROLHOS SCRUB WREN. 



Adult Male — Crown, cheeks, ne<k and u]njer surface, grey, 

 faintly washed Avith olive on the back ami upper tail coverts. 

 A white superciliary stripe extending from the frontal band to 

 a similar distance behind the eye; a white s]>ot below the eye. 

 A narrow frontal band and a triangular palch in front of the 

 eye, black. Feathers on the foi-ehead with a blackish margin; 

 (•bin and breast, white, breast feathers with a nart-ow blackish 

 shaft.-streak. Abdomen and under tail coverts dirty white, 

 sides of body and flanks, bulTy grey. Priuiaries sooty, the 

 first six nmrgined with white on their outer webs. Spurious 

 wing feathers, black, broadly margined with white. ITpper 

 wing-coverts grey, faintly washed with olive; under wing- 

 coverts, Avhite. Tail, brown Avith a broad black subterminal 

 band; all excepting the central feathers with a Avhite terminal 

 margin. Bill, bi-own. ])aler at the base and darker at the tip. 



