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Origma. Genus novum. 



Rostrum, caput ąuoad longitudinem fere seąuans, incurvatum, cari- 

 natum, acl apicem denticulatum ; nares ovales, laterales, basales 

 operculoąue fere tectse ; alce mediocres, remige 1"'" brevissimo, 

 4,to^ 5"*, 6'°, V""*!"*^ longissimis et inter se ferė aecjualibus ; cauda 

 mediocris et subrotundata ; tarsi mediocres ; diyiti breves, in- 

 terno longior externus. 

 Typus est Saxicola solitaria, Vig. et Horsf. Rock Warbler, 



Lewin, PI. xvj. 



Epiithianura. Genus novum. 



Rostrum capite brevius, fere rectum, lateraliter compressum, ad api- 

 cem indentatum ; nares basales, lineares, membrana tectae ; alcB 

 elongata;, remige, I'"" spurioso, 2'^° longo, 3''° et 't*" longissimis et 

 inter se aequalibus ; tertiariis longis ; cauda brevis et truncata ; 

 tarsi integri, mediocres, graciles ; digiti graciles, posticus cum 

 ungue medio brevior ; digiius internus, externo brevior. 

 Typus est, Acanthiza albifrons, Jord. et Selb. 



Epiithianura aurifrons. Ephth.capite, tectridbus superioribns 

 caudce, lateribus nuchcB, pectore corporegue nitidc aurantiacis, 

 hoc colore i?i fronte et centrali abdomine prcavalente ; dorso 

 olivaceo ; alis brunneis olivaceo marginatts ; cauda obscurė 

 fuscd singulis rectricibus, duabiis intermcdiis exceptis ad apicem 

 internė albo maculatis ; mento et gula centrali nigris ; rostro 

 nigro ; pedibtis brimneis. 



Long. tot. unc. 'h ; rostri, į ; alce, 2į ; caudce, 1-į ; tarsi, |. 



Hab. in Nova Cambria Australi. 



Obs. In the Collection of tlie Zoological Society. 



Malurus longicaudus. Mas. Mal. summo capite, strigd in- 

 fra aures, dorsoąue anteriore, obscurė cyaneis ; nuchd, scapulis, 

 dorso uropygioąue obscurė nigris ; gutture pectoregue azureo- 

 nigris; corpore infra cinerescenti-albo, lateribus brunnescentibus ; 

 rectricibus cauda obscurė cyaneis, pallidioribus apicibus ; rostro 

 nigro ; tarsis brunneis. Fcem. Corpore supra, alis cauduąue 

 ritfo leviter tinctis ; lined in fronte et super oculos, rostro pedi- 

 busque rufescentifuscis. 

 Long. tot. unc. 5 ; rostri, f ; alce, 2 ; caudce, 2| ; tarsi, 1. 

 Hab. in terrži Van Diemen. 



Obs. This species is closely allied to Mal. cyaneus, but is more 

 richly coloured, and exceeds it in all its measurements, particularly 

 in the length of the tail. 



Pardalotus quadragintus. Pard. vertice, corporegue siiprd 

 olivaceis, plumis fusco levitėr marginatis ; alis nigrescentibus, 

 remigibus (primo et secundo exceptis), ad apicem cdbis ; genis, 

 crissogue flavescenti-olivaceis ; cotpore subtiis cinerescenti-cdbo ; 

 rostro intensė fusco ; pedibus fuscis. 



Long. tot. 3į unc. ; rostri, ^ ; alce, 2į ; caudce, lį ; tarsi, |. 



Obs, Tliis is the ' Forty-spot ' of the colonists of Van Diemen 's 



