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SiTTELLA MELANOCEPHALA. Sitt. verticc, occipite, plumisguč, 

 auricularibtis nigris ; dorso plumisgue scajmlaribus cinerescenti- 

 fuscis ; alis nigris, primariis secondariisgue pliis minūsve rtifo 

 notalis ; uropygio, tectricibusgue caudcB albis ; caudd nigrd ad 

 apicem albo notatd ; crisso albo, fusco fasciato ; palpebris auran- 

 tiacis ; rostro ad basin carneo, ad apicem nigro ; pedibus Jlavis. 



Long. tot. 4| unc. ; rosiri, | ; «/«, 3į ; caudce, 1| ; tarsi, ^. 



Hab. in Australia, apud Flumen Cygnorum. 



SiTTELLA LEUCOCEPHALA. Sitt. copife, guld, corporeąuc, subtus 

 albescentibus, hoc lineis cinereo-fnscis longitudinalibus notato ; 

 corpore S7tprd cinei-escenti-fiisco ; uropygio albo ; caudd fuscd 

 albo terminatd; alisfuscis; primariis secondariisgtie latė rufo 

 fasciatis ; crisso fusco, albo variegalo ; rastro aurantiaco, ad 

 apicem f iisco ; pedibus Jlavis. 



Long. tot. 4| unc. ; rostri, | ; alte, 2| ; caudce, 1| ; tarsi, \, 



Hab. in Australia. 



Meliphaga sericeola. Mel. smnmo capite, loro, orbitis, gut- 

 turegue nigris ; fascid, indistinctd super oados et in fronte, 

 albd; genis, plumis capiUaribus albis ; nuckd, doj'so, uropygio, 

 nigro-fuscis, singidis jjlumis brimnescenti-ulbo marginatis, hoc 

 colore ad micham prcevalente; alis catiddąue nigro-fuscis; pri- 

 mariis, secondariis Jlavis ; 7'ectricibiis ad partes basales flavo- 

 marginatis, et ad apices cinereo-albis, duabns i7itermediis ex- 

 cej)tis ; pectore corporegue sitbtiis albis, singidis plumis, lineis 

 centralibus fusco-nigris ; rostro nigro; pedibus obscure brun- 

 neis. 



Long. tot. unc. 5į ; rostri, § ; ala, 2^ ; tarsi, | ; caudce, Q,\. 



Hab. in Australia. 



Obs. This species very closely resembles in its markings tlie Mc' 

 liphaga sericea : it is however full a third less in all its proportions, 

 and is without doubt distinct. 



Meliphaga inornata. Mel. summo capite, corpore suprd, alis 

 cauddgue obscure olivaceo-bmnneis ; primariis, secondariis et 

 rectricibus caudce (ducdms intermediis excepfis) ad bases Jlavo 

 margincdis ; gutture, pecforegue superiori brunneis ; abdomine 

 centrali brunnescenti-cdbo ; lateribus brunneis ; rostro įjedibus- 

 que brunneo-nigris. 



Long. tot. unc. 5į ; rostri, į ; cdce, 2į ; caudce, 2^ ; tarsi, |. 



Hab. in terra Van Dieraen. 



Obs. Closely allied to Mel. Australasiana, but distinguished from 

 it by the obscurity of its markings. 



Acanthagenys. Genus novum. 



Rostrum caput seąuans, comprcssum, levitėr arcuatum, ad apicem 

 acutuni, naribus sub-basalibus, mandibulas superioris tomiis ad 

 apicem indentatis, et delicate serratis ; plaga nuda a basi nian- 

 dibulae infra oculos excurrente ; genis infra plagam spinis sub- 

 rigidis tectis; alce mediocres; remige primo brevissimo, tertio, 



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