seąuente ; culmine alte in frontem ascendente ; iiaribus permag- 

 nis operculo tectis, et sulco, ad basim mandibulae superioris, 

 positis. Al(e breves, rotundatse, concavse, primariis primis tribus 

 gradatis, quarta, quinta, sexta et septima inter se ferė scąualibus. 

 Cauda longiuscula, rotundata, rachibus rigidis, pogoniis laxis, 

 decompositis. Tarsi sic etpedes robusti, halluce cum ungue valido ; 

 digitis externis ferė coseąualibus. 



Atrichia clamosa. Atr. corpore superiore, alis, cauddque fuscis ; 



singulis plumis , lunulis obscurenigrescentibus, transversim notatis: 



remigum primorum pogoniis internis saturate ftiscis ; caudd guttaid, 



non fasciatd ; gttld pectoreąiie rufescenti-albis, notd magnd ad 



gulcE partem inferiorem ; ahdomine crissoque rufis. 



Ali the upper surface, wings and tail brown, each feather crossed 



by Severai obscure crescent-shaped bars of dark brown ; the inner 



■webs of the primaries very dark brown, without markings, and the 



tail freckled instead of barred ; throat and chest reddish \vhite, with 



a large irregular patch of black on the lower part of the throat ; 



flanks brown ; abdomen and under tail-coverts rufous ; bill horn- 



colour ; irides dark brown ; feet dark brown. 



Totai length, 7| inches ; bill, | ; wing, 3 ; tail, 4 ; tarsi, 1. 

 Hab. Westem Australia. 



