PROCEEDINGS 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



January 12, 1847. 

 No business was transacted. 



January 26, 1847. 

 George Gulliver, Esq., F.R.S., in the Chair. 



The follo-wing communication was read : — 



Descriptions of Six New Species of Austkalian Birds. By 

 John Gould, F.R.S. 



Cysticola lineocapilla, Gould. Cys. ru/a; plumis capitis et 

 dorsi late conspicuegue per mediam longitudinaliter nigro-fusco 

 striatis ; rectricibus maculd alhd infra ornatis. 



General plumage pale rufous, with broad and conspicuous striae of 

 blackish brown, forming lines down the centre of the feathers of the 

 head and back, the under surface fading into -vvhite on the throat 

 and centre of the chest ; tail-feathers with a conspicuous blackish 

 spot on the under surface near the tip ; irides light reddish brown ; 

 bill and feet flesh-brown. 



Totai length, 3| inches ; bill, i ; wing, 1| ; tail, lį ; tarsi, |. 



Hab. Port Essington. 



Remark. — Nearly allied to C. exilis. 



MiRAFRA HoRSFiELDii, Gould. Mtr. cinereū ; mediis plumis, 



capite, dorso inferiore, alisque,fuscis ; alis albo-marginatis ; guld 



serie macularum intense fuscariim semilunari ornatd. 



General plumage ashy brown, with the centre of the feathers dark 



brown, the latter colour predominating on the head, lower part of 



the back and tertiaries ; w'ings brown, margined \vith rufous ; over 



the eye a stripe of bufF; chin vvhite; under surface pale buff; throat 



V Nos. CLKVII. & CLXV1I1.— Proceedings of the Zool. Soc. 



