crossed by a series of dark brown spots, aiTanged in a crescentic 

 form ; under surface of the -vving rufous ; bill flesh-brown at the base 

 and dark brown at the tip ; feet fleshy brovvn. 



Totai length, 5į inches ; bill, ^; ■wing, 2į ; tail, 2|- ; tarsi, |. 



Hab. Interior of New South Wales. 



Remark. — Nearly allied to, but smaller than, the Mira/ra Javanica 

 of Dr. Horsfield. 



Amytis macrourus, Gould. Amy. corpore superiore fusco ; plumis 



singulis lined angustd albd longitudinaliter per mediam ornatis ; 



corpore inferiore nec aliter nisi pallidius pieta ; scapulis infra ru- 



biginosis ; caudd fuscd brunneo-marginatd. 



Upper surface brovvn, each feather with a narrow stripe of ■vvhite 



down the centre ; under surface the šame, but much paler ; under 



surface of the shoulder pale rūsty red ; tail brown, margined with 



pale brovvn ; irides hazel ; base of the lower mandible horn-colour, 



reinainder of the bill black ; feet flesh-brown. 



Totai length, 7 inches; bill, į; -vving, 2|^ ; tail, 4i ; tarsi, 1. 

 Hab. AVestern Australia. 



Remark. — This is a more robust species than the two previously 

 known, viz. A. terilis and A. striatus, from which it may also be 

 distinguished by the much greater length and size of the tail. 



Sericornis maculatus, Gould. Ser. corpore superiore, alis, cau- 

 ddque, fuscis ; caudd ud apiceni latdfascid nigro-fuscd transversim 

 ornatd; rectricibus externis vix albo ad apices notatis ; alis spuriis 

 nigris ; internis pennarum pogoniis albo-marginatis ; corpore in- 

 feriore griseo-ttlbo. 

 Upper surface, wings and tail brown, the latter crossed near the 

 tip with a broad band of blackish brown, and the outer feathers 

 slightly tipped with white ; forehead and lores deep black ; stripe 

 above and a small patch below the eye 'vvhite ; spurious wing-feathers 

 black, margined on their inner webs with ■vvhite ; under surface in 

 some greyish vvhite, in others vvashed with yellovv ; the feathers of 

 the throat and chest spotted with black on a light ground ; irides 

 greenish white. 



Female. — DifFers in having the lores brovvn, and in being some- 

 •what smaller than the malė. 



Totai length, A\ inches; bill, |- ; wing, 2| ; tail, 2 ; tarsi, |. 

 Hab. Western and Southern Australia. 



Sericornis osculans, Gould. 8er. (Mas) corpore superiore, alis 



cauddgue brunneis ; rectricibus, duobus intermediis exceptis, fascid 



nigrd ad extremitatem ornatis ; alis spuriis nigris albo-marginatis ; 



guld et medio abdomiiie albis, griseo vel flavo tinctis ; paucis 



oblongis maculis in guld nigris. 



Malė. — Upper surface, vvings and tail dark brovvn, all but the 



two centre feathers of the latter crossed by a band of black near the 



extremity ; spurious vving-feathers black, margined with vvhite ; lores 



black, above which on each side a patch of white continued in a fine 



line over the eye ; throat and centre of the abdomen greyish vvhite 



