in some and yellowish white in others, marked with a few oblong 

 black spots on the throat. 



Female. — Somewhat sraaller in size, and with the lores brown in- 

 stead of black. 



Totai length, 4^ inches ; bill, | ; \ving, 2į ; tail, 2 ; tarsi, |. 



Hab. South Australia. 



Remark. Intermediate in size betvveen S.frontalis and S. humilis. 



Sericornis LiEViGASTER, Gould. Sev. corpore superiore fusco; 



caudd, ad apicem gradatim nigricante, in apice albd ; atis spuriis 



brunneis, pogoniis guarum internis albo-marginatis ; corpore infe- 



riore cervino lavato. 



Upper surface brown ; tail deepening into black near the CKtrenaity 



and tipped with white ; spurious -cving-feathers dark brown, margined 



with white on their inner webs; lores and mark under the eye 



brownish black ; above the eye an indistinct line of white ; under 



surface washed with yellowi?h bufF; irides greenish white. 



Female. — Smaller than the malė, and with the lores pale brown. 

 Totai length, 4į inches; bill, f; wing, 2^ ; tail, 2; tarsi, į. 

 Hab. Interior of Australia, near the Gulf of Carpentaria. where it 

 was discovered by Mr. Gilbert. 



Remark. — Nearly alliedto S.frontalis. 



