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ginatis ; caudd lald fascid fusco-nigrd prope apicem transversim 

 ornatd, apice ipso albo ; tectricibus cnudae stiperioribus rufo 

 t indis. 



Feathers of tlie forehead deep buff, edged vvith dark brown ; all 

 the upper surface, \vings and tail light olive-brown ; tail crossed near 

 the extremity with a broad and distinct band of brownish black, and 

 largely tipped with white ; upper tail-coverts tinged -vvith rufous ; 

 throat and chest greyish white, each feather margined with black, 

 giving that part a niottled appearance ; flanks, abdomen and under 

 tail-coverts pale bufF ; irides light red ; bill, legs and feet dark brown. 



Totai length, 4 inches ; bill, į ; vving, 2 ; tail, 2 ; tarsi, |. 



Hab. Swan River, Western Australia. 



Remark. — Distinguished from A. Diemenensis, A. pusilla, and A. 

 Etoingii, to all of which it is nearly allied, by its large size, by its 

 larger and rounder tail, by the broad and distinct band of black vvhich 

 crosses the tail-feathers near their extremities, and by their being 

 largely tipped -vvith wlute, 



Cysticgla isura. Cys. colli lateribtis, nuchd, et uropygio pallide 

 rvfis ; vertice, dorso, secondariisque, saturate brunni-nigris, sin- 

 gulis plumis stramineo marginatis, et latd fascid atrd transversim 

 prope apicem infra ornatis. 



Sides and back of the neck and rump pale rufous ; crown of the 

 head, back and secondaries deep brownish black, each feather mar- 

 gined with buff; tail dark brown, margined vvith bufF, and crossed 

 on the under side near the tij) -vvith a broad conspicuous band of 

 black ; under surface deep buff, becoming paler on the chin and_ centre 

 of the abdomen ; bill bro\vn ; feet yellovvish brown. 



Totai length, 4 inches ; bill, \ ; wing, 1^ ; tail, \\ ; tarsi, |. 



Hab. Southern coasts of Australia. 



Remark. — Distinguished from the other members of the genus by 

 the shorter and more tnincated form of its tail, which has suggested 

 the sjiecific term assigned to it. 



CuALCiTES oscuLANS. Cluil. cupitc, corporc superiore, alisque, ni- 



tente olivaceo-fuscis, colore eodem in humeris primariisque salura- 



tiore, sed in tectricibus caudce superioribus albicante ; caudd in- 



tensi olivaceo-fuscd, plumd qudque ad apicem albd ; pectore et abdo- 



mine pallide cinnamominis . 



Head, all the upper surface and -wings glossy olive-brovvn, becoming 



darker on the shoulders and primaries, and fading into -vvhite on the 



upper tail-coverts ; tail dark olive-brown, each feather tipped with 



■vvhite, and the lateral one on each side crossed on the inner vveb with 



five bars of white ; ear-coverts black, encircled with white ; under 



surface of the vving, throat, breast and abdomen pale cinnamon-brown, 



fading into vvhite on the under tail-coverts ; bill brown ; feet olive- 



brown. 



Totai length, 1\ inches ; bill, -1^ ; wing, 4f ; tail, 3|^ ; tarsi, |. 

 Hab. New South Wales. 



Remark. — I have applied the term of osculans to this species, be- 

 cause in it are united in a remarkable degree the characters of the 



