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FAUNULA OF NEW HOLLAND. 



Passerine. 



Thrush. Kezv HollapA Lntb. Syji. iii. 37. 35- The forehead, chin, and 



throat black ; reft of the plumage a bluiili lead color ; quills and 

 taildufky, ed^ed with the former color; all the feathers of the 

 tail, except the middle, tipt with white ; Fan Dieme^i's Land. 

 Fly-catcher. Ne-do Holla7td, Lath, index, ii. p. 47« : <^'-i^'^y above, white be- 

 neath, tail nightly forked ; length feven inches. 



Soft-tailed, a fpecies extremely lingular from the formation of 

 its tail, the fliafts of which are merely edged with fcattered fila- 

 ments rcfembling hair. Lin. TranJ. iv. p. 240. E. 



Red-bellied, Lath. Syn. iii. 343. tab. L. Nat. Mifc. tab. 147. E. 

 Warbler. Long legged,Lath. vii. 181 : legs and bill yellowifli; general co- 



lor brown, under parts whitilh ; length only three inches ; inha- 

 bits Fan Diemejfs Land. 



Superb, Phillip, p. 157 ; Lath. Syn. iv. p. 501. 137. tab. 53: fore- 

 head and cheeks of the rich eft ccerulean color, from the cheeks a 

 narrow band of the fame furrounds the hind part of the neck ; 

 belly white,, all the reft of the plumage black; tail very long; 

 a moft beautiful bird. From Van Diej^ien's Land, and other parts 

 of Nezv Holland. 



Van Diemeyt's, Lath. Syn. vii. p. 187 : with a dufky head ; the 

 forehead ftieaked with white ; predominant color brown, in parts 

 mixed with white; edges of tlie wing feathers tawny, with a 

 fpot of the fame on each wing ; under part of the body white ; 

 breaft and vent ftriped with white ; length fix inches and a half. 



Swallow, Nat. Mifc. tab. 1 14. Headand back of a gloffy fteel hue ; 

 throat and breaft crirafon ; belly white, with a black ftripe. E. 

 Manakin. Striped-beaded, Latham, Syn. iv. p. 526. tab. 54 : crown and 



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