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GENUS MEGALURUS. Twelve tail feathers ; tail longer than wing. 



183. M. graillilieilS, Gld. (Sphenoeacus gramineus), Grass-bird. 



back brown ; secondaries black, edged buff; fore-neck and lower 

 throat more or less distinctly streaked with dark brown. 



Total length, 5 '75 in. ; bill, O'o in. ; wing, 2 '3 in. ; tail, 2'5 in. 

 Hab. : 3, 4, 7, 9. 



184. M. galactotes, Temm. (S. galactotes), Tawny Grass-bird. 



.back brown and black ; fore-neck and lower throat not spotted or 

 streaked ; head more rufesceut. 



Total length, 6 '5 in. ; culmen, 06 in. ; wing, 26 in. ; tail, 3 '3 in. 

 Hab. : 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7. 



GENUS ORIGMA. Twelve tail feathers ; wing much longer than tail. 



185. O. mbricata, Lath., Rock-Warbler. 



General colour above sooty-brown ; upper tail coverts and tail 

 feathers blackish, with narrow pale margins to tips of latter ; head 

 like back, the frontal plumes pale rufous, tipped with dusky brown ; 

 throat ashy whitish, mottled with dusky bases ; rest of under sur- 

 face deep ferruginous. 



Total length, 575 in. ; culmen, 0'6 in. ; wing, 2*6 in. ; tail, 2'4 in. 

 Hab. : 3, 4. 



Group Cisticolre : GRASS-WARBLERS. 



The Acanthizse and Sericornes weaken the unity of this group because of 

 their likeness to the foreign Willow- Warblers (Phylloscopi). 

 Sharpe. 



GENUS CIS TICOLA. Tail strongly graduated or rounded. 



186. . exilis, Vig. and Hors. (including also C. ruficeps, C. lineo- 



capilla, and C. isura), Grass-Warbler. 



Sandy buff, much striped. 



According to Dr. R. Bowdler-Sharpe, C. ruficeps (Rufous-headed 

 Grass- Warbler), C. lineocapilla (Lineated Grass -War bier), and C. 

 isura (Square-tailed Grass- Warbler) are seasonal and sex variations 

 of C. exilis. " In Australia the full-plumaged males have rufous 

 heads, the females striped heads, and the winter plumage of both 

 sexes appears to be blackish, with streaked backs and heads. C. 

 ruficeps is adult male ; C. exilis is the bird in full winter plumage, 

 while C. isura is only the square-tailed summer-plumaged birds." 



C. magna, Gld. In Ramsay's List as found in New South Wales, 

 but marked doubtful. No specimen in Australian Museum. 

 Hab. : 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8. 



GENUS CHTHONICOLA. Tail quite even ; tarsus scutellated ; first 

 primary long half length of whole wing. 



187. C. sagittata. Lath., Little Field- Wren. 



Plumage olive-brown ; throat and under surface very pale yel- 

 lowish, with broad black streaks, broader on breast and sides ; under 

 tail coverts uniform yellow. 

 Hab. : 3, 4. ' 



GENUS ACANTHIZ A. Tail quite even ; tarsus scutellated ; first primary 

 narrow and short half length of second primary. 



188. A. liana, Vig. and Hors., Little Tit. 



Band on tail strictly subterminal ; throat rufescent, streaked with 

 whitish shaft lines : upper surface uniform olive-green, 

 flab. : 3, 6. 



