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189. A. inomata, Old., Plain-coloured Tit. 



(a) Band on tail subterminal. (6) Throat ashy -white or yellowish- 

 white, (c) Head like back, except scaly feathers on forehead. No 

 perceptible dusky streaks on throat and breast, which are plain 

 whitish ; upper tail coverts dingy olive-brown, but not strikingly 

 different from back. 

 Hab. : 4, 6, 9. 



190. A. pusilla, Lath., Brown Tit. 



(a) Band on tail subterminal. (6) Throat ashy-white, (c) Head 

 like back, except scaly feathers on forehead, (d) Throat and breast 

 perceptibly streaked with dusky-black ; upper tail coverts reddish, 

 contrasting with upper parts of body, (e) No white tips to tail 

 feathers ; forehead pale rufous, with dusky-brown tips to feathers. 

 (/) Smaller than diemenensis ; colour about light olive-greenish ; 

 abdomen pale yellow; flanks light fulvous brown. Wing, 2 in. ; 

 tail, 1-75 in. 



Hab. : 3, 4. 



191. A. diemenensis* Old., Brown-rumped Tit (Tasmanian Acanthiza). 



Like A. pusilla in (a), (6), (c), (d), (e), but larger (wing, 2*1), and 

 colour above is yellowish-white, flanks olive-brown. 

 Hab. : 5. 



192. A. apicalis, Old., Broad-tailed Tit (Western Acanthiza). 



Resembles A pusilla in (a), (6), (c), (d), but tail feathers have dis- 

 tinct white tips to inner webs, and upper tail coverts are rufous- 

 brown ; frontal feathers black, with whitish margins. 

 Hab. : 7, 9. 



193. A. pyrrhopygia, Gld. , Red-rumped Tit. 



Resembles A. pusilla in (a), (b), (c), (d), but tail feathers have dis- 

 tinct white tips to inner webs, and upper tail coverts are bright 

 rufous ; forehead pale rufous, with dusky margins to feathers. 

 Hab. : 6, 7. 



194. A. lineata, Gld., Striated Tit. 



Band on tail strictly subterminal, and not equal to basal half of 

 tail ; throat ashy-white ; head a little more rut'escent brown than 

 back, and streaked conspicuously with whitish shaft lines ; back 

 olive -greenish. 



Hab. : 3, 4, 6. 



195. A. uropygialis, Gld., Chestnut-rumped Tit. 



Dark band on tail, occupying nearly terminal half of feathers ; 

 base of tail bright rufous, like upper tail coverts. 

 Hab. : 6, 7. 



196. A chrysorrhoa, Quoy and Gaim. (Geobasileus chrysorrhcea), 



Yellow-rumped Tit. 



Dark band on tail, occupying nearly terminal half of feathers ; 

 base of tail bright yellow, like upper tail coverts. 

 Hab. : 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9. 



197. A. reguloides. Vig. and Hors. (Geobasileus reguloides), Buff- 



rumped Tit 



Dark band on tail, occupying nearly terminal half of feathers ; 

 base of tail pale fulvous-brown ; upper tail coverts dull yellow. 



Total length, 3 P 9 in. ;' culmen, 0'4 in. ; wing, 1'95 in. ; tail, 

 1'45 in. ; tarsus, 0'65 in. 

 Hab. : 3, 4, 6, 7. 



198. A. squama! a. De Vis, Scaly-breasted Tit. 



Similar to A. reguloides. It is larger, and has a shorter tarsus. 

 Hab. : 2. 



