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GENUS SERICORNIS. Upper surface sombre ; plumage silky ; tail 

 quite even ; tarsus plain. 



199. S. brimnca, Old. (Pyrrholsemus brunneus), Bed-throat. 



Tail feathers with no distinct subterminal band ; tail feathers 

 broadly tipped with white ; throat bright rufous. [Female has 

 throat whitish. North.] 

 Hab. : 6, 7, 9. 



200. S. Citreoglllaris, Gld., Yellow- throated Scrub- Wren. 



Tail feathers with no distinct subterminal band ; no white tips 

 to tail feathers ; throat bright yellow ; lores and ear coverts black ; 

 no white tips to bastard wing feathers or wing coverts. 

 Hab. : 2, 3, 4. 



201. S. frontalis. Vig. and Hors. (S. gularis: British Museum Catalogue 



includes S. minimus, Gld.), White-browed Scrub-Wren 



(White-fronted Sericornis). 



Tail feathers with no distinct subtermiDal band ; no white tips 

 to tail feathers; throat white, with blackish spots or edgings 10 

 feathers ; wing coverts black, tipped white ; a white spot over 

 lores ; under tail coverts pale yellowish. 



Hab. : 3, 4, 6, 7. 



202. S. minimus. Gld., Little Scrub- Wren. 



British Museum Catalogue considers this synonymous with S. 

 frontalis. It has a longer wing. 



Gould, "Birds of New Guinea," part L, pi. 13. 

 Hab. : 1, 2. 



203. S. magnirostis, Gld., Large-billed Scrub- Wren. 



Tail feathers with no distinct subterminal band ; no white tips 

 to tail ; throat, lores, and base of forehead pale tawny fulvous. 

 Hab. : 2, 3, 4. 



204. S, la3Vigastra, Gld. (S. laevigaster), Buff-breasted Scrub-Wren. 



Tail leathers with dark subterminal band, with white edging to 



tip of outer tail feathers ; inner secondaries not edged white ; base 



of forehead black ; ear coverts blackish ; throat white and fore-neck 



yellow, with scarcely any spots ; under tail coverts uniform yellow. 



Hab. : 1, 3. 



205. S. macula ta, Gld., Spotted Scrub- Wren. 



Tail feathers with dark subterminal band, with white edging to 

 tips of outer feathers ; inner secondaries not edged white ; base of 

 forehead brown, like head ; throat and chest very thickly spotted 

 with blackish ; under tail coverts yellowish with concealed darker 

 centres. 



Hab. : 4, 7, 9. 



206. S. Uiagna, Gld. (Acanthomis, Legge), Scrub-Tit. 



Tail feathers with distinct subterminal band, and with white 

 edging to tips of outer ones ; inner secondaries narrowly edged and 

 tipped with white ; under tail coverts brown with yellow edges. 

 Hab. : 5. 



207. S. <> SCI I la IIS, Gld., Allied Scrub- Wren. 



Tail feathers with dark subterminal band, but with no white 

 edge to tip of outer ones ; breast uniform ; throat streaked with 

 black ; outer under tail coverts yellowish white with brown centres. 

 Hab. : 4. 



208. S. Illllllilis Gld., Brown Scrub- Wren. 



Tail leathers with dark subterminal band, with no white edging 

 to tips of tail feathers ; the breast streaked dusky ; throat with 

 blackish streaks ; under tail coverts uniform dark olive-brown, like 

 . flanks. 



Hab. : 5. 



