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tinues along the side of the face and over the eye ; ahove this a nar- 

 row Hne of hlack ; crown of the head and all the upper surface hrown ; 

 upper and under tail- coverts hright chestnut ; wing-coverts brown, 

 edged with brownish white ; primaries brown, with the outer web at 

 the base white, forming a conspicuous spot in the centre of the wing ; 

 tail blackish brown, tipped with white ; throat striated with black 

 and white, produced by each feather being fringed with white, and 

 having a strong stripe of black down the centre ; flanks mottled 

 brown and white ; abdomen white ; bill dark brown ; irides buif- 

 white ; feet flesh-brown. 



Total length, 5| inches ; bill, ^^ ; wing, 2^ ; tail. 2|^ ; tarsi, |. 



Hab. Western Belts of the Murray in South Australia. 



CiNCLORAMPHUs cANTATORis. Cmc. corporc supeHore arenaceo- 

 fiisco, colore plumarum centrali satiiratiore, notd ante oculos tri- 

 angulari fuscescenti-nigrd ; gulci et pectore sordide albls, hujus 

 plmnis strigd fused longitudinaliter notatis, corpore infcriore pal- 

 lid e fusco, abdom'me medio suturatl' fusco. 



All the upper surface sandy brown, the centres of the feathers 

 darker; primaries and tail greyish brown, slightly margined with 

 reddish brown ; immediately before the eye a triangular spot of 

 brownish black ; throat and chest dull white, the latter with a stripe 

 of brown down each feather ; under surface light brown ; in the cen- 

 tre of the abdomen a patch of dark brown, each feather margined 

 with pale brown ; bill and feet fleshy brown. 



Total length, 8 inches ; bill, 1^ ;'wing, 4^ ; tail, 4| ; tarsi, 1^. 



Hab. South Australia. 



Ptilotis flava. Ptil. corpore superiore, alis, cauduque olivaceo- 



flavis ; corpore inferiore lucidc cjusdem coloris. 

 All the upper surface, wings and tail olive-yellow ; inner webs of 

 the primaries brown ; all the under surface bright olive-yellow ; bill 

 blackish brown ; feet reddish flesh-brown. 



Total length, 6^ inches ; bill, | ; wing, 3^ ; tail, 3^ ; tarsi, f . 

 Hab. North coast of Austraha. 



Ptilotis versicolor. Ptil. corpore superiore fuscescenti-oUvuceo, 

 plumisflavescenti-olivaceo marginati.^, alis cauddque subtits luteolis; 

 strigd superoculuri nigra ; phnnis auricularibus saturate cinereis ; 

 strigd infru-auriculari nitide fiavd, guld et corpore subtus fiavis, 

 singulis plumis strigd fused longitudinaliter notatis ; crisso palli- 

 diore. 

 All the upper surface brownish olive, tinged with yellowish olive 

 on the margins of the feathers ; outer webs of the primaries and tail 

 wax-yellow ; inner webs brown ; under surface of the wing and tail 

 yellowish buff"; stripe over the eye to the back of the neck black ; 

 ear-coverts dark gi-ey ; below the ear-coverts a stripe of bright yellow ; 

 throat and under surface yellow, becoming paler as it approaches the 

 vent, each feather with a stripe of brown down the centre. 

 Total length, 8 inches; bill, 1 ; wing, 4 ; tail, 3| ; tarsi, 1. 

 Hab. North coast of Australia. 

 Ptilotis unicolor. Ptil. loris et orbitis saturate fuscis ; colore 



