18 PASSERES. 



82. Malacocercus subrufus. 



Layardia subrufa, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 66. 

 a (Bt. at Stevens's) 1843. 



Agrees with an Indian specimen in the Swainson collection and 

 with Jerdon's description. 



MEGALURUS. 

 Megalurus, Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 158, (1820). 



83. Megalurus palustris. 



Megalurus palustris, Horf. 1. s. c. : Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 70 : 

 Wald. Trans. Z. S. ix. p. 189. 



a India? (Gardner} 1844. b Philippine Islands (/. Gould) 

 1846. 



SPHEN^ACUS. 

 Sphenceacus, Strickland, Ann. & Mag. N. H. vi. p. 421, (1841). 



84. Sphenseacus africanus. 



Motacilla africana, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 958. 

 Sphenceacus africanus, Strickland, 1. s. c. 

 Drymoica africana, Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 95. 

 a Cape of Good Hope (N. C. Strickland} 1838. 



85. Sphenaeacus punctatus. 



Synallaxis punctata, Quoy & Gaim. Yoy 1' Astrolabe, i. p. 

 255. t. 18. f. 2. 



Sphenceacus punctatus, Buller, B. N. Zeal. p. 128. pi. 13. 

 a New Zealand (Askew] 1840. 



CH^TORNIS. 

 Chcetornis, G. K. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 167. pi. 48. f. 9. (1848). 



86. Chaetornis striata. 



Megalurus striatus, Jerd. Madr. Journ. xiii. a. p. 169. 

 Chcetornis striata, G. R. Gray, I. s. c. : Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 72. 

 a Madras (T. C. Jerdon) 1845. b India (E. Myth] 1846. 



