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233. C. campestris, Old., Field-Wren. 



Head rufous, nearly uniform, or with narrow black streaks ; 

 breast pale yellow, distinctly streaked with dusky-brown ; under 

 tail coverts light rufous and brown, with white tips. 

 Hab. : 6, 9. 



234. C. isabellillUS (sub-sp.), North, Desert- Wren. 



Horn Exp., Zool., p. 85. 



Streaks on upper surface almost entirely lost. 

 Hab. : 7. 



The Vic. Nat., vol. xvi., No. 1, p. 3, refers to a C. rubiginosis, 

 Campbell, which is probably this or the western form of the 

 preceding species. 



Group Accentores. 



Bearing a likeness to the Paridse (Seebohm). 



GENUS EPHTHI AN LIRA. Bill slender, about equal in height and 

 breadth at nostrils. 



235. E albifrons, Jardine and Selby, White-fronted Chat. 



Male, black crescent across white breast ; throat white ; forehead 

 white ; hinder crown black. Female, greyer parts. 

 Hab. : 4, 6, 7, 9. 



236. E. tricolor, Old., Tricoloured Chat. 



Throat white ; forehead, crown, breast, and upper tail coverts 

 crimson. Female, crown and breast faint red. 

 Hab. : 2, 6, 7, 9. 



237. E. aurifrons, Old., Orange-fronted Chat. 



Throat black ; crown, breast, and rump orange or golden yellow. 

 Female, head brown ; under surface paler. 

 Hab. : 6, 7, 9. 



238. E. CrOCCa, Castelnau and Ramsay, Yellow-breasted Chat. 



Male, throat, upper tail coverts, and under surface of body bright 

 yellow, with band of black across chest. Female less bright than 

 male ; no pectoral spot. 

 Hab. : 1, 8. 



FAMILY PARIDJE : TITMICE. 



SUB-FAMILY PARING. 



Bill without a notch ; tarsus less than twice the length of the hallux 



without nail. 



GENUS XEROPHILA. Bill higher than broad ; nostrils in a semi- 

 operculated groove, round and partly hidden by feathers, first 

 primary larger than half second ; tail square. 



239. X. ICUCOpsiS, Gld. , White-faced Titmouse. 



Upper surface brown ; forehead white ; under surface white, with 

 no pectoral band. 



Hab. : (2), 6, 7, 9. 



240. X. pectorallS, Gld. , Chestnut-breasted Titmouse. 



Under surface whitish ; has a pectoral band of cinnamon ; brown 

 above. 



Hab. : 6. 



241. X. nigricincta. North, Black-banded Titmouse. 



Narrow black band on whitish breast ; brown above. 

 Plate, Horn Exp., Zool. 

 Hab. : 7. 



