224 il/?-. ViGORs's ûfnf/ Dr. IIoRsriELD's Description of the 



** Rectricibus decompositis. 



7. Malachurus. Mai. ferrugineo-hrunneus, fusco-strigatus, 

 snbtus pallid ior, strigu ante oculos siiperciliisqiie palUde cceru- 

 leis, gala guttureqiie griseis, rectî'icibus decompositis. 



Fœm. Gulà guttureqiie ferrugiiieis. 



Muscicapa malachura. Lath. Ind. Orn. Supp. p. lii. 7io. 15. 



Soft-tailed Flycatcher. Linu. Trans, iv. p. 242. pi. 21. 



" This bird," Mr. Caley observes, " is called Emu Bird by 

 the colonists. 'I'he native name is JFawgu/jel/i/. I have never 

 known it called Merion Binniun, as published in the Linnean 

 Society's Transactions. The native name of an Emu is Marring. 

 The species is an inhabitant of scrubs, which are principally 

 composed of diti'erent kinds of Banksia, particularly where the 

 ground is moist or inclining to be marshy. The natives tell me 

 it may be run down. — It has a small shining black eye, with a 

 hazel-brown iris." 



Genus. Acanthiza*. 



Rostrum gracile, breve, rectum, basi subdepressum, apice com- 

 pressum, culmine apicem versus leviter arcuato ; mandibula 

 superiori subemarginata ; naribus linearibus, longitudinali- 

 bus, supra membranâ tectis, setis plumulisque partira oper- 

 tis; rictu setis parce instructo. 



AlcB subbreves, rotundatœ ; remige prima brevi, secundâ et ter- 

 tiâ gradatim longioribus, quartâ longissimâ, secundâ et 

 décima a^qualibus. 



Pedes graciles, acrotarsiis pa?^atarsiisque integris. 



Cauda mediocris, apice subrotundata. 



Tlïis group is closely connected with that of Malurus. The 

 construction of the wings and legs is the same, and their habits, 

 as far as we can learn, are similar. But the soft, lengthened, 



* AKxvhujv (himetu/ii, and Caw vivo. 



and 



