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4. Pyrrhopygia. Acant^fusco-britnnea, suhtus albida; uropygio 



ritfo, Cauda fascia suhapicali nigia, apice albido. 



Reiniges pogonio interno fuscescentes, subtus fuscœ. Rectrices, 

 duae medice totœ fusco-brunneœ, ceeteraî apice albido ; sub- 

 tus fusco-cinereœ, versus apicem saturatiores, apice albido. 

 Rostrum pcdesqne flavescentes. Longitudo corporis, 4-^ ; 

 alee a carpo ad remigem quartam, 2-fV ; caudœ, 2|; rosfri,-^; 

 tarsi, ^. 



This species has a tail more elongated, and somewhat more 

 graduated than the typical species of the genus. In its other 

 external characters and in the disposition of the colours it suf- 

 ficiently accords ^v•ith the group. By the characters of its tail 

 it appears to approach the Maluri ; and with Malurus exilis, a 

 species described above, it may be said to form a passage between 

 these two closely-allied groups*. 



* We take tliis opportunity of inserting two species of this genus, which are not in 

 the Society's collection. 



5. PusiLLA. Acant.fusco-brunnea /route fiilvo-variegotct, siibtus albida, gittture pec- 



toreque fusco- stviatis, uropygio rufescente, rectricibus in medio fiiscofasciatis, apice 



pal/ido. 

 Motacilla pusilla. JVIiite's Journ. pi. in p. '257. 

 Dwarf Warbler. Lat/i. Gen. Hist. vii. p. 134. no. I6l. 

 In Mus. Societatis Zoologica;. 



6. BuCHANANt. Acant. supra oUvaceo-viridis, capitis parte anteriuri albo-lineato, ^^ 



subtus albich, gutture pectoreque J'usco lineatis ; rectricibus nigris, uropygio coc- \\ 

 cineo. ] 



Frontis sincipitisque partis anterioris plumarum rhaches alba?. Lora alba. Remiges 

 brunneo-fuscœ, subtus pallidiores. Tectrices inferiores albas. liectrices nigra;, 

 e.xteriores pallidiores, subtus fuscescentes. Rostrum fuscum. Pedes flavescenti- 

 fusci. Longitudo corporis, 4yL ; al(E a carpo ad remigem quartam, C ; caudic, 1 1 ; 

 rosiri, 2 ; tarsi, f. 



In jNIus. Dom. Buchanan. 



In honorem GUA LTEitl BUCHANAN, Armigeri, Societatis Linneancc Socii, Zoolugia 

 studiosissinii, banc speciem nominavimus, 



2 Ci 2 Genus. 



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