242 Mr. ViGORs's and Dr. Horsfield's Description of the 



7. AusTRALis. Pac. sripra cinerea, dorso iiifimo fiavescente ; sub- 



tusjlnva, remigihus rectricibiisqiie fuscis. 

 Muscicapa australis. Latlt. Ind. Orn. Siipp. p. 1. no. 2. 

 Southern Motacilla. White's Voy. pi. in p. 239- 

 Southern Flycatcher. Lath. Gen. Hist. vi. p. 216. no. 102. 



" This bird/' Mr. Caley says, " is called yelloiv Robin by the 

 colonists. It is an inhabitant of brushes." A bird in the col- 

 lection, Avhich has in every respect the appearance of the present 

 species, with the exception of the throat being whitish instead 

 of yellow, was met with by Mr. Brown on the South coast. It 

 is probably the young of the species. 



The two last species deviate considerably in the form of their 

 bills from the other species of this genus. Those members are 

 much more slender and less arched at the culmen than in the 

 typical birds. In other characters the two species sufficiently 

 accord with the group. We leave them at the extremity of it 

 for the present, not being willing to speak too decisively on a 

 subject in which our materials are scanty and not in the best 

 order for examination. The two species evince a very strong- 

 approximation to the Muscicnpidcc. 



Fam. Muscicapid.t::. 



Genus. Muscicapa. Linn, et Auct. 



If we select the Muscicapa atricapilla of Linnaeus as the type 

 of the extensive family of Muscicapidce, and the representative 

 of the true Muscicapa, — an arrangement, which from our fami- 

 liarity with the species, and from its exhibiting characters the 

 most remote from those of all the neighbouring groups, appears 

 to be the most expedient, — little deviation will be found to exist 

 between some of the Australian species of the family and the 

 European type. The three following species belonging to the 



Society's 



