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Origma. Genus novum. 



Rostrum, caput quoad longitudinem fere tequans, incurvatum, cari- 

 natum, ad apicem denticulatum ; nares ovales, latevales, basales 

 operculoque fere tectte ; alec mediocres, remige 1'"" brevissimo, 

 4to 5to^ gto^ Ymoque longissimis et inter se fere sequalibus ; cauda 

 niediocris et subrotundata ; tarsi mediocres ; digiti breves, in- 

 terno longior externus. 

 Typus est Saxicola solitaria, Vig. et Horsf. Rock Warbler, 



Lewiu, PL x\j. 



Ephthianura. Genus novum. 



Rostrum capite brevius, fere rectum, lateraliter compressum, ad api- 

 cem indentatura ; nares basales, lineares, membrana tectae ; ala: 

 elongatse, remige, 1'"° spurioso, 2''° longo, 3"" et ■t"' longissimis et 

 inter se a^qualibus ; tertiariis longis ; cauda brevis ct truncata ; 

 tarsi integri, mediocres, graciles ; digiti graciles, posticus cum 

 luigue medio brevior ; digitus internus, externo brevior. 

 Typus est, Acanthiza alhifrons, Jord. et Selb. 



Ephthianura aurifrons. Ephth. capite, tectricibvssuperiorihns 

 caudcB, lateribus nuclice, pectore corporeque niiide aurantiacis, 

 hoc colore in froute et centruli abdomine prcevalcnte ; dorso 

 olivaceo ; alis brunneis olivaceo marginatis ; cauda obscure 

 fused singulis rectncibus, duabus intermediis exceptis ad apicem 

 interne albo maculatis ; mento et guld centrali nigris ; rostra 

 nigro ; pedibus brunneis. 



Long. tot. unc. 4' ; rostri, f ; alee, 2^ ; caudee, 1-1 ; tarsi, |. 



Hub. in Nova Cambria Australi. 



Obs. In the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



Malurus longicaudus. Mas. Mai. summo capite, strigd in- 

 fra uures, dorsoque anteriore, obscure cyaneis ; nivchd, scapulis, 

 dorso uropygioque obscure nigris ; gutture pectoreque azureo- 

 nigris; corpore infra cineresceiiti-albo, lateribus brunnescentibus ; 

 rectricibus caudce obscure cyaneis, pallidioinbus apicibus ; rostro 

 nigro ; tarsis brunneis. Fcem. Corpore supra, alis cauddque 

 rufo leviler tinctis ; lined infronte et super ocidos, rostro pedi- 

 bicsque rvfescentifuscis. 



Long. tot. unc. 5 ; rostri, ^ ; alee, 2 ; cavdce, 2§ ; tarsi, 1. 



Hab. in terra Van Diemen. 



Obs. This species is closely allied to Mai. cyaneus, but is more 

 richly coloured, and exceeds it in all its measurements, particularly 

 in the length of the tail. 



Pardalotus quadragintus. Pard. vertice, corporeque siipra 

 olivaceis, plumis fusco leviter marginatis ; alis nigrescentibus, 

 remigibus (prima et secundo exceptis), ad apicem albis ; genis, 

 crissoque flavescenti-olivaceis ; corpore subtiis cinerescenti-albo ; 

 rostro intense fusco ; pedibus fuscis. 



Long. tot. 3| unc. ; rostri, ^ ; alee, 2\ ; caudee, 1^ ; tarsi, |. 



Obs. This is the ' Forty-spot ' of the colonists of Van Diemen's 



