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SiTTELLA MELANOCEPHALA. Sitt. vertice, occipite, plumisque, 

 auricularibus nigris ; dorso plumisque scapniaribus cinerescenti- 

 fuscis ; alls 7iigris, primariis secondarnsque plus miniisve riifo 

 nolatis ; uropygio, tectricibusque candce alb is ; caudd nigra ad 

 apicem albo notatd; crisso alho,fusco fasciato ; pulpebris auran- 

 tiacis ; rostro ad basin cameo, ad apicem nigro ; pedibus Jlavis. 



Long. tot. 4f unc. ; rostri, | ; ales, 85 ; caudce, 1| ; tarsi, f . 



Hab. in Australia, apud Flumen Cygnorum. 



SiTTELLA LEUCOCEPHALA. Sttt. capifc, guld, corporequc, subfits 

 albescentibus, hoc lineis cinereo-fuscis longitudinalibus notato ; 

 corpore supra cinerescenti-fusco ; urojyygio albo ; caxidd fused 

 albo terminatd; alisfuscis; primariis secondariisque late rufo 

 fasciatis ; crisso fusco, albo variegaio ,- rostro cmrantiaco, ad 

 apicem fusco ; pedibus Jlavis. 



Long. tot. 45 unc. ; rostri, ^ ; alee, 2| ; caudce, \\ ; tarsi, \. 



Hah. in Australia. 



Meliphaga sericeola. Mel. summo capite, loro, orbitis, gut- 

 tureque nigris ; fascid, indistinctd super ocidos et in fronte, 

 alba; genis, plumis capillaribiis albis ; nuchd,dorso, uropygio, 

 nigro-fuscis, singulis plumis brunnescenti-albo marginatis, hoc 

 colore ad nucham prcevalente } alis cauddque nigro-fuscis; pri- 

 mariis, secondariis Jlavis ; rectricibus ad pai-tes basales Jlavo- 

 tnarginatis, et ad apices cinereo-albis, duabus intennediis ex- 

 . ceptis ; pectore corporeque subtiis albis, singidis plumis, lineis 

 centralibus fusco-nigris ; rostro nigro ; pedibus obscure brun- 

 neis. 



Long. tot. unc. 5^ ; rostri, | ; alee, 2^ ; tarsi, | ; caudce, 2|. 



Hab. in Australia. 



Obs. This species very closely resembles in its markings the Me- 

 liphaga sericea : it is however full a third less in all its proportions, 

 and is without doubt distinct. 



Meliphaga inornata. Mel. summo capite, corpore supra, alis 

 cauddque obscure olivaceo-brunneis ; primariis, secondariis et 

 rectricibiis caudce (duabus intermediis exceptis) ad bases Jlavo 

 marginatis ; gutture, pectoreque superiori brunneis ; abdomine 

 centrali brunnescenti-albo ; lateribus brunneis ; rostro pedibiis- 

 que brunneo-nigris. 



Long. tot. unc. 5\ ; rostri, | ; al(P, 2^ ; caudce, 2\ ; tarsi, f . 



Hab. in terra Van Diemen. 



Obs. Closely allied to Mel. Australasiana, but distinguished from 

 it by the obscurity of its markings. 



Acanthagenys. Genus novum. 



Rostriim caput sequans, compressum, leviter arcuatum, ad apicem 

 acutum, naribus sub-basalibus, mandibulae superioris tomiis ad 

 apicem indentatis, et delicate serratis ; plaga nuda a basi man- 

 dibulte infra oculos excunente ; genis infra plagam spinis sub- 

 rigidis tectis; alai mediocres; remige primo brevissimo, tertio, 



