204 Ant. Reichenow und Herman Schalow: 



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this colour most distinct across the breast, paler on the throat 

 and chin; a postocular streak of ferruginous along the upper 

 edge of the aiiriciilars; sides of the neck streaked with ferruginous; 

 an indistinct dusky streak on each side of the throat, along the 

 lower edge of the malar region; abdomen dull white; crissum 

 creamy buff; edge of the wing, from the carpal to the carpo- 

 phalangeal Joint, bright yellow. Bill pale horn-color, the maxilla 

 darker; iris brown; legs and feet pale brown. Total length 

 about 6,00, wing 2,35-2,60, tail 2,55-2,80, bill from nostril 

 to tip 0,30-0,33 inches. 



Hab.: Central Texas to Southern Illinois. 



ALAUDIDAE. 



Alauda poecüosterna. 



Reichenow, Ornith. Centralbl. No. 20, 15. October 1879, 

 p. 155. 



Spüocorydon gen. n. 



Reichenow, Ornith. Centralbl. No. 20, 15. October 1879, 

 p. 155. 



Spilocorydon hypermethrus. 



Reichenow, Ornith. Centralbl. No. 20, 15. October 1879, 

 p. 155. 



SYLVIADAE. 



Malurus gouldi. 



R. B. Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. IV (1879), p. 287. 



Crown of head rieh turquoise-blue; in front of the eye a 

 black spot; sides of crown, sides of neck and a broad collar 

 round the bind neck velvety blue-black ; mantle and upper back 

 turquoise-blue, scapulars, lower back, rump and upper tail- 

 coverts velvety blue-black; wings brown, the least wing-coverts 

 and a few of the outer greater coverts externally greyish blue, 

 the median coverts dull blue, the primaries with whity brown 

 margins; tail feathers dark ultramarine, with narrow white tips, 

 becoming broader on the outer ones; feathers below the eye, 

 ear coverts and a tuft of plumes on the hinder cheeks turquoise- 

 blue; cheeks, throat and breast velvety blue black, the feathers 

 on the sides of the upper breast tipped with turquoise - blue ; 

 centre of the body below whitish, the flanks, sides of body and 

 thighs fulvous-brown ; under wäng-coverts and axillaries fulvescent. 

 Length 5,5 inches, culmen 0,45, wing 2,15, tail 2,65. 



Q. : Above rusty brown ; wings dark brown ; tail - feathers 

 dull blue, the outer ones tipped with white; lores and feathers 

 round the eye rufous; ear-coverts brown, washed with rufous: 

 cheeks and under surface dull white; flanks, thighs and under 

 tail-coverts fulvous-brown. 



Hab.: Tasmania, South Australia, Island of Bass's Strait. 



