470 CLASS AVES, 



Meriones Maculaius, Viell. 

 Above brown; beneath whitish, black- spotted ; tail 

 ash ; tips with black and reddish white ; bill and feet 

 brown. New Holland. Mus. Paris. 



The Sylvia Magnifica of Temminck belongs also to 

 this division. 



The genus Dasyornis, of Vigors and Horsfield, 

 has all the habits of these birds ; but the front of the 

 forehead above the bill has some peculiar projecting 

 bristles, and the texture of the feathers is ver)' soll 

 and loose. 



Southern Bristle Bird, Dasyornis Australis, Vigors 



and Horsfield. 

 Above fuscous brown ; beneath paler ; crop and middle 

 of belly whitish ; quills and tail rufous brown 5 length 

 seven inches and a half. New Holland. 



African Warbler, M.Africana, Gra. SphcenuraTibiccn, 



Licht. Le Merle Fluteur, Vail. O. A. t. 112. f. 2. 

 Crown red, black- streaked ; feathers of back and nape 

 ashy ; of loins and wings red-edged ; tail-feathers long 

 linear; scape black j web red, beneath ashy; sides 

 black-lined ; length eight inches. Cape of Good Hope. 

 Cuvier speaks of this species at the end of his Notes 

 on the Thrushes, and again at this section of Sylvia, 

 and Temminck placed it both in Sylvia and Malurus. 



The genus Acanthiza of Vigors and Horsfield has 

 the same kind of bristle at the bill, wings, and legs, but 

 their tail is short and rounded, or nearly even, and the 

 bill is rather short and more depressed. They appear 

 to be confined to Oceania. 



Dwarf Warhler, var. A. ? Lath. Gen. Hist. vii. p. 134. 



No. 101. Acanthiza Nana, Vigors and Hors. 

 Olive-green ; beneath yellow ; forehead and cheek 

 whitish yellow ; quills and tail oli\e-brown ; tail black- 



