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banded near the tip ; bill and feet yellowish ; length 

 three inches and a half. 



Golden Crest-like Warbler, Acanthiza Reguloides, 



Vigors and Hors. 

 Olive-green above ; beneath yellowish ; white forehead ; 

 front of occiput ferrugineous ; riimp, and base, and tip 

 of tail fulvous yellow ; middle black ; length three 

 inches and three-quarters. New Holland. 



Acanthiza Frontalis, Vigors and Hors. 

 Fuscous brown ; beneath paler ; forehead, throat, and 

 chest white ; rump reddish; length of body four inches 

 and a half; tail two inches. 



Acanthiza Pyrrhopygia, Vigors and Hors. 

 Fuscous brown ; beneath whitish ; rump red ; tail, sub- 

 apical ; band black ; tip white ; tail long, subgraduated ; 

 length five inches ; allied to Malurus Exilis. 



Acanthiza Buchanani, Vigors and Hors. 

 Olive-green; front of head white-lined; beneath whitish ; 

 throat and chest brown-hned; tail black; rump scarlet. 



Dwarf Warbler, Lath. H. Mota- 

 cilla Piisilla, Lath. White Jour. tap. p. 257. Acan- 

 thiza Pusilla, Vig, and Hors. 



Fuscous brown ; forehead variegated fulvous ; beneath 

 whitish ; chest and throat brown-streaked ; rump red- 

 dish ; middle of tail brown band; tips pale. N. Hoi. 



The Wrens, or Fig-eatcrs, (Regulus, Cuv.) 

 have the bill completely in a very sharp cone, and, 

 even when viewed from the top, its sides appear a 

 little concave. They are small birds, which sojourn 

 on trees, and pursue gnats through the branches. We 

 have three in Europe. 



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