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the wing the first primary is proportionately longer 

 and the second shorter than in Orthonyx ; the fourth, 

 fifth and sixth primaries longest and subequal. 



Type, Orthonyx spaldingi Ramsay. 



784. Samuela, gen. nov. 



Differs from Cinclosoma in its weaker bill, legs and feet 

 and in its differently shaped tail and wing ; the tail is 

 comparatively short and rounded, not long and fan- 

 shaped ; the wing has the second primary almost equal 

 to the succeeding three which are longest and subequal 

 and longer than the sixth ; in Cinclosoma the second 

 primary is noticeably shorter than the third and also 

 shorter than the sixth while the first primary is pro- 

 portionately longer in that genus. 



Type, Cinclosoma cinnamomeum Gould. 



812. Morganornis, gen. nov. 



Differs from Pomatostomus in its proportionately 

 longer bill though shorter wing and weaker feet ; in the 

 wing the first and second primaries are proportionately 

 shorter than in that genus. 



Type, Pomatorhinus swperciliosus Vigors and Hors- 

 field. 



865. Dulciornis, gen. nov. 



Differs from Megalurus in its shorter bill and weaker 

 feet while the wings and tail are also shorter ; from 

 Poodytes in its stronger stouter bill and stronger feet 

 with longer wings and comparatively shorter tail ; 

 the wing has the first primary comparatively longer 

 than in Poodytes. 



Type, Megalurus alisteri Mathews. 



888. Milligania, gen. nov. 



Differs from Acanthiza in its stouter bill and longer 

 thinner legs and feet. 



Type, Acanthiza robustirostris Milligan. 



