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1109. AusTRODic^TTM, gen. nov. 



Differs from Dicceum Cuvier in its much shorter, 

 stouter bill, much longer wing, much stronger legs and 

 feet, and proportionately shorter tail. 



Type, Motacilla hirundinacea Shaw and Nodder. 



-^- 1203. Ptilotina, gen. nov. 



Differs from Meliphaga Lewin (Type, M. lewini 

 Swainson) in its stouter bill and feet, though shorter 

 wing and much shorter tail ; from Microptilotis Mathews 

 in its stouter, comparatively shorter bill though longer 

 wing and stouter feet. 



Type, Ptilotis analoga mixta Mathews. 



1226. Nesoptilotis, gen. nov. 



Differs from Ptilotula Mathews in its much longer 

 wing and tail and much stronger feet, though the bill 

 is as small as in that genus. 



Type, Ptilotis flavigula Gould. , 



1255. Broadbentia, gen. nov. 



Differs from Ptilotula Mathews in its much longer bill, 

 stronger feet and longer wing though as short a tail : 

 from Nesoptilotis Mathews in its shorter tail, though 

 the wing is of the same length, and its m.uch longer bill. 



Type, Ptilotis flava addenda Mathews. 



1360. Heteromunia, gen. nov. 



Differs from Lonchura Sykes in its larger, more conical 

 bill, longer wing, comparatively shorter tail and stronger 

 feet. 



Type, Amadina pectoralis Gould. 



1401. Metallopsar, gen. nov. 



Differs from Lamprocorax Bonaparte in its weaker 

 bill, shorter wing, more slender legs and feet and longer 

 wedge-shaped tail with two central feathers much 

 projecting. 



Type, Calornis purpurascens Gray. 



