the neck, dusky-ash colour, deepest on the fore, 

 and about the J rump e - -. • . 



sides of the neck, breast, arid fk .. in ce. . 



inclining to rufous Ml the thighs : middle of t . ._ 

 white, tinged with vinaceou i and tail de 



jter feathers of the latter edged -ith n fa 

 yellowish. The female has the plumage of a 



r, and is dusky-ash between the beak and . 



GB !.— MALCRUS, Vjeflk* .'-TAIL. 



Ro'sirv.ra jrracillimum, rec- /:>ea& very slender, straight, 

 turn, integrum, hrev'wA- lj entire, short : die vyper 



■ mum; m/wAibv.La superior naruJ/Jjle scarcely arched. 

 vix arcuata. 



Nares foasales, latera. . A orfri/s basal, lateral. 



Hictoj ciliatus. Ga//£ dialed. 



Tfrre gracillimL Jar a very slender. 



£ _ sd articu- *>r toe* united to the se- 



lam secundaria connexi. cond joint. 



^4ks h aa, rotundat<e. ]\ r ing% very short, rounded. 



Good : . ig a, , i Zaii ray long, slenc e 



These: birds inhabit the old world and .i utxafc 

 construct their 

 cotton and other filar.-, e ttc 



Sp. J. I Es ; r.eus. 



.yanea. >S :?. "! ! — Van Dieman's 



Laud. 



- , ■ .-'-:.'■:/. l. 



Ma. rufo-cinere , Jinalibus nigra notati* .- 



infra aUAdfs-uabeUinu*. ; vvldalha; ft / dva$m$ tncdns 



exceplu, -maetdu nigra verms apkem. 



