

MALUEIN^E. 



46. D. uropygialU Fras. Proc. Z. S. 1843. p. 17. 



47. D- supe.rciliosa Swains. B. of W. Afr. ii. p. 40. pi. 2. 



48. D. africana (Gmel.) Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. t. 112. f. 2. — Mus- 

 cicapa dubia Forst. Descr. Mam. p. 406., Icon. ined. 154. b. ; 

 Synallaxis cantor Less. Swains. Zool. Illustr. pi. 170.; Dasyornis 

 africanus Vig. S; Horsf. ; Sphenura tibicen Licht. • Type of Sphe- 

 nasacus Strickl. (1841). 



49. D. cisticola (Temm.) PL col. 6. f. 3. — Cisticola schcenicola 

 Pr. Bonap. ; Prinia cursitans Frankl. ? ; Type of Cisticola Lesson, 

 (1831). 



50. D. ruficeps (Gould), Proc. Z. S. 1837. p. 150. 



51. D. magna (Gould), B. of Austr. pi. . — Cisticola campes- 

 tris Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1845. p. 20. 



52. D. exilis (Lath.) Linn. Trans, xv. p. 136., Gould, B. of 

 Austr. pi. 



53. D. isura (Gould), Proc. Z. S. 1847. p. -, B. of Austr. 

 pi. . 



54. D. lineocapilla (Gould), Proc. Z. S. 1847. p. ., B. of 

 Austr. pi. 



55. D. longicandata (Tick. ?) BI. — Prinia macroura Frankl ; 

 P. Franklinii Blyth. 



56. D. sylvatica (Jerd.) Bl. Madr. Journ. Lit. & Sci. 1840. p. 4. 



57. D. ? neglecta (Jerd.) Bl. Madr. Journ. Lit. & Sci. 1840. p. 



58. D. brevicaudata Blyth, Journ. A. S. B. 1847. p. 459. 



59. D. Jerdoni Blyth, Journ. A. S. B. 1842. p. 883. (Prinia 

 n. s.) — Prinia inornata Blyth. 



60. D. inornata (Sykes), Bl. Proc. Z. S. 1832. p. 89. 



61. D. criniger (Hodgs.) Bl. Res. As. xix. p. 183. — Type of 

 Suya Hodgs. (184 ). 



62. D.fusca (Hodgs.) Bl. Proc. Z. S. 1845. p. 29. 



63. D. rufifrons (Frankl.) Bl. Proc. Zool. 1832. p. Prinia 



brunneifrons Hodgs. • Drymoica Buchanani Blyth. 



64. D. lepida Blyth, Journ. A. S. B. 1844. p. 376. 



65. D. ? schistilata (Hodgs.) Proc. Zool. Soc. 1845. p. 30. 



66. D. ? pollicaria (Hodgs.) Proc. Zool. Soc. 1845. p. 30. — 

 Type of Horeites Hodgs. (1 844). 



67- D. . — Sylvia textrix Audouin, Descr. de l'Egypte, 



Ois. t. 5. f. 4. Zool. p. 277. 



Calamanthus Gould* 



Bill moderate and straight, with the culmen slightly curved, and the sides compressed to the tip, 

 which is scarcely emarginated ; the gonys long and ascending ; the gape furnished with very short weak 

 bristles ; the nostrils basal, placed in a short broad groove, with the opening lunate, exposed, and 

 partly closed by a scale. Wings short and rounded ; with the third quill nearly as long as the fourth to 

 the seventh, which are equal and longest. Tail long, broad, and rounded. Tarsi longer than the 

 middle toe, strong, and covered with very broad scales. Toes long; with the outer toe longer than the 

 inner, and united at the base ; the hind toe long, and armed with a strong claw. 



The species that compose this genus are peculiar to the continent of Australia, where they frecpient the open forests 

 or plains abounding in low shrubs and tufts of coarse grass, among which they conceal themselves, on account of their 

 great timidity and caution, running with then* tails erect with great swiftness on the appearance of the slightest danger. 

 The food of these birds consists of insects, which they seek for on the ground. Their song is usually poured forth while 

 perched upon an exposed branch of a bush, and consists of a series of clear harmonious notes. The nest is placed on the 

 ground in the midst of a bush, having in some instances an avenue leading to it ; and is composed of dried grass and 

 leaves, lined with feathers, sometimes in a globular form. The eggs are three or four in number. 



1. C. fuliginosus (Vig. & Horsf.) Gould, Linn. Trans, xv. 

 p. 230., B. of Austr. pi. . — Pratincola antho'ides Swains. 



2. C. campestris Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1840. p. 171., B. of Austr. 

 pi. . 



3. C. pyrrhopygius (Vig. & Horsf.) Linn. Trans, xv. p. 



227., Gould, B. >f Austr. pi. . — Type of Hylacola Gould 

 (1842). 



4. C. cautus (Gould), Proc. Z. S. 1842. p. 135., B. of Austr. pi. 



5. C. strigatus (Lath.) Lamb. Icon. ined. 11. Q. — Anthus 

 minimus Vig. ^ Horsf. ; Type of Chthonicola Gould (1847). 



* Established by Mr. Gould in 1837 (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1837, p. 150.). Pratincola of Mr. Swainson (1837) is coequal. It embraces 

 Hylacola (1842) and Chthonicola (1847) of Mr. Gould. 



