

ACCENTORIM. 



Enicocichla G. R. Gray.* 



Bill moderate and subconical, with the culmen sloping, and the sides compressed to the tip, which is 

 slightly emarginated; the gonys short and ascending; the nostrils basal, and placed in a small 

 membranous groove, with the opening rounded and exposed. Wings rather long, with the first to the 

 third quills equal and longest. Tail moderate and even. Tarsi as long as the middle toe, strong, and 

 covered in front with a single scale. Toes moderate, and rather slender ; with the outer toe united at 

 its base ; the hind toe rather short. 



The species are inhabitants of North and South America ; that of the former country migrates, during the cold season, 

 to the more genial climate within the tropics. It frequents the woody districts, seeking among the fallen leaves for the 

 small seeds and insects. It is in such places that the female forms her nest, which is usually sunk below the surface ; 

 and is composed of grass, so built that it is arched over, leaving a small hole only for an entrance on one side, within 

 which are deposited four or five eggs. 



1. E. aurocapillus (Wils.) G. R. Gray, Wils. Am. Orn. pi. 14. I 2. E. sulfurascens (D'Orb.) Voy. de l'Isle de Cuba, Ois. t. 6. 

 f. 2. — Turdus coronatus Vieill. Ois. de l'Amer. Sept. t. 64. 



Sericornis Gould. f 



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

 which is emarginated ; the gonys moderate and ascending ; the nostrils basal, and placed in a 

 membranous groove, with the opening lunate and exposed. Wings rather short, and rounded ; with 

 the first quill very short, and the fourth, fifth, and sixth nearly equal and longest. Tail moderate and 

 nearly even. Tarsi long, rather slender, and covered by a single scale in front. Toes moderate ; the 

 lateral toes equal, and the outer toe united at its base ; the hind toe rather long, and armed with a 

 strong curved claw. 



The species that compose this genus are peculiar to the continent of Australia. They frequent the brushes and the 

 humid places, seeking on the ground beneath the rotten leaves, or fallen trunks of trees, and stones, for the insects 

 that inhabit such places ; sometimes they are seen hopping actively about from one small branch of a tree to another, 

 occasionally pouring forth on a prominent twig a very feeble song, or, if alarmed, concealing themselves amidst the 

 foliage of the bushes. The nest is suspended from a slender branch, and has the appearance of a mass of moss 

 intermixed with other vegetable matter, in the middle of which, by a small entrance on the side, the female deposits 

 two or three eggs. 



1. S. frontalis (Vig. & Horsf.) Gould, Linn. Trans, xv. p. 226., 

 Syn. B. of Austr. pi. ., B. of Austr. pi. — Sericornis parvulus 

 Gould. 



2. S. humilis Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1837- p. 133., B. of Austr. pi. 



3. S. citreogularis Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1837- p. 133., B. of Austr. 

 pi. 



4. S. osculans Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1847. p. 



B. of Austr. 



pi. 



5. S. maculatus Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1847. p. •, B. of Austr. pi. 



6. S. levigaster Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1847. p. ., B. of Austr. pi. 



7. S. magnirostris Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1837. p. 146., B. of Austr. 



pi. 



* Originally established under the name of Seiurus by Mr. Swainson (1827), but which name was changed by me to the above in 

 1840. 



| Mr. Gould established this genus in 1837. 



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