ACCENTORINtE. 



Acanthiza Vig. Sj- Horsf.* 



Bill short, slender, and straight, with the culmen curved, and the sides compressed to the tip, which is 

 emarginated ; the gonys short and ascending; the nostrils basal, and in a membranous groove, with 

 the opening linear, and partly covered by setaceous bristles. Wings rather short and rounded ; 

 with the first quill short, and the third nearly as long as the fourth, which is the longest. Tail 

 moderate and rather rounded. Tarsi longer than the middle toe, slender, and covered in front with an 

 entire scale. Toes moderate, with the inner toe shorter than the outer, which is united at its base ; 

 the hind toe long, and armed with a strong curved claw. 



The species of this genus are peculiar to New Holland, with the exception of two or three that are inhabitants of 

 New Zealand. They are usually noticed hopping about on the lower branches of the bushes and on the ground, or on 

 the fallen trunks of trees, while searching for the minute insects and seeds on which they chiefly feed. Most of the 

 species possess a feeble song, which they sometimes utter from the tops of the low bushes. Their flight is weak, 

 generally only exerted to move from bush to bush, or to fly a short distance when alarmed. The nest is generally 

 dome-formed, with a small entrance left on one side; and is composed of a mixture of grasses, leaves, and wool; 

 sometimes several are built together on the same branch of a low bush or tree. 



1. A. nana Vig. & Horsf. Linn. Trans, xv. p. 226., Gould, B. 

 of Austr. pi. 



2. A. pusilla (Lath.) Vig. & Horsf. White's Journ. pi. in. p. 257., 

 Gould, B. of Austr. pi. 



3. A. pyrrhopygia Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1 847- p. ., B. of Austr. pi. 



4. A. chrysorrhoa (Quoy & Gaim.) Voy. de l'Astrol. Ois. t. 10. 

 f. 2., Gould, B. of Austr. pi. 



5. A. lineata Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1837. p. 146., B. of Austr. pi. 



6. A. diemenensis Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1837. p. 146., B. of Austr. 

 pi. 



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

 pi. 



8. A. inornata Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1840. p. 141., B. of Austr. 

 pi. 



g. A. reguloid.es Vig. & Horsf. Linn. Trans, xv. p. 226., Gould, 

 B. of Austr. pi. 



1 0. A. apicalis Gould, B. of Austr. pi. 



11. A. Ewingii Gould, B. of Austr. pi. 



12. A. Buchanani Vig. &. Horsf. Linn. Trans, xv. p. 227- 



13. A. macularia (Quoy & Gaim.) Voy. de l'Astrol. Ois. t. 10. 

 f. 3. 



14. A. ? longirostris (Quoy & Gaim.) Voy. de l'Astrol. Ois. t. 

 10. f. 4. 



15. A. albogularis (Gould), Syn. B. of Austr. pi., B. of Austr. 

 pi. —Type of Psilopus Gould (1837). 



16. A. brevirostris (Gould), Proc. Z. S. 1837. p. 147. 



17. A.fusca (Gould), Proc. Z. S. 147-, B. of Austr. pi. 



18. A. olivacea (Gould), Proc. Z. S. 1837. p. 147. 



19. A. culicivora (Gould), Proc. Z. S. 1840. p. 174., B. of 

 Austr. pi. 



20. A. magnirostris (Gould), Proc. Z. S. 1842. p. 133. 



21. A. chloronotus (Gould), Proc. Z. S. 1842. p. 133., B. of 

 Austr. pi. 



22. A. Icevigaster (Gould), Proc. Z. S. 1842. p. 133. 



23. A. Igata (Quoy & Gaim.) Voy. de l'Astrol. Ois. t. 11. 

 f. 2. 



24. A. flaviventris (G. R. Gray), Voy. of Ereb. and Terr. Birds, 

 pi. 4. f. 1. 



25. A. albifrontata (G. R. Gray), Voy. of Ereb. and Terr. Birds, 

 pi. 4. pi. f. 2. 



26. A. brunnea (Gould), Proc. Z. S. 1840. p. 173., B. of Austr. 

 pi. — Type of Pyrrholaemus Gould (1840). 



* Established by Vigors and Dr. Horsfield in 1825. It probably embraces Psilopus (1837) and Pyrrholcemus (1840) of Mr. Gould. 

 The former was afterwards changed by him to Gerygone. 



February, 1848. 



