Crown "I" the head, back of the neck, and rump, rufous, with broafd str'ue 6f blackish-brown 

 down the head; back, wings, and tail, blackish-brown, the feathers margined with rufous, and the tail 

 tipped with white; throat and chest, white; rest of under surface, irides, legs, and feet, yellowish-buff; 

 bill, black. 



Total length, 3? inches; bill. \ inch; wing, l£ inch; tail, 1 g inch; tarsi, | inch. 

 Habitat : North coast. 



CISTICOLA MAGNA (Gould). 



GREAT, GRASS- WARBLER. 



rilHIS the least known, although the largest, sj)ecies of the genus Cist i cola. It inhabits the eastern 

 * portion of Australia, but its range is not clearly defined. 



In habits and manners it does not differ from its congeners, like them frequenting grassy plains, 

 and feeding on insects. 



The sexes do not differ in colouring, but the female is somewhat less in size than the male. 



Crown <»f the head, back, and wings, blackish-brown, each feather margined with brownish-grey; 

 tail, reddish-brown; chin and lores white; under surface, yellowish-white; irides, yellowish-brown; bill ^ 

 black ; lees and feet, vellowish-brown. 



Total length. 5| inches ; bill, f inch ; wing, 2| inches ; tail, 2| inches ; tarsi, f inch. 



CISTICOLA ISUBA (Gould). 



SQUARE-TAILED GRASS- WARBLER. 



TN most of the plains of Xew South Wales and Victoria, specimens can be found of Cisticola Isura, 

 J- so named by Gould on account of the short tail, which is its most distinctive feature. It has the 

 same shy disposition characteristic of all the species belonging to the same genus, and also resembles them 

 in habits, and in the class of food on which it subsists. 



The crown of the head, back, wings, and tail, are blackish-brown, each feather margined with 

 buff: sides <>f the neck, flanks, and centre of abdomen, yellowish-buff; chest, buffy-white ; chin, throat, 

 and vent, white ; irides, yellowish-brown ; bill, legs, and feet, brown. 



Total length, 4 inches; bill, \ inch; wing, If inch; tail, 1^ inch; tarsi, \ inch. 



Habitats : Xew South Wales and Victoria. 



