The crown of the bead, back of the neck, and ear-coverta are rufous; back, wings, and tail, 

 brown; ohin, and space round the eye, white; under surf ace, grey ; hides, brown; upper mandible 

 of the bill, black ; under mandible, white ; leys and feet, black. 



Total length, 7,' inches; bill, "/,, inch; wing, "• '. inches; tail, 4'/ inches; tarsi, l-J inch. 

 I I. d. itat : Victoria 



GENUS PYCNOPTILUS {Gould). 



''Mill'. <>i 1 1 ! \- Bpecies known of this genus inhabits Australia. 



PYCNOPTILUS FLOCCOSUS (Gould). 



DOWNY PYCNOPTILUS. 



T^TOTHINQ i» known of this species beyond the fact that it inhabits scrubby places in the 

 -i-^l interior of New South Wales, being especially abundant about the river Murrumbidgee. 



In structure it assimilates to the SphenurcB. 



The upper surface, blackish-brown, inclining to rufous on the lower part of the back ; wings, 

 tail, flanks, and vent, blackish-brown; chest, centre of abdomen, and under tail-coverts, deep rufous; 

 forehead, lores, and throat, light rufous; irides, bill, legs, and feet, blackish-brown. 



Total length, 6| inches; bill, i inch ; wing, 2| inches; tail, 2| inches; tarsi, 1^ inch. 



Habitat: Interior of New South Wales. 



