ACANTHORHYNCHUS SUPERCILIOSUS, Gould. 



Fig. 1. 



Ac. summo capite, corpore superiore, alis, caudmque rectricibus sex intermediis cinerascenti-fuscis, 

 rectricibus reliquis nigris albo ample terminatis ; loro plumisque auricularibus nigrescenti-fuscis ; 

 gutture summo, genis, linedque superciliari albis, gutture colloque nitide et pallide castanets, 

 illius colore vittd alba infra circumdato, cui vitta nigra accedit ; abdomine crissoque pallide 

 cinerascenti-fuscis ; rostro pedibusque nigris. 



Long, tot 5± unc. ; rostri, 1J; aim, 2^; caudm, 2±; tarsi, |. 



Crown of the head, all the upper surface, wings, and six middle tail-feathers greyish brown, the 

 remainder of the tail-feathers black largely tipped with white; space between the bill and the eye, 

 and the ear-coverts blackish brown ; upper part of the throat, cheeks, and stripe over the eye white ; 

 throat and back part of the neck rich light chestnut brown, the chestnut of the former bounded below 

 by a band of white, which is succeeded by another band of black; abdomen and under tail-coverts 

 light greyish brown ; bill and feet black. 



Acanthorhynchus super ciliosus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837, with Gen. Char. 

 Habitat. Australia : locality, Van Diemen's Land. 



ACANTHORHYNCHUS TENUIROSTR1S. 



Fig. 2. 



Ac. capite summo nitide viridescenti-nigro ; loro, plumis auricularibus, lunula in utroque pectoris 

 latere, primariis, rectricibusque caudm sex intermediis nigris, rectricibus caudal nigris ad apicem 

 albis ; nucha castaneo-rufd ; dor so superiore castaneo-fusco ; secundariis, tectricibus aim majori- 

 bus, uropygio tectricibusque caudm cinerascentibus ; guld, genis, et pectore albis, gulm plumis in 

 medio castaneis ; abdomine, lateribus, crissoque pallide castaneis ; rostro pedibusque nigris. 

 Long. tot. 6 unc; rostri, 1^; aim, 2 J ; caudm, 2^; tarsi, |. 



Crown of the head shining greenish black ; space between the bill and the eye, ear-coverts, lunated 

 band on the sides of the chest, primaries, and six middle tail-feathers black, the remainder of the tail- 

 feathers black largely tipped with white ; back of the neck rufous chestnut, passing into chestnut 

 brown on the upper part of the back ; secondaries, great wing-coverts, rump, and upper tail-coverts 

 grey ; throat, cheeks, and chest white, the first with a patch of chestnut brown in the centre ; abdo- 

 men, flanks and under tail-coverts light chestnut brown ; bill and feet black. 



Certhia tenuirostris, Lath. Tnd. Orn. SuppL, p. xxxvi. No. 5. 

 Le Cap noir, Vieill. Ois. Dor., torn. ii. p. 94. pi. 60. 



Slender-billed Honey Eater, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. iv. p. 194. No. 52. pi. 72. 

 Hooded Creeper, Shaw, Zool., vol. viii. p. 109. 



Slender-billed Creeper, Lath. Gen. Syn. Suppl., vol. ii. p. 165. pi. 129. 

 Meliphaga tenuirostris, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 317. 



Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 



ACANTHORHYNCHUS DUBIUS, Gould. 



Fig. 3. 



Ac. summo capite intense cinerascenti-viridi ; loro, plumis auricularibus, lunula in utroque pectoris 

 latere, rectribusque caudm sex intermediis nigrescenti-fuscis, rectricibus reliquis nigris ad apicem 

 albis ; nucha obscure rufd ; secundariis, tectricibus aim majoribus, et uropygio cinereis ; guld pec- 

 toreque cinerascenti-albis ilia rufo tinctd ; abdomine crissoque nitide at pallide castaneis ; rostro 

 pedibusque nigris. 

 Long, tot 51 unc; rostri, 1 ; aim, 2f ; caudm, 2± ; tarsi, f. 



Crown of the head dark greyish green ; space between the bill and the eye, ear-coverts, lunated 

 mark on the sides of the chest, and six middle tail-feathers blackish brown, the remainder of the tail 

 black largely tipped with white ; hind part of the neck dull rufous; secondaries, greater wing-coverts, 

 and rump grey ; throat and chest greyish white ; the former strongly tinted with rufous brown ; ab- 

 domen and under tail-coverts rich light chestnut brown ; bill and feet black. 



Acanthorhynchus dubius, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837. 



Remark. Although I have given the name of dubius to this species on account of his close resem- 

 blance to Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris, I have but little doubt that it will ultimately prove to be 

 distinct. 



Habitat. Australia : locality, Van Diemen's Land. 



