SERICORNIS PARVULUS, Gould. 

 Fig. I. 



Ser. loro pallide fusco, et super hoc strigd cinered ; vertice, corpore supra, alts, cauddque olivaceo-fuscis, 

 rubro lavatis ; aid spuria nigrescente, plumis singulis albo marginatis ; pectore, abdomineque medio 

 citrinis, lateribus olivaceo-fuscis ; rostro nigrescente ; pedibus luteis. 

 Long. tot. 4* uric. ; rostri, f ; aim, If; cauclm, If; tarsi, f. 



Lores light brown, above which a line of greyish white ; crown of the head, all the upper surface, 

 wings, and tail olive brown, with a tinge of red, which becomes more conspicuous on the rump and 

 upper tail-coverts ; spurious wing blackish brown, the feathers margined on the inner edge and tip 

 with white ; chest and centre of the abdomen citron yellow ; flanks olive brown ; bill blackish brown ; 

 feet yellowish white. 



Syn. Sericornis parvulus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837. 



Habitat. Australia : locality, east coast of New Holland. 



SERICORNIS FRONTALIS. 



Fig. 2. 



Ser. fronte medio, loro, strigdque infra-oculari nigris; strigd super -oculari cinerescenti-albd ; vertice, 

 corpore supra, alis, cauddque olivaceis; alarum tectricibus albo terminatis ; aid spuria, nigrescenti- 

 fuscd ; guld alba nigro striata; pectore medio abdomineque citrinis; lateribus olivaceo-fuscis; 

 rostro nigrescenti-fusco ; pedibus flavescenti-albis. 

 Long. tot. 5 unc. ; rostri, |- ; aim, 2J ; caudm, 2 ; tarsi, f-. 



Centre of the forehead, lores, and a line beneath the eye black ; over the eye a line of greyish white ; 

 crown of the head, all the upper surface, wings and tail olive brown ; wing-coverts tipped with white ; 

 spurious wing blackish brown ; throat white, striated with black ; centre of the chest and abdomen 

 citron yellow ; flanks olive brown ; bill blackish brown ; feet yellowish white. 



Syn. Acanthiza frontalis, Vig. and Llorsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 226. 



Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 



SERICORNIS HUM ILLS, Gould. 

 Fig. 3. 



Ser. loro nigrescenti-fusco ; et super hoc strigd indistinctd alba ; vertice, corpore supra, alis, cauddque 

 olivaceis, rubro lavatis ; aid spuria nigrescente ; plumis singulis albo marginatis ; guld cinered 

 fusco guttata ; pectore abdomineque medio, fuscescenti-flavis, illo fusco indistincte guttato ; lateribus 

 castanets ; rostro nigrescente ; pedibus fuscis. 

 Long. tot. 5 unc. ; rostri, § ; alee, 2-f ; caud(B, 2J ; tarsi, 1 . 



Lores blackish brown, above which an obscure stripe of white ; crown of the head, and all the upper 

 surface, wings and tail dark olive brown with a tinge of red, which becomes more conspicuous on the 

 rump and tail-feathers; spurious wing blackish brown, each feather margined with white; throat 

 greyish white, spotted with blackish brown ; chest and centre of the abdomen brownish yellow, the 

 former similarly but more obscurely spotted than the throat ; flanks chestnut brown ; bill blackish 

 brown ; legs dark brown. 



Syn. Sericornis humilis, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, PartV., 1837. 



Habitat. Van Diemen's Land. 



SERICORNIS CITREOGULARIS, Gould. 



Fig. 4. 



Mas. Ser. loro, annulo circumoculari, plumisque auricularibus intense nigrescenti-fuscis ; lined flave- 

 scente a naribus super oculos excurrente; vertice, corporeque supra, rectricibus, secondariisque'alarum, 

 cauddque rufo-brunneis ; primariis ad marginem externum olivaceis ; old spuria nigrescente ; guld 

 citrind ; pectore lateribusque olivaceo-fuscis ; abdomine medio albo ; rostro nigro ; pedibus brun- 

 neis. 



Long. tot. 5i unc. ; rostri, f ; aim, 2| ; caudm, 2f ; tarsi, 1-J-. 



Male. Lores, circle around the eye, and the ear-coverts deep blackish brown ; a conspicuous line 

 of yellowish white commences at the nostrils and passes over and for some distance beyond the eye ; 

 crown of the head, and all the upper surface, secondaries, wing-coverts, and tail reddish brown, be- 

 coming more rufous on the upper tail-coverts and tail ; outer edges of the primaries olive ; spurious 

 wing blackish brown ; throat citron yellow ; chest and flanks olive brown ; centre of the abdomen 

 white ; bill black ; feet light brown. 



Female. Differs only in being less brilliant in all her markings. 



Syn. Sericornis citreogularis, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837. 



Habitat. Australia: locality, New South Wales. 



