ACANTHIZA PUSILLA, Vig. 8$ Horsf. 

 Fig. 1. 



Ac. fronte rufescenti-fusco, nigrescente adsperso ; corpore superiore, alisque intense olivaceo-fuscis ; 

 tectricibus caudm castaneis ; caudd olivaceo-brunned, nigrescente apicem versus fasciatd ; guld 

 pectoreque cinereis, irregulariter fusco adspersis ; abdomine medio, crissoque cervinis ; rostro pe- 

 dibusque fuscis. 



Long. tot. 3J unc. ; rostri, ^ ; aim, 2|- ; caudal, 2 ; tarsi, J. 



Forehead rufous brown, each feather tipped with blackish brown; upper surface and wings deep 

 olive brown; upper tail-coverts chestnut brown; tail reddish olive brown, crossed near the extremity 

 with a broad band of blackish brown ; throat and chest greyish white, each feather having a fine ir- 

 regular margin of blackish brown ; centre of the abdomen and under tail-coverts fawn white ; bill and 

 feet brown. 



Syn. Motacilla pusilla, White's Jourm, pi. in p. 257. 



Dwarf Warbler, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. vii. p. 134, no. 161. 

 Acanthiza pusilla, Vig. and Llorsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 227- 



Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 



ACANTHIZA NANA, Fig. # Horsf. 

 Fig. 2. 



Ac. corpore superiore olivaceo, caudd cinered olivaceo lavatd, et fascid lata intense fused ornatd ; guld 

 corporeque subtiis flavis ; iridibus cinereis ; rostro pedibusque pallide brunneis. 

 Long. tot. 3-J unc. ; rostri, aim, 1|; caudce, If; tarsi, j. 



All the upper surface bright olive ; tail greyish brown tinged with olive, and crossed by a broad 

 band of blackish brown ; throat and under surface yellow ; irides grey ; bill and feet light brown. 



Syn. Dwarf Warbler, var. A.? Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. vii. p. 134, no. 161. 

 Acanthiza nana, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 226. 



Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 



ACANTHIZA DIEMENENSIS, Gould. 

 Fig. 3. 



Ac. fronte rufo-brunneo, notis semi-lunaribus cervinis, fuscoque adspersis, corpore superiore, alisque in- 

 tense olivaceo-fuscis ; tectricibus caudm fuscis, castaneo lavatis ; rectricibus olivaceis, nigrescenti- 

 fusco fasciatis ; genis, guld, pectoreque cinereis, irregulariter fusco adspersis ; abdomine, crissoque 

 cinerescenti-albis rufo tinctis, hoc colore in crisso later ibusque prmvalente ; rostro pedibusque pallide 

 brunneis. 



Long. tot. 4 unc. ; rostri, y 9 ^ ; aim, 2^ ; caudm, 2 ; tarsi, j. 



Forehead rufous brown, each feather with a crescent- shaped mark of bright buff near its extremity 

 and tipped with blackish brown ; all the upper surface and wings deep olive brown ; upper tail- 

 coverts reddish brown ; tail olive brown, crossed by a band of blackish brown ; cheeks, throat, and 

 chest greyish white, each feather margined with a broken line of deep brown ; abdomen and under 

 tail-coverts greyish white, tinged with rufous, which is deepest on the flanks and under tail-coverts ; 

 bill and feet light brown. 



Syn. Acanthiza Diemenensis, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837. 



Remark. Nearly allied to Acanthiza pusilla. 



Habitat. Van Diemen's Land. 



ACANTHIZA LINEATA, Gould, 

 Fig. 4. 



Ac. vertice fusco-olivaceo, albo delicate striato ; dorso, alis, cauddque olivaceis ; hdc apicem versus ni- 

 grescente fasciatd, ad apicem cinerescenti-fuscd ; guld, pectoreque cinereis, olivaceo lavatis, et irre- 

 gulariter fusco guttatis ; rostro pedibusque fuscis. 

 Long. tot. 3| unc. ; rostri, | ; aim, 2 ; caudm, 1 f ; tarsi, f v 



Crown of the head brownish olive, with a fine line of white down the centre of each feather; back 

 and wings greenish olive; tail the same, crossed by a broad band of brownish black near the tip, be- 

 yond which the extremities are brownish grey; throat and chest grey, tinged with olive, the margins 

 of the feathers spotted with dark brown, giving these parts an irregular spotted appearance ; bill ana 

 feet dark brown. 



Syn. Acanthiza lineata, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837. 

 Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 



