ACANTHIZA REGULOIDES, Fig. % Horsf. 



Fig. 1. 



Ac. vertices nucha, corpore superiore, alisque olivaceo-fuscis ; uropygio, caudce tectricibus, crissoque pal- 

 lide olivaceis ; guld, pectoreque cdbis fusco adspyersis ; rectricibus caudce fuscis, ad basin pallide 

 cervinis, omnium apicibus, externarumque pogoniis externis,fuscescenti-cervinis ; rostro pedibusque 

 fuscis. 



Long. tot. 3 J unc. ; rostri, -J- ; alee, 2 ; caudm, If ; tarsi, j. 



Crown, back of the neck, upper surface, and wings olive brown, the feathers of the forehead tipped 

 with a lighter colour ; rump, upper and under tail-coverts pale ochre ; throat and chest white, each 

 feather with a very slight, broken margin of brown ; base of all the tail-feathers pale buff, the exter- 

 nal margin of the outer feathers and the tips of all brownish buff, the central portion blackish brown 

 bill and feet brown. 



Syn. Acanthiza regulo'ides, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 226. 

 Dwarf Warbler, var. fi? Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. vii. p. 135, no. 161. 



Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 



ACANTHIZA UROPYGIALIS, Gould. 

 Fig. 2. 



Ac. capite, corpore supra, alisque fuscis, leviter olivaceo lavatis ; uropygio tectricibusque caudce Icete 

 castaneis ; caudd nigrescenti-fused, late ad apicem albo notatd ; guld, pectore, abdomineque medio 

 griseis; lateribus, crissoque pallide cervinis ; rostro, pedibusque nigris. 



Long, tot, 3| unc. ; rostri, \ ; alee, 2 ; caudal, 1 J ; tarsi, f . 



Head, upper surface, and wings brown, slightly tinged with olive ; the feather on the forehead 

 tipped with a lighter colour ; rump and upper tail-coverts rich reddish chestnut ; tail-feathers brownish 

 black, largely tipped with white, which on the two centre feathers is tinged with brown ; throat, and 

 chest, and centre of the abdomen greyish white ; flanks and under tail-coverts buffy white ; bill and 

 feet black. 



Syn. Acanthiza uropygialis, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1 837. 

 Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 



ACANTHIZA CHRYS0RRHCEA. 

 Fig. 3. 



Ac. fronte nigro albo adsperso ; genis, guld, linedque superciliari cinerescenti-albis ; pectore, corporeqiie 

 subthsflavescenti-albis; lateribus olivaceis ; corpore superiore, alisque olivaceo-fuscis ; uropygio, tec- 

 tricibusquc caudce citrinis, rectricibus caudce in medio f uscis, ad basin fiavescenti-albis ; externarum 

 pogoniis externis, omniumque apicibus cineraceis ; rostro, pedibusque nigrescentibus. 



Mas. Long. tot. 4 J unc; rostri, ;f ; alee, 2#; caudce, If; tarsi, f. 



Forehead black, with a spot of white at the tip of each feather ; cheeks, throat, and a line from the 

 nostrils over each eye greyish white ; chest and under surface yellowish white, passing into light olive 

 brown on the flanks ; upper surface and wings olive brown ; rump and upper tail-coverts bright citron 

 yellow ; base of the tail-feathers white, tinged with yellow, the external margin of the outer feathers 

 and the tips of all brownish grey, the central portion blackish brown ; bill and feet blackish brown. 



Syn. Saxicola chrysorrhcea, Quoy et Gaim. Voy. de 1' Astrolabe, p. 198, pi. 10, f. % 



Habitat. Van Diemen's Land and New South Wales. 



ACANTHIZA MAGNI ROSTRA, Gould. 

 Fig. 4. 



Ac vertice, corpore superiore, alis cauddque olivaceo-fuscis ; hdc, fronteque rufescentibus ; gidd pec- 

 toreque cinereis; lateribus olivaceis ; rostro nigro ; pedibus brunneis. 

 Long. tot. 4| unc. ; rostri, f ; alee, 2 \ ; caudce, If ; tarsi, j. 



Crown of the head, all the upper surface, wings and tail olive brown, the forehead and tail becoming 

 rufous brown; throat and chest brownish white; abdomen greyish white, passing into bright olive 

 green on the lower part of the flanks ; bill black ; feet light brown. 



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



Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 



