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Genus OREOCINCLA. 



Bill as long, or longer than the head, slightly incurved, compressed laterally; the tip of the upper 

 mandible overhanging the under ; notch considerably removed from the tip ; gonys, or cutting edges 

 sharp ; nostrils basal, oval ; rictus beset with a few short hairs ; wings moderately lono- and rigid first 

 quill very short, the fourth and fifth nearly equal, and the longest ; tail rather short 2nd square', the 

 feathers rigid, and running to point exteriorly ; tarsi moderate, scales entire ; toes slender, particularly 

 the hinder one ; later toes nearly equal, but the inn er one rather the shortest ; general plumage silky 

 to the touch ; the rump-feathers spinous, as in Ceblepyris and Graucalus. 



Types. Oreocincla Novce Holland'm and Turdus varius, Horsf. 



Oreocincl A macrorhyncha. Crown of the head, and all the upper surface, wings, tail, and upper 

 tail-coverts olive brown, each feather, except those of the wing and tail, tipped with a minute margin 

 of black ; edges of the secondaries slightly margined with buff; outer tail-feather on each side tipped 

 with white, and the second also but move slightly ; throat and all the under surface buffy white, each 

 feather tipped with a lanceolate spot of black, which spots are most conspicuous on the flanks ; tip of 

 the spurious wing and bill blackish brown ; feet light brown. 



Total length, 10^ inches; bill, If; wing, 5J; tail, 4|; tarsi, 1£. 



Habitat. New Zealand, or Van Diemen's Land. 



Nearly allied to, but differing from the Turdus varius of authors, in the much larger size of the bill, 

 and in the deeper black colouring of the margins of the feathers. 

 In the British Museum. 



Family ? 



Genus SYMMORPHUS. 



Bill rather short, swollen, distended at the base, upper mandible slightly notched at the tip ; culmen 

 and commissure somewhat arched ; nostrils basal, oval, and nearly hidden by the feathers of the fore- 

 head ; wings moderate, first quill half the length of the second, third, fourth and fifth equal, and 

 longest ; tail moderate, the outer feather on each side a fourth shorter than the others, which are 

 nearly equal in length; tarsi aod feet moderate; the former scutellated anteriorly; hind toe and 

 claw shorter than the middle ; lateral toes unequal, the inner one the shortest. 



Symmorphus leucopygus. Lores blackish brown ; stripe from the nostrils above the eye buffy 

 white ; crown of the head, back of the neck, and back dull chocolate brown ; shoulders, tips of the 

 greater wing-coverts, rump, throat, and all the under surface white, slightly tinged with buff; pri- 

 maries and secondaries blackish brown, margined with deep buff; two centre tail-feathers brown, 

 slightly tipped with greyish white, the next on each side the same, but more extensively tipped with 

 greyish white, and the next with an oblong spot white on the inner web ; the three outer on each 

 side dark brown for their basal half, the remainder white ; bill and feet black. 



Total length, 7| inches; bill, §; wing, 3^; tail, 3^-; tarsi, barely 1. 



Habitat. New South Wales. 



In my own Collection. 



Petroica modesta. Crown of the head, all the upper surface, wings, and tail reddish brown ; 

 throat white, tinged with brown ; chest and centre of the abdomen washed with scarlet ; lower part 

 of the abdomen and under tail-coverts white; flanks brown; bill blackish brown; feet yellowish 

 brown. 



Total length, 5 inches ; bill, |- ; wing, 2| ; tail, 2 ; tarsi, J. 



The female resembles the male, but is rather lighter in colour, and has only an indication of the 

 scarlet tinge on the chest and sides. 

 Habitat. East coast of New Holland. 



Genus ORIGMA. 



Bill nearly as long as the head, incurved, carinated, indented near the tip ; nostrils oval, lateral, 

 basal, and covered by an operculum ; wings moderate, rounded, first quill short, fourth, fifth, sixth, 

 and seventh nearly equal and longest ; tail moderate and slightly rounded ; tarsi moderate ; toes rather 

 short, the outer toe much longer than the inner ; plumage dense. 



Type. Saxicola solitaria, Vig. and Horsf. Rock Warbler of Lewin, pi. xvi. 



Genus EPTHIANURA. 



Bill shorter than the head, nearly straight, compressed laterally, notched at the tip, gonys incurved ; 

 nostrils basal, linear, and covered by a membrane ; wings long, first quill spurious, second very long, 

 third and fourth equal and longest ; tertials very long ; tail short and truncate ; tarsi entire, mo- 

 derately long, slight ; toes slender, the hinder toe and claw shorter than the middle one, the inner 

 toe rather shorter than the outer. 



Type. Acanthiza albifrons, Jard. and Selb. 



