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SYLVIADiE. 



A&hy-recl Soft-tail, longitudinally dashed with black; beneath 

 whitish Isabella colour; with the throat white; the tail-fea- 

 thers (the two middle excepted) with a black spot towards 

 the tip. 



Inhabits New Holland. The middle of all the 

 feathers of the upper parts of the plumage is adorned 

 with a large black longitudinal dash ; and the edges 

 are ai^h, tinged more or less with reddish : the same 

 colour, but more brilliant, forms a broad edging 

 to the quills, and is expanded over the middle tail- 

 feathers : the remainder of the latter are ashy-brown, 

 with a large black spot placed at some distance from 

 their tip, which is black : the throat is white : the 

 rest of the under parts is of a whitish-isabella colour : 

 the beak and the legs are yellow. 



Sp. 3. Ma. gularis. 



Muscicapa malachura. Steph. v. x. p. 407. La Queue gazee. 

 Le Vaill. Ois.d'Afriq. iii. 130./ 2.— New Holland. 

 Sp. 4. Ma. pectoralis. 



Turdus brachypterus. Steph* v, x. p. 221. — New Holland. 



Sp. 5. Ma. magnificus. Temm. 



Sp. 6. Ma. marginalis. Temm, PL CoL 65. f. 2. 



Ma. suprh Juscus, pennarum marginibus pallidioribus aut rufes' 

 centibus, infra, guld, super ciliis que albis ; pectore abdomineqiie 

 Jusco maculato. 



Soft- tail, above brown, with the edges of the feathers paler or 

 reddish; the under parts, throat, and eyebrows white; the 

 breast and abdomen spotted with brown. 



Inhabits Java. Tail very long and much wedged ; 

 the outer feathers on each side being one inch and 

 nine lines (French) long, and three of the middle four 

 inches and a half: the feathers of the back and wings 



