SERICORNIS PARVULUS, Gould. 
Fig. 1. 
Ser. loro palUde fusco, et super hoc strigd cinered ; vertice, corpore supra, alis, cauddqxie olivaceo-fmcis, 
rubro lavatis ; aid sjmrid nigrescente, plnniis singulis alba niarginatis ; pectore, abdotnineque medio 
citrinis, lateribus olivaceo-fuscis ; rostro nigrescente ; j)edibus luteis. 
Long. tot. 4 unc. ; rostri, ^ ; alee, 1 § ; caudcB, 1 1 ; tarsi, ^. 
Lores light brown, above whicli 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 j^ellow ; 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 supcr-oculari cinerescenti-albd ; vertice, 
corpore supra, alis, cauddque olivaceis; alarum tectricibus cilbo terminatis ; aid spurid, nigrescenti- 
fuscd ; guld albd 7iigi'o striatd ; pectore medio abdomineque citrinis; lateribus olivaceo-fuscis; 
rostro 7iigrescenti-fusco; pedibus Jlavescenti-albis. 
Long. tot. 5 unc. ; rostri, ^ ; 2^ ; caudce, 2 ; tarsi, |. 
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 blackisli brown ; feet yellowish white. 
Syn. Acantliiza frontalis, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 226. 
Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 
SERICORNIS HUMILIS, Gould. 
Fig. 3. 
Ser, lofo nigresccnti-fusco ; et super hoc strigd indistinctd albd ; vertice, corpore supra, alis, cauddque 
olivaceis, rubro la vatis ; aid spurid nigrescente ; phmiis singulis albo niarginatis ; guld cinered 
fusco guttatd ; pectore abdomineque medio, fuscescenti-flavis, illofusco indistincte guttata ; lateribus 
castanets ; rostro nigrescente ; pedibus fuscis. 
Long. tot. 5 unc. ; rostri, § ; ala;, 2^ ; cauda, 2g- ; 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 M'ith 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, Part V., 1837- 
Habitat. Van Diemen's Land. 
SERICORNIS CITREOGULARIS, Gould. 
Fig. 4. 
Mas. Ser. loro, annulo circumoculari, plumisque auricularibus intense nigrescenti-fuscis ; lined jlave- 
scente a naribus super oculos excurrente; vertice, corporeque suprd,rectricibus, secondariisqu(i alarum, 
cauddque rufo-brunneis ; primariis ad marginem externum olivaceis ; aid spurid nigrescente ; guld 
citrind ; pectore lateribusque olivaceo fuscis ; abdomine medio albo ; rostro nigro ; pedibus brun- 
neis. 
Long. tot. 5^ unc. ; rostri, J ; alee, 2| ; caudce, 2^ ; tarsi, 1^. 
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. Diifers 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. 
