ACANTIIIZA PUSILLA, Fig. 8$ Horsf. 
Fig. 1. 
Ac. fronte rnfescenti-fusco, nigrescente adsperso ; corporc superiore, alisque intense olhmceo-fuscis ; 
tectricibus caudce castaneis ; caudd olivacto-brunned, idgrescente apicem versus fasciatd ; guld 
pectoreque cinereis, irregular iter fusco adspersis ; abdonwie medio, crissoque cervinis ; rostro pe- 
dihusque fuscis. 
Long. tot. 3^ unc. ; rostri, -^jj ; alec, 2^ ; caudce, 2 ; tarsi, |. 
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 Journ., pi. in p. 257. 
Dwarf Warbler, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. vii. p. 134, no. 161. 
Acanthiza pusilla, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 227. 
Habitat. Australia : locality. New South Wales. 
ACANTHIZA NANA, Fhg. Ss Horsf. 
Fig. 2. 
Ac, corpore superiore olivaceo, caudd ciyiered olivaceo lavatd, et fascia lata intense fused ornatd ; gidd 
corporeque subtiis jiavis ; iridibus cinereis ; rostro pedibitsque pallide brunneis. 
Long. tot. 3i unc. ; rostri, 1 ; alcB, 1 1 ; caudce, 1 § ; tarsi, |. 
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. 
ACANTIIIZA DIEMENENSIS, Gould. 
Fig. 3. 
Ac. fronte rufo-brunneo, notis semi-lunaribus cervinis, fuscoque adspersis, corpore superiore, cdtsque in- 
tense oUvaceo-fuscis ; tectricibus caudce fuscis, castaneo lavatis ; rectricibus olivaceis, nigrescenti- 
fusco fasciatis ; genis, guld, pectoreqnc cinereis, irregulctriterfiisco adspersis ; abdomine, crissorjue 
cinerescenti-albis rufo tinctis, hoc colore incrisso lateribuscpie prccvcdente ; rostro pedibuscjue pallide 
brunneis. 
Long. tot. 4 unc; rostri, alee, 2^; caudce, 2; tarsi, |. 
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, whicli is deepest on the flanks and under tail-coverts ; 
bill and feet light brown. 
Syn. Acanthiza Diemenensis, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, PartV., 1837. 
Remark. Nearly allied to Acanthiza pusilla. 
Habitat. Van Diemen's Land. 
ACANTHIZA LINEATA, Gould. 
Fig. 4. 
Ac. vertice fusco-olivaceo, albo delicate, striata ; dorso, alls, cauddque olivctceis ; hdc apicem versus ni- 
grescente fasciatd, ad apicem cinerescenti-fuscd ; guld, pectoreque cinereis, olivaceo lavatis, et irre- 
gulariter fusco guttatis ; rostro pedib usque fuscis. 
Long. tot. 3 J unc. ; rostri, ^ ; alcE, 2 ; caudce, Ij}; tarsi, 
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 and 
f eet dark brown. 
Syn. Acanthiza lineata, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837. 
Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 
