xliv INTRODUCTION. 
181. Amytis textilis 
182. Amytis striatus 
183. Amytis macrourus, Gould 
Genus Stipiturus, Less. 
A form confined to Australia. Although some slight variation occurs in the specimens from Van Diemen's 
Land, Southern and Western Australia, I believe that they are all referable to one and the same species, viz. — 
184. Stipiturus malachurus , , . Vol. III. PI. 31. 
Genus Dasyornis, Vig. &f Horsf. 
A group of birds adapted for situations covered with an almost impenetrable vegetation, reed-beds, &c. The 
tvFo species figured are all that are at present known ; of these one is from the eastern and the other from the 
western parts of Australia. 
185. Dasyornis Austrahs, Vig. 8^ Horsf. /...... Vol. III. PI 32. 
186. Dasyornis longirostris, Gould. Vol. III. PI. 33. 
Prior to my visit to Australia, I described a bird in the ' Proceedings of the Zoological Society,' Part V. 
p. 150, as D. ? brumeus, but as I have not since met with the bird in any collection from Australia I presume it is 
not a native of that country. 
Genus Atrichia, Gould. 
Rictus totally devoid of bristles ; hill as long as the head, compressed laterally ; the upper mandible distinctly 
notched at the tip ; gonys ascending from the rictus and then following the line of the bill ; culmen ascending high in 
front ; nostrils moderately large, covered with an operculum, and placed in a groove near the base of the bill ; ivings 
short, round, concave, the first three primaries graduated, the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh equal ; tail lengthened, 
rounded, the stems rigid, the webs loose and decomposed ; tarsi and feet robust, the hind-toe armed with a strong 
nail ; outer and inner toes equal in length. 
The only species of this genus yet discovered is as singular in its structure as it is shy and retiring in its 
habits ; the total absence of vibrissse in a bird apparently closely aUied to Dasyornis, in which they are so much 
developed, renders it one of the anomalies of the Australian fauna. 
187. Atrichia clamosa, GoM?(? . . . . . . • • Vol. III. PI. 34. 
Subfamily ? 
Genus Sphen(eacus, Strickl. 
A group of reed- and grass-frequenting birds, which are found not only in every part of Australia, but also in 
the Indian Islands and India. 
Vol. III. PL 28. 
Vol. III. PI. 29. 
Vol. III. PI. 30. 
188. Sphenoeacus galactotes . 
189. Sphenoeacus gramineus, Gould 
Vol. III. PI. 35. 
Vol. III. PI. 36. 
