PYRRHULAUDA AUSTRALIS. — Smith. 
Aves. — Plate XXIY. (Male and Female.) 
Mas. — P. capite nigro-brunneo ; gula, gutture, corporisque partibus infcrioribus nigris ; interscapularibus, 
dorsoque subferrugineis brunneo-strigatis; alarum tectricibus minoribus, tectricibusque primariis et 
secundariis sordide fuscis, primariis exceptis, rufo-marginatis ; rectricibus duobus intermediis fuscis 
rufo-marginatis, ceeteribus nigris. Rostroalbo; oculis brunneis ; pedibus subcarneis. 
Fern. — Supra rufa fusco-strigata ; subtus rufo-alba, pectore fusco-maculatu. 
Longitudo 5 unc. 
Megalotis australis, Rep. of Exped. App. page 49, June, 1836. 
Colour. Male. — Head and under parts black, the upper and lateral parts of 
the former with a strong rusty tint ; interscapulars and back subferrugineous, 
tinted with grey and variegated with brown streaks, one streak along the mid- 
dle of each feather ; upper tail coverts dark umber-brown faintly tipt with pale 
rufous. The lesser wing coverts, the primary and secondary quill coverts, and 
the tertiary quill feathers umber-brown, and, with the exception of the primary 
coverts, distinctly edged and tipt with rufous ; the primary and secondary 
quill feathers dark umber-brown verging to black. Tail, with the exception 
of the two middle feathers, black, these are umber-brown, edged and tipt 
with rufous. Bill white, with a livid shade. Eyes dark-brown ; legs and 
toes flesh-coloured. 
Form, &c. — Figure and carriage, in some respects, like those of the Larks 
( Alauclince), in others, like those of the Finches (Ft'ingilincs), the points of 
resemblance, as far as number are concerned, being in favour of the latter. 
Body rather robust ; head broad and flat above ; bill conical and pointed, the 
culmen obtuse and slightly curving from the base, the sides of the upper 
mandible convex particularly towards the base, the commissure straight, and 
the cutting edges of the under mandible received within those of the upper; 
nostrils basilar and concealed by a covering of rigid wiry feathers. Wings 
rather long and rounded, when folded they reach over the first two-thirds of 
the tail, the first quill rudimentary, the third and fourth the longest and 
slightly exceeding the second and fifth, the sixth considerably shorter ; 
several of the shorter primaries have their points emarginate ; the tertiaries 
nearly as long as the primaries. Tail of moderate length and slightly forked. 
Tarsus short, moderately robust, and shielded both before and behind ; toes 
short and rather slender, the outermost and innermost of equal length, the 
