ACCENTOR! NyE. 
Enicocichla G. R. Gray* 
Bill moderate and subconical, with the culmen sloping, and the sides compressed to the tip, which i s 
slightly emarginated; the gonys short and ascending; the nostrils basal, and placed in a small 
membranous groove, with the opening rounded and exposed. Wings rather long, with the first to the 
third quills equal and longest. T ail moderate and even. Tarsi as long as the middle toe, strong, aI1 ^ 
covered in front with a single scale. Toes moderate, and rather slender ; with the outer toe united at 
its base ; the hind toe rather short. 
The species are inhabitants of North and South America ; that of the former country migrates, during the cold season 
to the more genial climate within the tropics. It frequents the woody districts, seeking among the fallen leaves for the 
small seeds and insects. It is in such places that the female forms her nest, which is usually sunk below the surface! 
and is composed of grass, so built that it is arched over, leaving a small hole only for an entrance on one side, with* 
which are deposited tour or five eggs. 
1. E. aurocapillus (Wits.) G. R. Gray, Wils. Am. Orn. pi. 14. I 2. E. sulfurascens (D'Orb.) Voy. de 1’Isle de Cuba, Ois. *• & 
f. 2. — Turdus coronatus Vieill. Ois. de l’Amer. Sept. t. 6-1. | 
Sericornis Gould. f 
Bill moderate and straight, with the culmen slightly sloping, and the sides compressed to the tip> 
which is emarginated ; the gonys moderate and ascending ; the nostrils basal, and placed i’ 1 a 
membranous groove, with the opening lunate and exposed. Wings rather short, and rounded ; wlth 
the fiist quill very short, and the fourth, fifth, and sixth nearly equal and longest. Tail moderate 
nearly even. Tarsi long, rather slender, and covered by a single scale in front. Toes moderate ; 
lateral toes equal, and the outer toe united at its base ; the hind toe rather long, and armed 
and 
. the 
a 
strong curved claw 
Tne species that compose this genus are peculiar to the continent of Australia. They frequent the brushes and 
humid places, seeking on the ground beneath the rotten leaves, or fallen trunks of trees, and stones, for the 
that inhabit such places ; sometimes they are seen hopping actively about from one small branch of a tree to anot i ' 
occasionally pouring forth on a prominent twig a very feeble song, or, if alarmed, concealing themselves amidst t 
foliage of the bushes. The nest is suspended from a slender branch, and has the appearance of a mass of m 
intermixed with other vegetable matter, in the middle of which, by a small entrance on the side, the female dep 
two or three eggs. 
1. S. frontalis (Vig. & Horsf.) Gould, Linn. Trans, xv. p. 226., 
Syn. B. of Austr. pi. B. of Austr. pi. — Sericornis parvulus 
Gould. 
2. S. humilis Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1837. p. 133., B. of Austr. pi. 
3. S. citreogularis Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1837. p. 133., B. of Austr 
P l. 
4. 
pl. 
5. 
6 . 
7. 
pl. 
S. osculans Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1847. p. 
B of A ustr ‘ 
S. maculatus Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1847- P- 
S. levigaster Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1847- P- 
S. magnirostris Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1837- P 
1840° rlglnally eSt3blished Under the name of Seiunu by Mr. Swainson (1827), but which name was changed by me to the a 
f Mr. Gould established this genus in 1837. 
