Genus— KEMPIELLA. 
Kempiella Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. 1, p. 
12, Aug. 2, 1913. Type (by original designation) : K. Tcempi Mathews. 
This monotypic genus was discovered by Mr. Robin Kemp (after whom it was 
named) at Cape York. I distinguished it thus : “ Differs from Tregellasia 
Mathews in having the rictal bristles much less developed, very small legs and 
feet, and in having the first primary smaller in proportion, that is less than 
half the length of the second. In Tregellasia the first primary is longer than 
half the second.” 
I added : “ This is a most interesting addition to the Australian avifauna. 
Its nearest allies seem to be the forms Eopsaltria capito Gould and E. nana 
Ramsay. These forms have been bandied about, at one time placed in 
Eopsaltria and classed in the family Laniidce , at another in Pcecilodryas and referred 
to the Muscicapidce. In the 4 Reference List ’ I lumped both the genera named 
with Pachycephala, and included all in the latter family. I later separated the 
members of the genus Pachycephala ( sensu lat.) into restricted genera, and was 
compelled to introduce Tregellasia for the species named. They were very 
aberrant and of restricted locality. The present species gives us a nearer ally 
than hitherto known, but its weak legs and feet amply distinguish it. In the 
British Museum collection is a specimen from British New Guinea, which has 
been wrongly identified, so that we have the fact that the present species also 
occurs in that country. Whether Tregellasia is the offshoot of Kempiella or 
vice versa is at present indeterminable, but further collections will help to 
solve the question and also determine the relationship of both.” 
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