Genus — A S H B Y I A . 
Ashbyia North, Agric. Gazette, N.S.W., 
Vol. XXII., pt. 3, p. 211, March 2nd, 
1911. Type (by original designation) ... Ephthianura lovensis Ashby. 
When North introduced this genus he characterised it thus : “ Like 
Ephthianura , to which it is possibly allied, but it is easily distinguished from 
that genus by its larger and more robust bill, especially at the base, and its 
longer and more pointed wings.” 
In the Emu , Vol. XII., p. 204, 1913, this species and genus was discussed 
by me when a coloured plate was given, and I wrote : “ The present species 
would be referable to this group ( Epthianurce ) by its coloration, though it is 
easily characterised by its superior size and heavy bill. In its upper coloration 
it lacks the yellow rump, and it has the under-surface more distinctly 
greenish-yellow throughout, this colour re-appearing on the lores and on the 
supercilious eye-streak, though a buff tinge washes the sides of the breast.” 
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