Genus — MILL I GAN I A. 
Milligania Mathews, Austral. Av. Rec., 
Vol. I., pt. 5, p. 112, Dec. 24th, 1912. 
Type (by original designation) ... ... Acanthiza robustirostris Milligan. 
At the introduction of this genus I wrote : “ Differs from Acanthiza in its 
stouter bill and longer thinner legs and feet.” 
The bill is shorter and stouter and broader, the rectal and nasal bristles 
weaker. 
The wing is longer, the third, fourth, fifth and sixth primaries equal and 
longest, the seventh shorter, and the second equal to the eighth and longer 
than the secondaries : the first is less than half the length of the second. 
The tail is long and square. The legs are longer and the feet weaker, 
the middle toe and claw being shorter than the hind-toe and claw. 
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