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202. Sericornis frontalis . 
203. Sericornis laevigaster, Gould . 
204. Sericornis maculatus, Gould . 
205. Sericornis magnirostris, Gould 
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Subfamily ? 
Genus Acanthiza. 
With the exception of the north coast, the Acanthizce are dispersed 
over all the wooded districts of Australia and Van Diemen’s Land ; 
some species frequenting the brushes, while others tenant the shrubs 
and belts of trees on the plains ; others again are only found in such 
districts as the belts of the Murray. 
Like some other large groups at present included under one 
generic title, the Acanthizce might be divided with propriety ; 
thus the A. pusilla, A. Diemenensis , &c., which are feeble in struc- 
ture and strictly arboreal, might form one section; while the A. 
chrysorrhcea , A. Regulo'ides , &c., which resort to the ground, might 
form another. The nests of ail the species that I have seen are of 
a domed form like that of the European Wren. 
The members of this genus and the Maluri are frequently the 
foster-parents of the shining Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx lucidus). 
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208. Acanthiza Ewingii, Gould 
209. Acanthiza uropygialis, Gould 
210. Acanthiza apicalis, Gould . 
211. Acanthiza pyrrhopygia, Gould . 
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212. Acanthiza inornata, Goidd 
213. Acanthiza nana, Vig . and Horsf. 
214. Acanthiza lineata, Gould .... 
215. Acanthiza Regulo'ides, Vig. arid Horsf 
216. Acanthiza chrysorrhcea 
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Genus Ephthianura. 
Bill shorter than the head, nearly straight, compressed laterally, 
notched at the tip, gonys incurved ; nostrils basal, linear, and co- 
vered by a membrane ; wings long, first quill spurious, second very 
long, third and fourth equal and longest ; tertials very long ; tail 
short and truncate; tarsi entire, moderately long, slight; toes slender, 
the hinder toe and claw shorter than the middle one, the inner toe 
rather shorter than the outer. 
Three species of this form are all that are at present known, and 
of these two are figured for the first time in the present work. They 
all inhabit the southern part of Australia, where they frequent the 
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