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New Species of 
This very curious bird belongs, I conceive, to the Muscicapidce , 
and is somewhat allied to Seimra. 
A new Praticola , common on the plains round Adelaide, 
and forming the second example of the genus, is 
Praticola campestris. Prat, fronte et plumis auricular - 
thus rufis; putt are albescente; cor pore subtus et lateribus 
ex arenaceo luteolis fusco striatis . 
Forehead rufous, passing into the reddish brown of the crown 
and upper surface, with a stripe of blackish brown down the 
centre of each feather; wings sandy brown; internal webs of 
the primaries dark brown; two centre tail-feathers reddish 
brown, the remainder reddish brown at the base, crossed towards 
the extremity with a broad band of brownish black and broadly 
tipped with white; over the eye a line of white; ear-coverts 
mingled rufous and white; throat white, gradually passing into 
the buff of the under surface; all the leathers of the under 
surface with a stripe of brownish black down their centre; bill 
blackish, lighter at the base of the under mandible; irides rufous 
brown; feet blackish brown. 
Total length, 4£ inches ; bill, g ; wing, 2£; tail, 2; tarsi, \. 
Hab. South Australia. 
Closely allied to, but much smaller than, Calamanthus striatus . 
A new Acanthiza as 
Acanthiza inornata. Acanth. corpore suprd , alls cau - 
ddque oUvaecofuscis , hue nigrescentifusco late fasciatd; 
corpore subtils pallide lutcolo. 
All the upper surface, wings, and tail olive brown; primaries 
dark brown; tail crossed by a broad band of brownish black ; 
all the under surface light bulf; irides greenish white; bill and 
feet black. 
Total length, 3J inches; bill, \; wing, Ig; tail, 1J; tarsi, -{]. 
Hab. Western Australia, particularly the neighbourhood of 
Swan River. 
A new species from Swan River, which, with the Muscicapa 
macroptera of Messrs. Vigors and Horsficld, I propose to 
erect into a new genus under the name of Micrceca. 
Genus Micrieca. 
Characteresgenerici. — Rostrum quam caput brevius, depression, 
ad basin latum, gonyide recto, apice incurvo et leviter den- 
ticulato. Nares rotundatae, ad basin rostri vibrissis validis 
instructam positm. Ake long® et fortes, remigum prirno 
brevi, tertio longissimo. Cauda aliquantb brevis, et fere 
quadrata. Tarsi mediocres,debiles. D'ujiti debiles; externus 
quam interims valde longior. 
As the species now exhibited closely assimilates to the Af. 
macroptera , I propose to designate it as 
Micrceca assimilis. Mic. superne , raudcc rectricum ex - 
