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HORN EXPEDITION—AVES. 
No. 45. Pyuuiiol.emus buunnea, Gould. Red-throat. 
PyrrholtBuius l>ninneus, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1840, p. 173; id., Bds. 
Austr., fol., Vol. III., pi. G8 (1848); Sturt, Exped. Ceiitr. Austr., Vol. II., 
App. p. 2G (1849); North, Nests and Eggs Austr. Bds., p. 145, pi. ix., fig. 15 
(1889). 
Sericornis brunnea, Sharpe, Brit. Mus. Cat. Bds., Vol. VII., p. 302 (1883). 
One adult male, Heavitree Gap; one adult male. Deep Well; one adult 
female, Alice Well. The female may be distinguished from the male by having 
the throat whitish instead of bright rufous. 
[This little songster was first found amongst the scrub at Hermannburg, and 
the specimens secured were shot at Heavitree Gap, Deep Well and Alice Well. 
It is very partial to low scrub and saltbush, amongst which it finds insects, etc., 
suitable to its taste. It has a beautiful song, and it was much against my will 
that I had to sacrifice song to science in shooting my fii'st specimen. INlr. Belt 
afterwards secured a pair on the route at the places named. The female is not 
quite so bright in plumage as her mate.] 
No. 4G. Smicrornis flavescens, Gould. Yellow-tinted Smicrornis. 
Smicrornis flavescens, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1842, p. 134; id., Bds. 
Au.str., fob, Vol. IL, pi. 104 (1848); Masters, Proc. Linn. Soc., N.S.W., Vol. 
II., p. 272 (1877); Sharpe, Brit. Mus. Cat. Bds., Vol. IV., p. 210 (1879); 
Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. I., p. 1089 (188G). 
Two adult males, one female, Illamurta. Recorded for the first time from 
Central Australia. 
An egg of this species, since received by Mr. Keartland from Mr. E. C. 
Cowle of Central Australia, is of a uniform cream ground colour, with a perfect 
zone of confluent indistinct creamy-brown markings on the larger end. Length, 
0‘G inch x 0'47 inch. The nest was built in a eucalyptus sapling. 
[This was the smallest bird found throughout the trip, and is no doubt one of 
the smallest in Australia. When they were first heard near Running Waters the 
sound was much like the loud twitter of the Welcome Swallow, but, on listening, it 
proved to have a very pretty song. They are generally found in eucalypts along 
the creeks, but also frequent the scrub on the hillsides. They are very restless in 
