xlvill INT RODUCYTLON

ill the longest, the third, fifth, sixth and seventh equal; tai/ rather short and round; tarsi

short, round, the fourth qu
defended anteriorly with indistinct scales: hind-toe rather long, with a long claw; lateral toes

moderately long,

uneven, the outer one the shortest.
This group comprises two species, one inhabiting Van Diemen’s Land, the other Southern and Western Au-

‘sionally perch on the smaller branches of the trees.

stralia; they are terrestrial in their habits, but occe

Vol. WT Pl 70;
Vol, Ti Plea

223. Calamanthus fuligimosus

224, Calamanthus campestris, Gould

Genus Curuontcoia, Gould.

Generic characters.
Bill short, gradually descending from the base ;
the first primary very short, the third, fourth, fifth and sixth

the upper mandible slightly notched at the tip, compressed

laterally ; tomia curving inwards ; wings concave ;
nearly equal and the longest ; tail slightly concave, and all the feathers of an equal length; tarsi moderately long ;
toes short, the hinder toe somewhat longer than the middle one; front claws more curved than in the genus Anthus.

The single species known of this genus combines in a remarkable manner the outward appearance, habits and

manners of the Acanthize and Anthi, but is, I believe, more nearly allied to the former than to the latter.

225. Chthonicola minima ; : ; Vol. IIL. Pl. 79.
Sylvia sagittata, Lath. Gen. Hist. vol. vii. p. 136°
Rather widely dispersed over the grassy flats of New South Wales, and constructs a domed nest in a depression

of the ground like the true Sylvie.

Subfamily MOTACILLIN:, Bonap.
Genus Antruus, Bechst.

Whether this Old World form is represented in Australia by more than a single species, is a point I have not
satisfactorily determined; every part of its extra-tropical regions, including Van Diemen’s Land, is inhabited by
Pipits which differ somewhat in size in almost every colony; still their difference 1s so slight that I have hitherto

regarded them as mere varieties or local races.

226. Anthus Australis, Vig. & Horsf. , Vol Wh Els

Subfamily —— ?
Genus CincLorampuus, Gould.

Bill rather shorter than the head; cudmen slightly arched; the tip distinctly notched ; the commissure slightly
ano 4 > hace = a re Der : Bi : }
angulated at the base, and somewhat incurved for the remainder of its length; nostrils lateral, oval; wings moderate,
Yio] ars 1 rery xe escape : . : :
gid, first quill very long and nearly equal to the second and third, which are the longest; tertials nearly as long
as the primaries; tai] rather sm: ena ee - .
. a ; ather small and cuneiform; tarsi very strong and scutellated anteriorly; toes long and
ower ticular Ge luimcdertone ree ;
I ul, particularly the hinder one and claw, which is articulated on the same plane with the inner toe ; lateral
toes nearly equal.
The members of this genus, which ar ‘ee | :
this genus, which are three in number, are closely allied to the Indian genus Megalurus, and
oresent eve oreater disparity 1 > ciz7e of . .
n a greater disparity in the size of the sexes; they are all confined to Australia, where they frequent
the grassy plains istricts. T
grass s and open districts > sone of the males 3 ird i
a y ple é pen districts. The song of the males is more animated than that of any other bird inha-
biting the country.

a pS clonemp lis eruralis . : ; | | Vol, III. Pl. 74.
a Cincloramphus cantillans, Gould : f : : : Vol. IL. Pl: 75.

229. Oincloramphus rufescens, Gould =. 3. ss ws,