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fifth and sixth nearly equal and the longest; ¢ai/ moderate and square ; tarsi long ; hind-toe and claw strong, and
nearly equal to the middle toe and claw in length ; outer and inner toes equal ; ee soft and silky to the touch,

A group of small birds peculiar to Australia, and confined almost exclusively to the southern portion of the
country. Their habits lead them to frequent the most retired parts of the forests, damp and secluded places and
ae gullies where the herbage is thick and dense; but some species are found on the flat islands near the coast,
covered with Salsole and other shrub-like trees; they usually frequent the ground, over which they pass with .

celerity, and when their haunts are intruded upon conceal themselves under the fallen or dried herbage. Their
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flight is peculiar and never protracted, and they all build domed nests like that of the common Wren ( Troglodytes

Europeus).

199. Sericornis citreogularis, Gould : : : : ; , : : OG WU TL 4G,

Muscicapa barbata, Lath. Gen. Hist. vol. vi. p. 215?

 

200. Sericornis humilis, Gould : ; ; ; : ; WO WUL ID, 47,

201. Sericornis osculans, Gould. : : ; é : : ‘ ; ; : Vol. III. Pl. 48.

202. Sericornis frontalis ‘ : : : : : : : : : : : Vol. III. Pl. 49,

203. Sericornis levigaster, Gould : ; : : : : : Vol. TWSRis0:

204. Sericornis maculatus, Gould : : : : ; ; Vol. T- Pl. bis

205. Sericornis magnirostris, Gould . : : : : , : Vol. III. Pl. 52.
Subfamily E

Genus Acanruiza, /2g. § Horsf.

With the exception of the north coast, the Acanthize 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 Acanthize might be divided with
propriety; thus the A. pusilla, A. Diemenensis, &c., which are feeble in structure and strictly arboreal, might form
one section; while the A. chrysorrhwa, A. Reguloides, &c., which resort to the ground, might form another. The
nests of all 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 (Chryso-

coccyx lucidus).

206. Acanthiza pusilla

 

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207. Acanthiza Diemenensis, Gould : : : ! A : é : Vol Ti Riou
208. Acanthiza Ewingii, Gould . : : Vol: Wi elon
209. Acanthiza uropygialis, Gould : é : : : ; : : ; Vol WUSRitoo
210. Acanthiza apicalis, Gould . ; : : Vole Wileseio7
211. Acanthiza pyrrhopygia, Gould : : : : : . : Vol. III. Pl. 58.
212. Acanthiza inornata, Gould . : : é E ‘ ; : : : : : Vol: Til. Pls9:
213. Acanthiza nana, Vig. & Horsf. : ; é : : . : : : Vol. III. Pl. 60.
214. Acanthiza lineata, Gould : : : ‘ ‘ : : : : é : ‘ Vol Wl Rar
215. Acanthiza Reguloides, Vig. § Horsf. : : : ; Wolk 001, PL OX,
216. Acanthiza chrysorrhcea 3 é : ; i i : : i : ; i Wool, IH, IDL @3.
Genus Epnruranura, Gould.

 

Bill shorter than the head, nearly straight, compressed laterally, notched at the tip, gonys incurved; nostrils
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nie ar, and covered by a membrane ; wings long, first quill spurious, second very long, third and fourth equal