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181. Amytis textilis : : : 3 : : : ; ° . : : : : Vol. III. Pl. 98.
182. Amytis striatus : Vol. III. Pl. 99.
183. Amytis macrourus, Gould , ; : : Vol. II. Pl. 30.

Genus Sripirurus, Less.

A form confined to Australia. Although some slight variation occurs m the specimens from Van Diemen’s

Land, Southern and Western Australia, I believe that they are all referable to one and the same species, viz.—

184. Stipiturus malachurus . : : : : : : ; : ‘ : : WOE UL Pl Si,

Genus Dasyornis, ig. & Horsf.

A group of birds adapted for situations covered with an almost impenetrable vegetation, reed-beds, &c. The
two species figured are all that are at present known; of these one is from the eastern and the other from the

western parts of Australia.

185. Dasyornis Australis, Vig. § Horsf. . . : , : ; : Vol ie Biss
186. Dasyornis longirostris, Gould. : : : : : : : Vol ii Biss

Prior to my visit to Australia, I described a bird in the ‘ Proceedings of the Zoological Society,’ Part V.
p- 150, as D.? brunneus, but as I have not since met with the bird in any collection from Australia I presume it is

not a native of that country.
Genus Arricuia, Gould.

Rictus totally devoid of bristles; bill as long as the head, compressed laterally ; the upper mandible distinctly
notched at the tip ; gonys ascending from the rictus and then following the line of the bill; cw/men ascending high in
front ; nostrils moderately large, covered with an operculum, and placed in a groove near the base of the bill; wings
short, round, concave, the first three primaries graduated, the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh equal; tai lengthened,
rounded, the stems rigid, the webs loose and decomposed ; tarsi and feet robust, the hind-toe armed with a strong
nail; outer and inner toes equal in length.

The only species of this genus yet discovered is as singular in its structure as it is shy and retiring in its
habits ; the total absence of vibrisse in a bird apparently closely allied to Dasyornis, in which they are so much

developed, renders it one of the anomalies of the Australian fauna.

187. Atrichia clamosa, Gould .

2 : : : Vol. III. Pl. 34.

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Genus SpHenaacus, Strickl.

A group of reed- and grass-frequenting birds, which are found not only in every part of Australia, but also in

the Indian Islands and India.

188. Sphenceacus galactotes . : : ; . ; : ; i : : Vol. III. Pl. 35.

. . : : ; : : Vol Tie Rito:

189. Sphenceacus gramineus, Gould

 

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