| 141. Micrœca macroptera. | [Vol. II. ] Pl. 93. |
- Sylvia leucophœa, Lath. Gen. Hist. vol. vii. p. 139.
| 142. Micrœca assimilis, Gould. |
- Micrœca assimilis, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part VIII. p. 172.
All the upper surface brown, primaries dark brown; tail brownish black; the tips and the terminal half of the external margins of the two outer feathers white; the three next on each side also tipped with white, the extent of the white becoming less upon each feather as they approach the centre of the tail; the four middle feathers without the white tip; throat, centre of the abdomen and under tail-coverts white, passing into pale brown on the sides of the chest and flanks; irides reddish brown; bill and feet blackish brown.
Total length, 4⅝ inches; bill, 9
16; wings, 3⅜; tail, 2⅛; tarsi, 9
16.
Inhabits Western Australia; and is so nearly allied to the Micrœca macroptera, from which it only differs in being much less in size and in having the base of the outer tail-feather brown, that I have not considered it necessary to figure it.
| 143. Micrœca flavigaster | [Vol. II. ] Pl. 94. |
Genus Monarcha, Vig. & Horsf.
Several species of this genus occur in the Indian Islands and two in Australia. They are insectivorous birds, and procure their food by quietly hopping about among the branches of the trees.