An unusual character is presented in this species, alone sufficient to distinguish it from any other contained in the division to which it belongs. This consists in the thorax beneath being spotted with yellow, and the body, on each side of the under surface, having a narrow yellow stripe; the basal margin of the inferior wings is also yellow. Strictly speaking, these yellow spots would remove it from the section _Trojani_, but it would then be improperly separated from _P. Lysithous_, _Agavus_, and others to which it is, in every respect, closely allied. * * * * * Pl. 138 [Illustration] MALURUS garrulus, _Noisy Soft-tail Warbler._ * * * * * GENERIC CHARACTER. _Rostrum validius, breve, totum valde compressum, altius quam latius, culmine prominente plumas frontales dividente et ad apicem aliquando emarginatum, vix incurvo. Nares basales membrana tectae, apertura laterali. Alae brevissimae, rotundatae, remigum 3 primorum longitudine proximorum 4 longitudinem superante. Cauda plerumque longa, cuneata, radiis mollibus, decompositis. Pedes validi, digito exteriore ad digiti medii basin annexo. Hallux validus._ _Ob. Rostri basi vibrissis setaceis sparsis instructa._ Tem. Bill rather strong, short, much compressed its whole length, higher than broad, the ridge prominent, dividing the frontal feathers, and bent at the tip, which is sometimes notched. Nostrils basal, covered by a membrane, the aperture lateral. Wings very short, rounded, the three first quills shorter than the four next. Tail generally long, cuneated, the radii soft and decomposed. Legs strong; the outer toe connected to the base of the middle toe. Hind claw strong. Ob. Base of the bill with setaceous hairs. _Temminck._ Generic Types--Turdus brachypterus. _Lath._ Le Fluteur. _Vail. Ois. d'Af._ 3. _pl._ 112. _f._ 2. Le Capolier. _Do._ _pl._ 129. _pl._ 130. _f._ 1. * * * * * SPECIFIC CHARACTER. _M. fuscus, infra albescentibus; plumis frontalibus rigidis, acuminatis, rufis; strigis ante et pone oculos albescentibus; cauda mediocri, rotundata._ M. brown, beneath whitish, feathers on the front of the head rigid, pointed, and rufous; lines before and behind the eye whitish: tail moderate, rounded. * * * * *