Zoological Society. 63 



tinues along the side of the face and over the eye ; above this a nar- 

 row line of black ; crown of the head and all the upper surface brown ; 

 upper and under tail- coverts bright chestnut ; wing-coverts brown, 

 edged with brownish white ; primaries brown, with the outer web at 

 the base white, forming a conspicuous spot in the centre of the wing ; 

 tail blackish brown, tipped with white ; throat striated with black 

 and white, produced by each feather being fringed with white, and 

 having a strong stripe of black down the centre ; flanks mottled 

 brown and white ; abdomen white ; bill dark brown ; irides buflP"- 

 white ; feet flesh-brown. 



Total length, 5| inches ; bill, ^^^ ; wing, 2^ ; tail, 2 J ; tarsi, J. 



Hah. Western Belts of the Murray in South Australia. 



CiNCLORAMPHUs CANTATORis. Cinc. covpore supenove arenaceo- 

 fusco, colore plumarum centrali saturatiore, notd ante oculos tri- 

 angulari fusees centi-nigrd ; guld et pectore sordide albis, hujus 

 plumis strigd fused longitudinaliter notatis, corpore inferiore pal- 

 tide fusco, abdomine medio saturate fusco . 



All the upper surface sandy brown, the centres of the feathers 

 darker; primaries and tail greyish brown, slightly margined with 

 reddish brown; immediately before the eye a triangular spot of 

 brownish black ; throat and chest dull white, the latter with a stripe 

 of brown down each feather ; under surface light brown ; in the cen- 

 tre of the abdomen a patch of dark brown, each feather margined 

 with pale brown ; bill and feet fleshy brown. 



Total length, 8 inches ; bill, 1 J ; wing, 41 ; tail, 4J ; tarsi, l^. 



Hah. South Australia. 



Ptilotis flava. Ptil. corpore superiors, alis, cauddque olivaceo- 



flavis ; corpore inferiore lucide ejusdem coloris. 

 All the upper surface, wings and tail olive-yellow ; inner webs of 

 the primaries brown ; all the under surface bright olive-yellow ; bill 

 blackish brown ; feet reddish flesh-brown. 



Total length, 6^ inches ; bill, | ; wing, 3|^ ; tail, 3J ; tarsi, j. 

 Hah. North coast of Australia. 



Ptilotis versicolor. Ptil. corpore superior e fuscescenti-olivaceo, 

 plumis flavescenti-olivaeeo marginatis, alis cauddque suhtiis luteolis; 

 strigd superoculari nigrd ; plumis auricularibus saturate cinereis ; 

 strigd infra- auriculari nitide flavd, guld et corpore suhtus favis, 

 singulis plumis strigd fused longitudinaliter notatis ; crisso palli- 

 diore. 

 All the upper surface brownish olive, tinged with yellowish olive 

 on the margins of the feathers ; outer webs of the primaries and tail 

 wax-yellow ; inner webs brown ; under surface of the wing and tail 

 yellowish buff*; stripe over the eye to the back of the neck black; 

 ear- coverts dark grey ; below the ear-coverts a stripe of bright yellow ; 

 throat and under surface yellow, becoming paler as it aj^proaches the 

 vent, each feather with a stripe of brown down the centre. 

 Total length, 8 inches ; bill, 1 ; wing, 4 ; tail, 3| ; tarsi, 1 . 

 Hah. North coast of Australia. 

 Ptilotis unicolor. Ptil. loris et orbitis saturate f us cis } colore 



