474 ON A VICTORIAN PARDALOTE, 



tipped with crimson to form an alar speculum, the lesser coverts 

 being olive-brown; quills brownish-black, tipped with white, the 

 secondaries gradually getting whiter along the bases as they 

 recede except towards the proximfil ends, where they are reddish- 

 brown; inner secondaries pure white on the edges of the outer 

 webs. Along the edge of the outer primary web is a narrow line 

 of white, and excepting on the third all the other primaries are 

 brownish-black, the third primary having the broad edge of the 

 outer web marked with clear white; fore part of the crown of 

 head is black, while the hinder crown and nape are black with 

 the middle line of each feather broadly marked with white, thus 

 showing a streaked appearance ; eyebrow clearly and broadly 

 lined with white; above lores a full yellow stripe continuous with 

 the eyebrow; lores blackish; cheeks ashy-white; uj^per ear coverts 

 white feathers with narrow black edging; throat and upper breast 

 yellow, bounded laterally with ashj'-white which merges into 

 brown on the rear parts ; abdomen white ; lower breast ashy 

 across ; flanks yellowish ventrall}'^ and brownish dorsally ; tail 

 black with tips white, each spot enlarging as the feathers are 

 counted outwardl}^; under wing coverts light tawny, axillaries 

 similar; quills light slate below; bill uniformly horn-black; legs 

 and feet brownish; iris brownish. 



Total length 4"; culmen -30"; wing 2-60"; tail 1-35"; tarsus -75". 



(h.) Adult male. — The centre whites of feathers on occiput 

 appear to be narrower than in the other sex; other than this the 

 sexes ai'e alike. 



(c-d.) Male and female, nearly matured birds ((J found incubat- 

 ing eggs). — Yellow less strong than in adult and more full than 

 in juv.; less olive on back than in adult; tips of primaries tawny, 

 those of secondaries white; alar speculum crimson; the narrow 

 outer web of first primary whitish, while the outer web of third 

 primary is broadly margined with clear white; no other primary 

 shows any trace of white as in adult; secondaries are outwardlj'^ 

 edged with reddish-brown; abdomen and lower breast dirty white; 

 bill not so black as in adult, although the culmens of all the stages 

 are black. 



