OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 373 



]t was this species I alluded to, under the name of E. capito 

 of Gould, as coming from Rockingham Bay in the list above 

 quoted. I first noticed it on the Lower Herbert, and afterwards 

 obtained it in the dense scrubs at Dalrymple's gap, about 14 

 miles from Cardwell ; but it was not until Mr. Broadbent had 

 forwarded to me adult specimens, shot from the nest, that I 

 became aware of its being a distinct species ; and although very 

 closely allied to Eopsaltria capito (Gould), of our N. S. W. 

 Brushes, it may at once be distinguished, by the rufous tint on 

 the lores and round the eye. 



Adult male. — Head and neck dark brown ; ear-coverts and hind 

 neck of the same color, but of a lighter and more ashy tint ; 

 lores and ring nearly surrounding the eye, white, the tips of the 

 feathers distinctly tinged with light rufous or rusty red ; bristles 

 long, strong and black ; throat and upper part of the chest 

 white ; back rump and upper tail- and wing-coverts greenish 

 olive ; wings and tail brown, margined on the outer webs with 

 olive ; breast, abdomen, and remainder of the under surface, and 

 the under tail-coverts yellow, deepest on the abdomen, and tinged 

 with olive on the sides ; on the under side of the wing is a white 

 patch at the base of the primaries, and below it a large patch of 

 brown joining the base of the wing quills ; the inner webs 

 of the quills towards the base is conspicuously margined with 

 white, which being a little wider on the secondaries forms a 

 triangular patch of the under surface of the wing ; the under 

 wing-coverts and axilliaries light yellow ; on the upper surface 

 of the wings the narrow olive margin on the outer webs of the 

 quills is somewhat broken about the middle, giving the appearance 

 of a shadowy dark mark across the wing ; the outer margin of 

 the tail feathers inclines to olive brown above, the inner below, 

 and the tips of the feathers are more or less narrowly margined 

 with white or very light fulvous. Bill black, feet and legs 

 yellowish flesh color. 



The sexes are alike in plumage, but the female has the white 

 of the throat not extending on to the chest, and the bill a trifle 

 smaller. 



