BT CHARLES W. DE VIS, B A. 563 



intramarginal bands on the feathers. Abdomen and flanks 

 uniform. Thighs rufous- grey with obscure dark cross bars. 

 Wing above rufous-brown ; secondaries broadly edged with 

 rufous-grey, beneath brown with the basal third of the inner 

 webs of the primaries and margin of the inner webs of the 

 secondaries pale rufous. Tail rufous-brown above, lighter beneath. 

 Legs and feet dark brown. Beak mealy-blue at the base, horn- 

 brown toward the tip of the upper mandible. Iris red. Length 

 12 in. ; tarsus 1^ ; wing 6t ; bill 2. 



The female is considerably lighter in colour and has the streaks 

 on the upper surface pale and narrow, but the markings on the 

 breast conspicuous and extending to the vent, leaving only the 

 middle of the abdomen immaculate. 



Locality, Tully and Murray Eiver Scrubs ; types in Queens- 

 land Museum. 



Note. — The female has been recently nestling. 



PuNGi ALIQUOT Australia Orientalis. 



Eeyerendo Carolo Kalchbrexxer definiti. 



Agaricus megalotheles, Kalchbrenner. (Sectio Lepiota.J 



Amplus, pileo carnoso campanulato expanso, albo circa 

 umbonem maxime prominentem glabrum squamis adpressis f uscis 

 ornato stipite subcavo gracili cylindrico ad basim dilatato sed vix 

 bulboso nudo ex albo fuscescente, annulo mobili lato persistente, 

 lamellis remotis latis ventricosis subconfertis. 



Endeavour Biver, Persieh. 



Pileus 2-3 pollices et ultra latus ; stipes o-6 poll, longus, Isevis 

 glaber. 



Ab A. prominenfe (Viviani) stipite nudo et labellis latis, ab A. 

 procero (Scopoli) et A. hubalino (Berk.) umbone mamilliformi 

 et stipite baud bulboso distinctus. 



