Supplement to " The Emu." ^^ 



449. Under tail coverts light rufous ; outermost tail feathers tipped with 



I inch of white. G. heinii (Russet-tailed Ground-Thrush). 

 Under tail coverts ochreous ; outermost tail feather pale brown, 

 with wedge-shaped mark on inner web and tip white. 



G. cnneata (Broadbent Ground-Thrush). 



450. Very bright colours ; back green ; shoulder blue ; abdomen partly 



scarlet ; length from 6 to 8.5 inches. Pitta. 451 



Colours various but not as specified . . . . . . 453 



451. Crown mostly chestnut ; abdomen not all black . . . . 452 

 Head and breast black ; lower abdomen scarlet ; length 6 inches. 



P. iris (Rainbow Pitta). 



452. Length 7.5 to 8.5 inches ; breast fawn. P. strepitans (Noisy Pitta). 

 Length 7 inches ; breast banded greyish-blue. 



P. mackloti (Blue-breasted Pitta). 



453. Outside feather of wing as long or longer than others, and forming 



the point of wing (including Minifra, No. 471). An extremely 

 small first primary is found in Artamus, No. 461, and in 

 Finches, No. 474, but it is not much longer than the under 

 wing coverts . . . . . . . . . . 454 



First primary of wing much reduced in size and often the second 



also. Tip of wing not formed by a strong outside feather 503 



454. Plumage all shining black (breast in youth white with black stripes) ; 



length g.2 inches. Calornis metallica (Shining Starling). 



Not 9 inches in length ; plumage not all shining black . . . . 455 



455. Under tail coverts not scarlet . . . . . . . . 456 



Under tail coverts scarlet ; back blue-black (male) or brown (female) ; 



length 3.4 to 3.9 inches. 



Dicccinn hiniiidinacciim (Mistletoe-Bird). 



456. Bill short, broad, and flat ; wings long and pointed : tail forked . . 457 

 Bill not flat ; tail short, square, or pointed . . . . . . 461 



457. Plumage blue-black, white, and buff . . . . . . . . 45S 



Plumage black and white ; wing 4 inches. 



Cheramceca leiicostenmm (Black-and-White Swallow). 



458. Crown all or partly rufous ; rump creamy. 



Petrochelidon. Martins. 459 

 Crown and rump blue-black, like back. Hirundo. Swallows. 460 



459. Crown all rufous ; length 4.5 inches. P. ariel (Fairy Martin). 

 Forehead only rufous; length 5.1 inches. 



P. nigricans (Tree Martin). 

 Ear coverts blue-black, like back H. neoxena (Swallow). 



Ear coverts brick-red, like face. H. javanica (Eastern Swallow). 

 Long, pointed wings. Artamus. Wood-Swallows. 462 



Wings short . . . . . . . . . . . . 470 



Plumage chocolate colour or sooty and white (mottled in youth) . . 463 

 Plumage mostly sooty or grey or grey and chestnut . . . . 465 



463. Breast and rump similar to head . . . . . . . . 464 



Breast and rump white. 



A. leiicogaster (White-rumped Wood-Swallow). 



464. Length about 6.8 inches. A. sordidiis (Wood-Swallow). 

 Length about 4.8 inches. A . minor (Little Wood-Swallow). 



