4. PSAMATHIA. 101 



Handb. B. Austi: i. p. 339 (1865) ; Grai/, Rand-l. B. i. p. 205, 



no. 2892 (1869) ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 184 

 (1878). 



Adult male. Head light rufous, broadly striped with black towards 

 the uape ; hind neck and mantle ashy brown, with broad black 

 centres to the feathers ; lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts 

 fulvous-brown, the feathers mesially streaked with black, less di- 

 stinct on the latter ; wing-coverts fulvous-brown, with broad black 

 centres ; quills dusky brown, the primaries externally edged with 

 ashy, the secondaries with fulvous-brown, so as to resemble the 

 greater wing-coverts ; tail-feathers blackish, with the webs loose 

 and distinct, brownish black in colour ; from the base of the nostrils 

 a distinct streak of light blue, the feathers tipped with white ; eye- 

 lid whitish ; lores ashy ; cheeks and ear-coverts fulvous-brown, the 

 latter with whitish shaft^luies ; throat and fore neck light blue ; 

 breast and sides of body fulvous-brown, deeper on the thighs and 

 under tail-coverts ; centre of body and abdomen ashy whitish ; 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries fulvous-brown ; quills dusky 

 brown below, fulvous along the inner web. Total length 6'2 inches, 

 culmen 0-4, wing 1-55, tail 4"1, tarsus 0"7. 



The adult female diiiers from the male in wanting the rufous 

 forehead, the whole head being ashy grey, broadly streaked with 

 black like the mantle and upper back ; underneath, the throat and 

 chest are fulvous-brown like the sides of the body, and the eye- 

 stripe is also light fulvous-brown instead of blue. Total length 

 6-5 inches, culmen 0*4, wing 1-7, tail 4-4, tarsus 0-7. 



The young resemble the old femnle, but have the head and back 

 fulvous-brown streaked with black instead of being grey. 



Hah. Tasmania and on the east coast of Australia south of Moreton 

 Bay, along South Australia to the Swan-Eiver district. 



«> &• 6 2 ad. sk. South Australia. Sir George Grey [P. 



c. .Tuv. sk. South Australia. Sir George Grey [P. 



d,e,f. d } ff- $ad. sk. Queensland {J. T. Cocke- F. D. Godman and 



veil). Salvin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



h, i. cS fid. sk. AustraUa. Gould Collection. 



k,l.(S2 ad.sk. Tasmania. Ronald Gunn, Esq. [P.] 



4. PSAMATHIA. 



Type. 

 Psamathia, Ilartl. ^- Finsch, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 5 P. annae. 



Range. Confined to the Pelew Islands. 



1. Psamathia annae. 



Psamathia anns, Hartl. Sf Finsch, P. Z. S. 1868, pp. 5, 118, pi. ii., 



1872, p. 94 ; Finsch, Journ. Mus. Godeffr. Heft v. p. 22 (187o). 

 Ca'.amodyta annae, Gray, I£and-l. B. i. p. 208, no. 2949 (1869). 



