298 



TIMELIlD-i;. 



e. Ad. t-k. Brisbane (J. T. Cockerell). 



f. Ad. St. 

 (J. Skeleton. 



Australia. 



F. DuCane Godnian and O. 



Salviu, Esqrs. [P.]. 

 J. Goidd, Esq. 

 Purchased. 



8. Acanthiza uropygialis. 



Acantliiza uropygialis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 146; id. Syn. B. 

 Atistr. part iv. pi. 5. tig. 2 (1838) ; id. B. Austr. folio iii. pi. 56 

 (1848) ; Graij, Gen. B. i. p. 189 (1848) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 292 (1850) ; 

 Gould, Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 367 (1865) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. 

 p. 219, no. 3122 (1869) ; Diggle.s Orn. Amtr. pi. 45. fig. 4 (1870) ; 

 JRamsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. JS\ S. W. ii. p. 185 (1878). 



Adult. General colour above light brown, ■with a patch of silky 

 white feathers on each side of the rump ; lesser wing-coverts like 

 the back ; median and greater coverts dusky brown, edged with the 

 same colour as the back ; bastard-wing feathers dull brown, edged 

 with whity brown ; primary-coverts dusky brown ; quiUs dusky 

 brown, the primaries edged with whity brown, the secondaries with 

 light brown like the back, the inner secondaries tipped with narrow 

 whitish margins ; rump, tipper tail-coverts, and tail-feathers light 

 tawny rufous or bay, the latter black for the terminal half, with a 

 distinct tip of light brown on the outer web, whiter on the inner 

 one; crown of the head like the back; forehead mottled, the 

 feathers dark brown with whitish edges ; lores whitish ; feathers 

 round the eye and ear-coverts mottled, being brown with minute 

 dull whitish streaks and centres to the feathers ; cheeks and throat 

 white, with slight evidences of dusky edgings to the feathers, pro- 

 ducing an obscurely streaked appearance ; fore neck and chest ashy 

 whitish ; breast and abdomen j^urer white ; sides of the breast 

 ashy ; flanks pale rufescent brown ; thighs dusky brown ; under 

 tail-coverts white ; under wing-coverts and axillaries pale ashy ; 

 quills below dusky brown ; inner edge of the quiUs ashy whitish ; 

 "bill and feet black" {Gould). Total length 3-7 inches, culmen 

 0-4, wing 2-1, tail 1-55, tarsus 0-75. 



Hah. Victoria and New South "Wales, extending into the interior 

 of Australia. 



a, b. Ad. sk. 



e. Ad. sk. 

 d. Ad. sk. 



New South Wales (J. T. 



Cucherell). 

 Australia. 

 Burke, river Darling 



{Dr. Peechey). 



F. D. Godman and O. Sal- 



vin, Esqrs. [P.]. 

 Gould Collection. 

 Gould CoUecliou. 



9. Acanthiza chrysorrhoa. 



Saxieola chrvsorrhoa, Quay et Gaim. J"oy. de FAstr., Zvol. i. p. 198, 



pi. 10. tig. "2 (1830). 

 Acanthiza chrysorrhoa, Gould, Syn. B. Austr. part iv. pi. 5. tig. 3 



(1838); id. B. Austr. fol. iii. pi. 63 (1848); Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 189 



(1848); Sturt, E.iped. Cent r. Austr. ii., App.^-^.'iO (1849); Bp. 



Consp. i. p. 292 (1850); Reicheiib. Voq. Neuholl. p. 81 (1850); 



Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 219, no. 3125 (1809); Von Midler, P. Z. S. 



18U9, p. 279: I)i(/f/les, Orn. Austr. ])1. 45. fig. 3 (1870). 



