14. SEIiKORNIS. 303 



(1869) J Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 590 ; id. Proc. Limi. Soc. N. S. 

 W. ii. p. 185 (1878). 



Adult male. General colour above dull olivaceous, rump with con- 

 cealed ashy whitish subterminal marks on the feathers ; lesser and 

 median wing-covcrts light olive-greenish, the latter with narrow 

 tips of dull whitish and black longitudinal centres ; greater coverts 

 dusky blackish, externally light olive-green, yellower towards the 

 tips ; bastard wing and primary-coverts dusky black ; quills sepia- 

 brown, the primaries edged with olive-yellow for the basal half ; 

 the secondai'ies olive-brown externally, margined with black ; inner 

 secondaries eutirely olive-brown ; upper tail-coverts olive-brown ; 

 tail-feathers olive-brown, more ruddy olive on the outer webs ; crown 

 of the head dull ashy brown, more dusky than the back, and incli- 

 ning to olivaceous on the nape and hiud neck ; lores and base of the 

 forehead black ; eyebrow, feathers round the eye, and ear-coverts 

 black, surmounted by a broad streak along the sides of the crown, 

 white above the lores, pale sulphur-yellow above the ear-coverts ; 

 sides of the neck olive-greenish ; cheelvs and throat pale sulphur- 

 yellow, the bases to the feathers white ; chin white ; fore neck and 

 chest ashy, with sulphur-yellow margins to the feathers, producing 

 a faintly streaked appearance ; breast and abdomen white, slightly 

 streaked with sulphur-yellow ; sides of body ashy brown, washed 

 with olive on the sides of the breast ; flanks clearer brown ; thighs 

 ashy, whitish internally ; under tail-coverts white ; under wing- 

 covorts and axillaries ashy whitish, washed with yellow near the 

 edge of the wing, with a dusky spot on the edge of the median series 

 below ; quills ashy brown below, inner edges whitish ; " bill 

 brownish black ; legs purplish flesh-colour, in some fleshy white ; 

 iris reddish brown " (Gould). Total length 5 inches, culmen 0-65, 

 wing 2-7, tail 2'1, tarsus 1"1. 



Youwj. Rather more ruddy brown than the adult, especially on 

 the tail ; base of forehead and sides of face not black, but dusky 

 olive ; streak above the eye entirely sulphur-yellow, the fore part 

 paler ; throat dingy yellow ; fore neck, chest, and sides of body 

 light earthy brown, centre of breast and abdomen whitish, slightly- 

 washed with yellow. 



Hah. New South Wales, along the east coast of Australia as high 

 as Port Denison. 



a, h. Ad. sk. Brisbane, Queensland, F. DuCane Godman and 



(Cuckerell). O. Salviu, Esqrs. [P.]. 



c. Ad. ; d. Juv. sk. Richmond river. Mr. A. P. Goodwin [C.]. 



3. Sericornis frontalis. 



Acauthiza froutalis, 77</. Sf Ilorsf. Tram. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 226 



(1827). 

 Sericornis parvulus, Goidd, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 134 ; id. Sijn. B. Austr. 



part iv. pi. 3. fig. 1 (1838). 

 Sericornis frontalis, Gould, Syn. B. Aitstr. part iv. pi, 3. fig. 2 



(1838); id. B. AuHr. fob iii. pi. 49 (184.-*) : Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 188 



