14. SEEICORNIS, 309 



brown tipped with white ; under wing-coverts and axillaries white, 

 washed with yellow near the edge of the wing ; quills below dusky ; 

 inner edge of quills whitish. Total length 4*7 inches, culmenO'G, 

 wing 2-3, tail 1-9, tarsus U-9. 

 Hah. Tasmania. 



a. Ad. sk. Tasmania {R. Gunn). Gould Collection. 



b. Ad. sk. Tasmania {R. Gunn). John Gould, Esq. 



(Type of species.) 



10. Sericornis osculans. 



Sericornis osculans, Gould. P. Z. S. 1847, p. 2 ; id. B. AuMr. fol. iii. 

 pi. 48 (1848) ; Gratj, Gen. B. i. p. 188 (1848) ; Bp. Cnnsp. i. p. 306 

 (1850); Reichenb. Vog. NeuhoU. p. 65 (18-50) ; Gould, Handb. B. 

 Austr. i. p. 358 (1805) ; Von Milller, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 279; Grat/, 

 Hand-l. B. i. p. 218, no. 3109 (1869) ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Sac. 

 N. S. TV. ii. p. 185 (1878). 



Adult. General colour above rufous-brown, inclining to more 

 distinct rufous on the lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts ; 

 wing-coverts like the back ; outer median coverts blackish sub- 

 terminally, with an ashy spot at the end of the outer web ; outer 

 greater coverts subterminally blackish, tipped with white ; bastard- 

 wing feathers black, white at the tips of the inner webs ; primary- 

 coverts black ; quills brown, externally rufous-brown, more olive- 

 brown on the edge of the primaries ; upper tail-coverts clearer 

 rufous ; tail-feathers rufescent brown, the outer feathers dull ashy 

 at tip, with a broad bar of blackish brown ; crown of the head a 

 little duller than the back, and mottled anteriorly with dusky mar- 

 gins to the feathers, producing a somewhat obscurely scaled appear- 

 ance ; lores and the base of the forehead black, surmounted by a ' 

 line of white above the lores, separated from the crown by a narrow 

 black line ; eyebrow indistinct and inclining to ashy posteriorly ; 

 below the eye a few white spots ; ear-coverts and remainder of 

 feathers below the eye dusky blackish ; cheeks and chin yellowish 

 white ; throat white, with broad and distinct black streaks ; fore 

 neck, breast, and abdomen pale yellowish, ashy on the chest ; sides 

 of the body, flanks, and thighs rufescent brown, ashy olive on the 

 sides of the breast ; under tail-coverts light brown in the centre, 

 with pale yellowish margins ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 ashy whitish, the former ^vith a tinge of light brown ; quills below 

 dusky brown ; inner edge of quills ashy. Total length 4-6 inches, 

 culmen 0'6, wing 2-25, tail 1*9, tarsus 0-9. 



Yomig. Differs from adult in being duller, and in not having 

 black spots on the throat ; uuderparts dull yellow, mottled with 

 brown on the throat and breast : flanks and under tail-coverts clear 

 rufous ; subterminal spots on the tail very indistinct ; greater wing- 

 coverts edged with ochraceous buff. 



Hub. South Australia and Victoria. 



o. Ad. sk. Australia. John Gould, Esq. [P.]. 



b. Ad. sk. Australia. John Gould, Esq. [C.]. 



