336 TIMELIID^. 



quills ; secondaries externall}' rufous, the innermost entirely rufous, 

 with dusky brown margins to the inner webs ; centre tail-feathers 

 blackish, washed with chestnut near the base, the outer feathers 

 black with broad white ends ; a distinct ej-ebrow of ochraceous buff 

 from the base of the bill to the sides of the nape ; lores and feathers 

 below the eye black ; ear-coverts brown like the head ; cheeks white, 

 extendiug onto the sides of the neck : throat glossy blue-black ; 

 fore neck and chest chestnut-rufous, forming a broad band across, 

 extending down the sides of the breast ; remainder of under surface 

 white, separated from the rufous chest-band by a bar of black across 

 the lower chest ; thighs brown ; under tail-coTerts white, the long 

 outer ones brown on their outer web, with a subteiTainal black spot; 

 under wing-coverts white, mottled with black on the edge of the 

 wing, the lower series brown ; quiUs dusky brown below, ashy along 

 the inner web. Total length 8-5 inches, culmen 0-75, wing 3-95, 

 tail 3 wo, tarsus I'l. 



Hah. Eastern Australia, having been found in the interior and 

 also in the Wide-Bay district. 



o. S ad. sk. Darling Downs {J. Co.ren). J. Gould, Esq. (Type 



of species.) 



5. Cinclosoma marginatum. 



Cinclosoma castaneothorax, Gray, Hancl-I. B. i. p. 280, no. 4129 

 (1869, nee Gould). 



Adult male. Similar to C. castanoihorax, but distinguished by the 

 colour of its under tail-coverts, which are black margined with white 

 and washed with brown near the base : the breast-band also is paler 

 and more of a cinnamon-rufous, as are likewise the flanks. The latter 

 are separated from the white abdomen by a line of black feathers as in 

 the other Cindosomafa ; and this appears not to be the case in C. 

 castanotliorax. The bad condition of the skin, however, renders it 

 difficult to say for certain, though Mr. Gould had no doubt on the 

 subject and has figured it without the stripes. Total length 9-5 

 inches, wing 3-8, tail 4-1, tarsus 1-2. 



Hah. jSTorth-western Australia, where it replaces the former 

 species. 

 a, b. (S ad. sk. N.W. Australia. J. E. Elsey, Esq. [P.]. 



6. Cinclosoma ajax. I 



Eupetes aiax, Temm. PI Col. ii. pi. 573 (18.35) ; S. MM. Natuvrl. 

 Geschied.Land-en Volkenk. p. 22 (1839-44); Gray, Gen. B. ii 

 p 208 (1846) : Bp. Consp. i. p. 252 (18-50) ; Selater, Proc. Linn 

 Soe. ii. p. 158 (1858); Grai/, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 191 ; id. Cat. B 

 New Guinea, pp. 25. 56 ; id. P. Z. S. 1861 , p. 4-34 ; Eosenh. J. f. 

 1864, p. 119; Finsch, Nen-Guinea, p. 167 (I860); Gi-ay, Hand-l 

 B i. p. 267, no. 3913 (1869) ; Eamsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W 

 iv. pp. 90, 98 (1879). 



