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500 riMKLUbJi. 



(I, b. Ad. s^k. Australia. Linuean Society. 



(Types of species.) 

 c, (I Ad. St. Adelaide. C.'D. E. Fortiuun, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 e. Ad. St. S. Australia. Sir George Grey [P.]. 



/. Ad. sic. Melboiu'ue. Gould Collection. 



g. Ad. sk. New South Wales Gould Collection. 



/(. Ad. sk. S. Australia. (xould Collection. 



/. Ad. : 7.-, I. Juv. sk. Queensland {J. T. F. D. Godman and G. 



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



2. Cinclorhamphus rufescens. 



Antlius rufescens, Tig. i^- Ilorsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 230 (1826). 

 Cinclorhamphus rufescens, Gould, B. Austr. fol. iii. pi. 70 (1848) ; 



Bp. Consp. i. p. 279 (l-'?50) ; Reiahenb. ViSg. Neuholl. p. 82 



(1850); Biggies, Orn. Austr. pi. 46. tig. 3 (1869) ; Von Iltteller, 



P. Z. S. 1869, p. 279. 

 Megalurus rufescens, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 109 (1848) ; id. Hcind-l. B. 



i. p. 206, no. 2915 (18C9). 

 Ptenoedus rufescens, Cab. Mus. Hcin. Th. i. p. 39 (1850) ; Gould, 



Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 397 (1805) ; Bamsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. 



N. S. W. ii. p. 186 (1878). 



Adult. General colour above dark brown, the feathers edged with 

 fulvous-brown, the hind neck and sides of neck a little more whity 

 brown ; wing-coverts and quills like the back and margined in the 

 same manner, the primaries slightly rufescent near the base of the 

 outer web ; rump and upper tail-coverts light rufous ; tail-feathers 

 brown, margined narrowly with whity brown, a little more plainly 

 on the outer feathers, wdth a whitish tip also ; lores dusky, as also 

 the feathers below the eye ; a tolerably distinct eyebrow of ashy 

 ■whitish from the base of the bill to above the car-coverts, the latter 

 being brown ; eyelid dull whity brown ; cheeks and under surface 

 of body dull ashy whitish, more fulvescent on the thighs and under 

 tail-coverts ; lower throat and fore neck browner, forming a band 

 across with obsolete remains of brown spots ; axillaries and under 

 wing-coverts fulvous or whity brown, those near the edge of the 

 wing mottled with blackish bases ; quills pale brown below, ashy 

 fulvous along the inner web ; " bill dark lead-colour in summer, 

 fleshy brown in winter ; tarsi yellowish grey ; feet bluish ashy 

 grey; iris hazel" (Gould). Total length 7 inches, culmen U'7, 

 wing 3-7, tail 3'5, tarsus l-l. 



The specimen described has a black bill, whereas some of the 

 others examined by me have yellow bills, as well as more numerous 

 and distinct streaks or spots of brown on the fore neck and chest. 

 In the black-billed specimen the plumage is more or less worn and 

 the chest uniform, and it is evident that the dark bill is a sign of 

 breeding-plumage. The pale-billed birds have also a more fulvous 

 appearance, which indicates the winter dross. 



There is considerable difference in the size of the specimens, the 



