67U TIMELIID.E. 



under wing-coverts whitish, washed with bright yellow like the 

 bodj' ; under surface of the quills light brown, the inner webs to- 

 wards the base fading into silvery white ; legs and bill blackish 

 brown. Total length 4-3 inches, wing 2 4, tail 1-65, tarsus 0-7, 

 bill from forehead 0"5, from nostril 0-3, from gape 0'6. 



Adult female. All the upper surface dark brown ; feathers on 

 head mcsially shaded with blackish brown ; upper and under tail- 

 coverts yellow, not so bright as in the male ; a slight tinge of yellow 

 on the abdomen, flanks, and under wing-coverts ; the remainder of 

 the under surface dull white, tinged with brown on the sides and 

 chest ; no pectoral spot ; wings above blackish, brown on the secon- 

 daries, dark brown on primaries, which are tinged with yellow along 

 the margin of the outer webs ; wing-coverts tipped with dull white, 

 tinged with yellow, secondaries tipped and margined with white ; 

 tail blackish brown, the tips and the base white, margins of the 

 outer webs edged with yellow ; legs dark brown ; bill brown, whitish 

 at base of lower mandible. Total length 4'1 inches, wing 2'3, 

 tail 1-6, bill 0-5, tarsus O'T. 



Hah. Norman river, Gulf of Carpentaria. 



