J'. COLLYEIOCINCLA. 291 



h, i Ad. juT. sk. Aush-alia. Sir T. MitclieU rp.]. 



A. Iinm. sk. River Darlinp:, lat. 32^ Capt. Sturt [P.]". 



/. Ad. sk. [New Zealand.] New-Zealand Co. [P.]. 



2. CoUyriocincla rectirostris. 



Colluricincla rectirostris, Jard. i^- Selhy, III. Orn. iv. pi. xxxi. ; Grau 

 1 Gen. B. i. p. 295. 



Colhuieiucla stri<>'ata, Swains. An. in Menag. p. 283. 



Colluricincla selbii, Gould. B. Austr. ii. pi. 77*'; Bp. Consp. i. 

 p. 366; Gould, Hundh. B. Austr. i. p. 224; Gray, Hand-l. B i 

 p. 385. f , J, 



Adult. Head grey ; hind neck, back, and scapulars umber-brown, 

 contrasting with the head ; rump and upper tail-coverts grey ; 

 wings brown, the least and median coverts umber-brown like the 

 back, the greater scries rather greyer ; primary coverts and prima- 

 ries dark brown, externally washed with duU grey, the inner secon- 

 daries rather more olive-brown ; tail dull grey, the outer feathers 

 browner on the inner web, the shafts of the quills reddish brown : 

 lores dull white ; over the eye an obscurely indicated eyebrow of 

 whitish ; round the eye a ring of dusky greyish feathers ; ear-coverts 

 grey like the head ; cheeks dull grey, whiter on the fore part ; under 

 surface of body greyish white, the" flanks, thighs, and under tail- 

 coverts grey ; under wing-coverts ashy grey, darker near the edge 

 of the wing ; quills ashy brown below, greyish along the inner webs ; 

 "bill black; feet light lead-colour; iris" brown" {GuuM). Total 

 leugtli 9-5 inches, culmen 1-2, wing 5, tail 4-3, tarsus 1-3. 



Adult female. Himilar to the male ; " bill horn-colour at the base 

 black at the tip " (Gould). ' 



Younr/. Duller than the adult, the head washed with ashy brown ; 

 over the eye a distinct rufous eyebrow ; primary-coverts externally 

 rufous, the quills olivaceous on the outer Aveb, the inner webs to the 

 quiUs also fawn-coloured ; under surface of body dull white, every- 

 where distinctly streaked with shaft-stripes of d'ark brown. 



Mab. Van Diemen's Land. 



"• '^^- St. Van Diemen's Laud. J. Gould, Esq. 



b. Ad., c, d. Jut. st. Van Diemen's Land. Pionald Gunn, Esq. [P.]. 



e. c? ad.,/, ad. sk. Van Diemen's Laud. Antarctic Expedition 



ff. d juv. sk. Van Diemen's Land. J. Gould, Esq. 



A. Juv. sk. Van Diemen's Land. 



3. CoUyriocincla brunnea. 



Colluricincla brunnea, Gould, P. Z. 8. 1840, p. 164; Gray, Gen B 



y ■ -,?' L ^'^"'''^' ^' ''^"'*''- "• I'l- "^ ; ^P- ^'"""P- i- P- 366 ; Gould, 

 Hundb. B. Austr. i. p. 223; Gray, Uand-l. B. i. p. 385. 

 Oolluricmcla superciliosa, Masters, Tr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. p 50 



* Mr. Gould refers us to a note to pi. 71 of the ' Illustrations of Ornitholoev ' 

 fur this name by which the species is generally kno\Yn. In the copies of the 

 work pxaiunied by me I find no mention of such a name. 



