292 PRioxopiD.^';. 



Adult. Above greyish brown, clearer on the head, which has 

 faintly indicated shaft-lines of brown ; wing-coverts brown, exter- 

 nally washed with grey, clearer on the greater series ; quills dark 

 brown, externally grey, much clearer on the secondaries ; upper 

 tail-coverts much lighter greyish brown than the back ; tail-feathers 

 ashy brown, with light greyish margins, all the feathers narrowly 

 whitish at their tips ; a spot in front of the eye and a distinct eye- 

 brow white ; round the eye a circlet of whitish feathers ; ear- 

 coverts light ashy bi'own, with narrow whitish shaft-lines ; cheeks 

 and throat white, with mesial shaft-lines of browTi ; breast and 

 flanks pale whity brown, the centre of the body and under tail- 

 coverts white ; thighs light brown ; under wing-coverts very pale 

 orange-buff', the axillaries whitish, with narrow dark brown shaft- 

 streaks. Total length 8'o inches, culm en 1-05, wing 4- 65, tail 4*7, 

 tarsus 1-3. 



Hah. S.E. New Guinea and Northern Australia. 



n. Ad. sk. Cape York, N. Australia. J. Gould, Esq. 



b. Ad. sk. Port Moresby, S.E. New Guinea. O. C. Stone, Esq. [P.]. 



4. Collyriocincla rufiventris. 



Colluricincla rufiventris, Gould, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 164 ; id. B. Attstt: 

 fol. pi. 75 ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 295 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 356 ; Gotdd, 

 Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 222; Gray, Hand-l. .B. i. p. 385. 



Tardus subcinereus, Sclater, P. Z. 'S. 1866, p. 320 ; id. P. Z. S. 1873, 

 p. 555. 



Adult. General colour above ashy grey, with a very slight oliva- 

 ceous tinge ; wing-coverts ashy grey like the back ; quills brown, 

 extemall}' greyish ; lower back, rump, and upper tail- coverts clearer 

 grey than the mantle ; tail-feathers grey, rather lighter brown on 

 the inner webs ; lores and a spot of feathers in front of the eye 

 white ; round the eye a ring of dusky grey feathers, very indistinct ; 

 ear-coverts light ashy brown ; cheeks greyish white, slightly mottled 

 with obscure brown markings ; throat greyish white ; fore neck and 

 breast light ashy grey, darker on the sides of the breast, the feathers 

 indistinctly streaked with dusky brown down the centre ; rest of 

 under surface of body pale fawn-colour, deeper on the under tail- 

 coverts ; thighs dull ashy ; under wing-coverts pale fawn-colour, 

 with greyish bases, the quills dull brown below, the inner webs pale 

 yellowish buff towards their bases ; " bill blackish bro^VIl ; feet dark 

 greenish leaden grey; iris dark reddish brown" (Gould). Total 

 length 8-5 inches, culmen 0-95, wing 4-8, tail 4, tarsus 1-2. 



Hah. Australia. 



a. Ad. St. Perth, Swan River, March 9, .1. Gould, Esq. 



1839. 



b. Ad. sk. Port Lincoln, S. Australia .T. Gould, Esq. 



( Harvey). 



c. Ad. St. Port Lincoln, S. Australia J. Gould, Esq. 



(Harvey). 



d. Ad. sk. Australia. Purchased. 



e. Ad. sk. [Australia.] P. L. Sclater, Esq. [P.]. (Type 



of Turdus siibcinereus.) 



