62. ^LUECEDUS. 385 



8. .SHuroedus macnlosus. 



^lurcedus niaculosus, Rayiisay, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 601 ; Gould, B. Neio 

 Guinea, part 1 (1875) ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, ii. 

 p. 187 (1876). 



Adult. General colour above greeu ; the wing-coverts like the 

 back, with obscure yellowish spots at the ends of the median and 

 greater coverts ; quills dusky blackish, externally green like the 

 back, the primaries bluish on their outer webs, the innermost secon- 

 daries tipped with a spot of yellowish white ; tail-feathers green, 

 dusky blackish on the inner web, all but the two centre ones barred 

 along the tip with white ; head ochreous brown, mottled all over 

 with blackish edges to the feathers ; the feathers of the hind neck 

 and mantle greenish, mottled with a spot of pale ochreous or 

 yellowish white ; lores bluish white tinged with yellow ; feathers 

 above and below the eye whitish, the former having blackish tips to 

 some of the feathers ; ear-coverts black, with a streak of whity 

 brown tinged with green along the upper edge ; chin and a spot 

 at the base of the cheeks black ; remainder of cheeks yellowish 

 white, the feathers mottled with dusky-brown tips ; sides of neck 

 ashy, tinged with green and mottled with brown edges ; behind the 

 ear-coverts and on the lower neck a whitish shade, forming an 

 indistinct patch ; throat ashy, mottled with greenish-brown edges 

 to the feathers ; remainder of under surface spotted, the feathers 

 having a large ovate mark of white in the centre, and being broadly 

 edged with greenish brown, these margins less distinct on the 

 abdomen, which is consequently whiter ; thighs ashy, washed with 

 green, vnth a subterminal bar of yellow ; under wing-coverts 

 yellowish, with an indistinct bar of green across the middle of the 

 feather ; axillaries green, with yellowish tips ; under wing-coverts 

 dusky, tipped with yellowish white and washed with bluish green ; 

 edge of wing yellow ; quills dusky below, whitish towards the base 

 of the inner web. Total length 11 inches, culmen 1"3, wing 5'9, 

 tail 4'1, tarsus 1-85. 



The Queensland Cat-bird was first found in Queensland, in the 

 mountain-ranges near Cardwell, at Hockingham Bay ; but, according 

 to Mr. Ramsay, it is found in Port Denison and the Wide-Bay 

 district, as well as in the interior province and Victoria. 



a. Ad. sk. Rockingham Bay ( Waller). Gould Collection. 



4. .ffilurcedus viridis. 



Green Grakle, Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. ii. p. 129 (1801) ; id. Gen. Hist. 



iii. p. 168 (1822). 

 Gracula viridis, Lath. Lid. Orn. Suppl. ii. p. xxviii (1801) ; Share, 



Gen. ZooL vii. p. 473 (1809). 

 Lanius crassirostris, PaykuU, Nova Acta Ac. Upsala, vii. p. 282, 



Taf. 10 (1810). 

 Varied Roller, Lath. Gen. Hist. iii. p. 83 (1822). 

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