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TIMELITD^. 



of beautiful lilac plumes, somewhat elongated laterally ; -wing- 

 coverts like the back, and spotted with ta^ffni}' buff at the tips ; the 

 quills brown, edged with whity brown, and ha\"ing pale spots at 

 the ends of the secondaries, these spots being somewhat obsolete on 

 the tips of the primaries ; upper tail-coyerts blackish brown, having, 

 in addition to the fulvous bar at the end, a second subterminal bar 

 of tawny buff ; tail-feathers brown, edged with pale brown along both 

 webs, and tipped with pale tawny buff ; lores and ear-coverts, as well 

 as the sides of the neck, tawny buff, like the head, and striped in 

 the same manner with dusky-brown edges to the feathers ; cheeks 

 bufty whitish, the feathers edged with brown ; throat fulvescent, 

 shading off into whity brown on the chest, the breast and abdomen 

 being uniform creamy buff; the sides of the body whitish, barred 

 with dusky on the flanks and thighs ; the throat and fore neck 

 spotted with small bars of dusky ; under tail-coverts pale tawny 

 buff, with a few remains of dusky-brown bars ; axillaries huffy 

 whitish ; under wing-coverts tawnj* buff, with a few dusky-browu 

 bars ; quills ashy brown below, pale yellow along the inner web ; 

 " bill and feet dusky brown : bare skin at the corner of the mouth 

 thick, fleshy, prominent, and of a pinky flesh-colour ; iris dark 

 brown " (Gould). Total length ll'o inches, culmen I'l, wing 5-75, 

 tail 4-2o, tarsus 1*6. 



Adult feniale. Very similar to the male, but without the lilac- 

 coloured band on the nape, the latter being of the same colour as 

 the head, and separated from the mantle by the hind neck, which is 

 of a lighter and more umber-browu than the back. Total length 

 11"5 inches, cidmen 1*1, wing 5*7, tail 4'5, tarsus 1"6. 



The Spotted Bower-bird is found in Eastern Australia from Eock- 

 ingham Bay to the Wide-Bay district, and occurs also in the interior 

 province and Victoria. I regard Mr. Gould's C. ocvqj'taJis as only a 

 verj' fine old male of the present species, distinguished by its longer 

 crest-feathers. 



a, b. c? ad. st. 



c. 2 imm. sk. 



d, e. c? 5 ad. sk. 

 f, ff- d 2 a<l- sk. 

 /t. c? ad. sk. 



i. cS hum. sk. 

 k. c5' ad. sk. 

 l-n. (S ad. sk. 



o. (5 ad. sk. 



Australia. 

 Australia. 

 Australia. 

 Australia. 

 South Australia. 

 Gamdali. 

 Queensland. 

 Queensland {J. T. 



Cocker ell). 

 Port Albany. 



Gould Collection. 



Sii- T. Mitchell [P.]. 

 Sydney Museum [P 

 Sydney Museum [P- 

 Gould Collection. 

 F. Godman & O. Sal- 



vin, Esqrs. 

 Goidd Collection. 

 (Type of C. occipitalis.) 



2. Chlamydodera guttata. 



Chlamydera guttata, Gonhl, P. Z. S. 18G2, p. 1G2 ; id. B. Aiigtr., 

 Suppl pi. 35 (1869) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 294, no. 4340 (1869). 



Chlamydodera guttata, Gould, Handb. B. Amtr. i. p. 452 (1865) ; 

 Elliot, Monoqr. Farad., Intr. p. xxii (1873) ; Ramsay, Pr. Linn. 

 Soc. iV. S. W. ii. p. 188 (1878). 



