G3. CHLAMTnODERA. 391 



Verj- similar to C. maculata, but altogether darker aboTe,and having 

 the hind neck of the same dark brown as the back, with smaller 

 tawny-buff spots ; the under surface of the body is also darker. 

 Total length 12 inches, culmen 1-05, wing 5-6, tail 4-25, tarsus 1-6. 



The head of the male, collected by Mr. Stuart during his travels 

 into the interior of Australia, Likewise points to the present species 

 being distinct from C. maculutu. The lilac band is much richer in 

 tint, and the head shows the whole of the feathers with .silvery tips, 

 instead of only a few thus marked as in C. maculata. The feathere 

 of the hind neck resemble those of the female, and seem to indicate 

 that the species has no band of earthy brown between the nape and 

 the mantle as in its near ally. 



The Large-spotted Bower-bird, as far as is known, appears to be 

 confined to the interior of Australia, and to the north-west portion 

 of the continent. 



a. 9 ad. sk. N.W. Australia Gould Collection. 



{Greyory). (Type of species.) 



b. cJ head. Interior of Australia Goid'd Collection. 



{Stuart). 



3. Chlamydodera nuchalis. 



Ptilonorliynclms nuchalis, Jard. ^- Stlby, III. Oni. ii. pi. 10.3. 



Calodera nuchalis, Gould, Syn. B. Austr. pt. 1 (18.37). 



Chlamydera nuL-haUs, Gould, B. Austr. fol. pt. 1 (cancelled) ; id. op. 



cit. iV. pi. (1838); Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 235 (1846) ; Bp. Cotisp. 



i. p. 370 (18-50); Jacq. et Pucker. Vuy. Pole Sud, texte, iii. p. 64 



(1853) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 294, no. 4339 (1869). 

 Chiamvdere a nuque ornfe, Hoinbr. et Jacq. Foy. Pole Sud, Atlas, 



pi. 7. fig. 2. 

 Chlamydodera nuchalis, Cab. Mus. Hem. Th. i. p. 212 (1850) ; 



Gould, Handb. B. Austr. i, p. 448 (1865) ; Elliot, Monoyr. Parad. 



pi. xxxi. (1873). 

 Ptilorhj-nchus nuchalis, Schl. Mus. P.-B., Coraces, p. 119 (1867). 



Adult male. General colour above ashy brown, the feathers being 

 dark brown edged with ashybrown, these margins being very distinct 

 and broad on the rump and upper tail-coverts, the latter having indi- 

 cations of a subterminal whitish spot as well as the light tip ; wing- 

 covci'ts dark brown, and edged with ashy whitish just Hke the back ; 

 (juills dark brown, margined with ashy, and tipped with a whitish 

 spot, which is much broader on the secondaries ; tail-feathers brown, 

 margined with ashy on both webs, and barred with whitish at the 

 tip ; head brown, each feather having a minute spot of ashy at the 

 tip ; ou the nape a band of beautiful lilac feathers, fringed with 

 some stiffened brown feathers tipped with silvery whitish ; hind 

 neck uniform ashy Brown, separating the nuchal band from the 

 mantle ; lores, sides of face, and under surface of bodj' light ashy 

 brown, becoming paler on the abdomen, where it inclines to creamy 

 white ; the lower flanks and thighs having faint indications of dusky 

 bars, these becoming more zigzag and distinct in character on the 



