392 timeijid.t;. 



under tail-coverts, which are whitish like the abdomen ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries pale ashj' brown, with a few indications of 

 duskv bars ; quills ashy brown below, pale yellowish along the inner 

 web; "bill, legs, and irides brownish" {Gould). Total length 14-5 

 inches, culmen 1-4, wing 6-75, tail 5-5, tarsus 1-9. 



Adult female. Differs from the male in wanting the lilac band on 

 the nape, and in having the under surface faintly barred with 

 dusky. Total length 13 inches, culmen 1-4, wing 6-75, tail 5-5, 

 tarsus 1"9. 



The Western Lilac-naped Bower-bird is found in Northern Aus- 

 tralia from Port Darling and Port Essington to the north-western 

 district. 



a. c? ad. sk. North Australia. Gould Collection. 



b, c. (S 2 fid. St. Port E.-isington. Capt. Chambers [P.l. 



d. c? juv. sk. Depot, Victoria River, N.W. J. R. Elsey, Esq. [P.]. 



Australia, Oct. 1855. 



e. cJ imm. sk. N.W. Australia, July 26, 1856. J. R. Elsey, Esq. [P.]. 



4. Chlamydodera orientalis. 



Chlamydera nuchalis (nee J. ^ S), Ramsay, Ibis, 1865, p. 85. 

 Chlamydodera nuchalis (nee. J. i^- S.), Ramsay, Ibis, 1866, p. 329 ; 



id. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 385 ; id. Proc. Linn. Sov. N. S. W. ii. p. 188 



(1878) ; Masters, t. e. p. 273 (1878). 

 Chlamydodera orientalis, Goidd, Ann. Nat. Hist. (5) iv. p. 74 (1879) ; 



id. B. Neiv Guinea, pt. xi. (1880). 



Adidt (type of species). Very similar to C. nuchalis, but much 

 more mottled above, with whitish tips to the feathers, this being 

 very apparent on the head, which is not so uniform as in the last- 

 named species. Total length 13-5 inches, culmen 15, wing 7, tail 

 5'5, tarsus 1"9. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but wanting the bright nuchal 

 spot ; the whitish spots on the back are also smaller and less pro- 

 nounced. Total length 12-5 inches, culmen 1-35, wing 6*7, tail 5-2, 

 tarsus 1*7. 



Young male. Similar to the adult female at first, and acquiring 

 the niichal patch by a moult. 



The Eastern Lilac-naped Bower-bird is a representative of C. 

 nuchalis in Queensland. 



«. $ ad. sk. [New South Wales.] Eyton Collection. 



b. J ad. sk. Port Denisou. Gould Collection. (Type 



of species.) 

 e. 5 'i*i- ^^- North Queensland. Gould Collection. 



d. (S imm. sk. Queensland. Horace Flower, Esq. [C.]. 



e. 5 ad. sk. Rockingham Bay. Goidd Collection. 



/. 2 ad. sk. Capo Upstart, May 1846. J. B. Jukes, Esq. [P.]. 



g. S fid. St. Queensland. 



h, i, S 9 ad. sk. Queensland (J. T. Coek- F. Godman & 0. ■ Salvin, 

 erell). Esqrs. [P.]. 



