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MELIPHAGID^. 



3. Glycjrphila fasciata. 



Glvciphila fasciata, Gould, P. Z. -S'. 1842, p. 1;{7 ; id. B. Austr. iv. 

 pi. 30; Grari, Gen. B. i. p. 119; Bp. C. A. i. p. 393; Gould, 

 Handh. B. Austr. i. p. 499 ; Rekhenb. Meropince, no. 266, pi. 487. 

 figs. 3437-38 ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 188. 



Glyciphila pectoralis, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 155, no. 2004 (1869). 



Adult male. Crown of head and nape blackish brown, each feather 

 narrowlj' edged with white ; mantle and the wing-coverts brown, 

 each feather edged with pale buff; rest of back and upper tail- 

 coverts buffy brown, inclining to rufous ; wings and tail dark brown, 

 e.xternally edged with whitish buff ; under wing-coverts, inner 

 margin of <juills, lower abdomen, and under tail-coverts pale creamy 

 buff; chin, cheeks, ear-coverts and throat, centre of breast and 

 abdomen white ; feathers of chest and sides of breast also white, 

 but with a broad subterminal blackish-brown bar to each feather ; 

 flanks whitish, washed with pale buff', the feathers with dark- 

 brown streaks down the centre ; a narrow streak of blackish brown 

 extending backwards along the inner margin of the cheek on each 

 side; "bill greenish grey; feet aurora-red ; iris reddish brown " 

 (Gould). Culmen 0-55-0-65 inch, wing 2-6-2-75, tail 1-8-2-0, 

 tarsus 0'7. 



Female. Eesembles the male, but is slightly smaller. 



Young birds have the crown and hind neck uniform duU brown ; 

 chest and fore neck bi'ownish white, without the dark bars ; under 

 wing-coverts blackish brown. 



Ifab. Australia, excepting the north-eastern and north-western 

 portions. 



a, b, c. 2 ad. sk. N.W. Australia. J. R. Elsey, Esq. [P.]. 



d,e,f.Ad.sk. North Australia. F. D. Godman and O Salvin, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 



ff, h. Ad. sk. North Australia. Gould Collection. 



i. [$] juv. sk. Gould Island (/. Voy. H.M.S. 'Rattlesnake.' 



MacgilUvray). (Type of G. pectoralis, Gray.) 



k. Ad. St. Port Essiugtou. J. Gould, Esq. [C.]. 



4. Glycjrpliila undulata. 



Certhia undulata, Sparrman, Mus. Carls, i. pi. 34 (1786). 

 Certhia fasciata, Forster, Descr. Animal, p. 263 (1844). 

 Gliciphila fasciata (Forst.), Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 155, no. 2010. 

 Glycyphila fasciata, Layard, Ibis, 1877, p. 362, 1880, p. 224, 1881, 

 p. 133, 1882, p. 505 ; Tristram, Ibis, 1879, p. 182. 



Adult. Upper parts, including the wings and tail, brown ; feathers 

 of mantle and hind neck ■with whitish shafts ; feathers of occiput and 

 sides of head brown, edged with white ; undcrparts of body white, 

 with numerous brown bars ; flanks and abdomen washed with 

 brownish grey ; under wing-coverts and inner edge of quills fulvous ; 

 bill black. Culmen 1-15 inch, wing 3-4, tail 3-1, tarsus 0-8. 



Hab. New Caledonia. 



a. Ad. sk. New Caledonia. Purchased. 



