220 MFXlPilACrD.T.. 



spicuous collar on the chest; flanks, under wing-coverts, and inner 

 margin of qnills whitish, more or loss washed with pale brown ; 

 " bill blackish grey ; feet bluish grey ; iris bright reddish brown " 

 (Gould). Culmcn 0-5 inch, wing 2-5, tail 1-7, tarsus 0-7. 



The female resembles the male, but is slightly smaller. 



Young birds have the head more or less brown like the back, 

 and the brown crescent on the chest is merely indicated by pale 

 brownish. 



Jlab. New Guinea, Aru Islands, and Northern Australia. 



a. cJ juv. sk. N.W. Australia. J. R. Elsey, Esq. [P.]. 



b. Ad sk. Port Essington. Gould Collection. 



e. [ 5 ] ad. st. Port Essington. Captain W. Chambers [P.]. 



d. cJad. sk. Port E«sington. Dr. Sibbald. 



e, f. Ad. sk. Cape YorL F. D. Godman and 0. Salvin, 



J'^sqrs. [P.]. 



4. EntomopMla leucomelas, 



Certhia leucomelas, Cuv., teste Boncip. et Grai/. 

 Entomophila picata, Graj/, Gen. B. i. p. 118 (1846). 

 Certhiouyx rariegatus, Lesson, Trcnte d'Orn. i. p. 306 (1831). 

 Lichnoteutha picata, Cah. Mvs. Hein. i. p. 116 (1850); Gould, 



Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 629. 

 Melicophila picata, Goidd, B. Austr. iv. pi. 49; Bp. C. A. i. p. 394; 



Diggles, Orn. Austr. pi. 

 CerthiouTx leucomelas, Bp. C. R. xx.xviii. p. 263 (1854); Ramsay, 



Proc. Linn. Sac. N. S. JV. ii. p. 190. 

 Entomophila leucomelas, Gray, Lland-l. B. i. p. 154, no. 2001. 



Adult male. Only colours black and white ; head all round, upper 

 throat, sides of neck and hind neck, mantle, and centre of back 

 black ; primaries and their coverts entirely brownish black on both 

 ■webs ; median and lesser wing-coverts and a great part of the outer 

 and inner webs of the secondaries pnre white, producing a very 

 conspicuous white band on the wing when folded ; centre pair of 

 tail-feathers and terminal (juarter of the others pure white like the 

 upper tail-coverts, rump, and the underparts of the body ; under 

 wing-coverts, axillaries, and inner margin of most of the quills dull 

 black ; " iris reddish brown ; bill bluish grey ; naked skin and a 

 small fleshy appendage beneath the eye ash-grey ; legs and feet 

 greenish grey " (Gould). 



Female. Light brown above, each feather darker in the centre ; 

 tail and wings uniform pale brown, only a few of the secondaries 

 and of the greater wing-coverts being broadly edged with white ; 

 under surface of wings, fore neck, and throat butty ; rest of the 

 underparts white ; feathers of the chest, breast, and flank-s with a 

 brown subterminal spot. 



Immature male. Intermediate between the adnlt male and female 

 in coloration ; but having the greater part of the wing-coverts and 

 upper tail-coverts and the inner web of the tail-feathers pure white, 

 like all the underparts of the body ; throat and fore neck also 

 white ; only a few feathers showing the brown subterminal spots. 



