9. MAXORHIXA. 261 



Maaorhina obscura, Grm/, Gm. B. i. p. 127 (1847) ; Cab. Mas. Hein. i. 

 p. 120; Bp. a A. i. p. 395; Grmj, Hancl-l. B. i. p. 161, no. 2097. 



Adult. Region behind the eye and lower border of base of man- 

 dible naked and of a yellow colour ; forehead and nasal region, a 

 few feathers at the sides of the base of the mandible, the angle of 

 the chin, and the tips of a few feathers on the sides of the neck 

 wax-j-eUow ; prteocular region and ear-coverts silky black ; all the 

 rest of the plumage very much as in J/, (jarrula, but the feathers of 

 the mantle, entire back, hind neck, and crown greyish brown, each 

 feather being broadly margined with grey ; rump and upper tail- 

 coverts whitish brown ; tail brown, with small whitish tips, the 

 outer webs strongly edged with wax-yellow ; throat dull grey ; the 

 feathers of the fore neck and breast with a crescent-shaped subter- 

 minal patch of brown, and tipped with greyish white ; abdomen and 

 under tail-coverts dull white, as in J/, garrula ; inner web of quills 

 ■without lighter margins ; " bare skin round the eye and bill bright 

 yellow ; legs and feet dull reddish yellow ; claws dark brown " 

 (Gould). Culmeu 1 inch, wing .5-3, tail 4-5, tarsus 1-25. 



Young birds have the sides of the head and the throat washed 

 with fulvous. 



Hub. Western Australia. 



a. Imm. sk. West Australia. Gould Collection. 



b. Ad. sk. West Australia. F. D. Godman and 0. Salvin, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 



4. Manorhina flavigula. 



Myzantha ilavigula, Gould, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 148 ; id. B. Austr. iv. 



pi. 79 ; id. Handb. B. Augtr. i. p. 578 ; Eeicheiib. Handb. Merojnnce, 



p. 130, pi. 495. figs. 3480-81 ; Ramsay, Proc. Lin7i. Sac. N. S. W. ii. 



p. 191. 

 Manorhina flavigula, Gray, Gen. B. 5. p. 127; Bp. C. A. i. p. 395; 



Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 161, no. 2098. 



This species closely resembles M. obscura in general coloration, 

 differing from it chiefly as follows : — Cheeks, throat, lower rump, 

 and upper tail-coverts white, instead of grey or brownish : the tail 

 largely tipped with white ; ear-coverts washed with silky white, and 

 the yellow on the sides of the neck more developed than in 21. 

 obscura, whilst on the fore neck and chest the white colour is pre- 

 dominant, the brownish subterminal bars being only faintly deve- 

 loped ; inner web of remiges with narrow whitish edges. Culmen 

 0-8-0-9 inch, wing 4-8-5-5, tail 4-3-4-7, tarsus 1-1. 



Hab. From New South Wales to South Australia; Gulf of Car- 

 pentaria. 



a. .\d. sk. South Australia. Sir T. MitclieD [P.]. 



b. Ad. sk. South Australia. F. D. Godman and 0. Sal- 



viu. Esqrs. [P.]. 



c. Ad. sk. New South Wales. F. D. Godman and 0. Sal- 



vin, Esqrs. [P.]. 

 rf. cJ ad. St. New South Wales. Maj.-Gen. Plardwicke [P.]. 



e. Ad. sk. Iliver Darling. J. Gould, Esq. [C.]. 



