170 MUSCICAPll),K. 



G. Petroeca rhodinogastra. 



Saxicola rhodinogastra, Drapiez, Ann. Gen. ties Sfi. I'hi/s. Bru.velles, 



ii. p. 340 (1S19). 

 Muscicapa liithami, Vigors, Zool. Journ. i. p. 410, pi. 13. 

 Petroica rliodiiiog'astra, Jard. 8: Selhy, III. Orn., Addenda to vol. ii. ; 



Graj/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 228, no. 3297. 

 Petroica erythrogaster, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 183. 

 Erythrodiyas rhodinogaster, Gould, P. Z. S. 1842, p. 112 ; id. B. 



Amtr. folio, iii. pi. 1 ; Eeichenh. Vop. NmlioU. pp. 89, 289 ; Gould, 



Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 276 ; Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. TV. ii. 



p. 183. 

 Petroeca erytlirogastra, Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 11 ; Bp. Cvmp. i. 



p. 299. 



Adult male. General colour above slaty black, the least and median 

 wing-coverts like the back, the greater series and the quills browner ; 

 tail-feathers brown, edged with slaty black near the base ; sides of 

 face, sides of neck, and throat black ; on the forehead a small spot 

 of silky white ; remainder of under surface of body rose-pink, the 

 vent and under tail-coverts white ; thighs black ; flank-feathers 

 pink, with grey bases separated from the pink by a white mark ; 

 under wing-coverts blackish, as also the quills below, which are 

 white at the base of the secondaries ; " bill black ; feet black with 

 the soles orange; iris black'' {Gould). Total length 4-8 inches, 

 cuLmen 0-45, wing 2-85, taU. 2-5, tarsus 0"8. 



Adult female. Has an indication of the white spot on the fore- 

 head ; all the upper surface brown ; wings and tail brown, with the 

 markings on the primaries and secondaries larger and of a more 

 buffy colour than in the males ; throat brownish buff ; chest and 

 abdomen brownish grey; vent and under tail-coverts buff. {Gould.) 



The young male during the first autumn closely resembles the 

 female ; for the first two months after they have loft the nest they 

 have the centre of each feather striated with buff, {Gould.) 



Hah. Tasmania, Victoria, and South Australia. 



a. Ad. sk. [Australia.] Zoological Society. 



b. Ad. sk. South Australia. Sir George Grey [P.]. 



7. Petroeca rosea *. 



Muscicapa lathami, Viq. ^- Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 245 {nee 

 Vigors, 1825). 



* The Crimson-bellied Flycatcher of Latham (Gen. Syn. Suppl. p. 221, pi. 

 134) would seem to represent a species of the section Erythrodryas, perhaps 

 Petroeca rosea, but it is impossible to make out the species for certain. A male 

 of the latter bird in incomplete dress, and retaining portions of the female 

 plumage, might answer to it ; but the absence of the black throat and of the 

 white spot on the forehead prevent its being recognized as any of the species 

 known up to the present time. Its synonymy is as follows : — 



Crimson-bellied Flycatcher, Lath. I. c. 

 Muscicapa coccinigastra, Lath. Ind. Orn. Sttppl. p. 1. 

 Petroica coccinigastra. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 183; id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 228, 

 no. 3299. 



