172 MUSClCAl'lli.K. 



white ; wings black, the median niid inner greater coverts aa well 

 as the outer webs of the inner secondaries white, forming a longi- 

 tudinal bar down the wing ; all the secondaries white at the base, 

 the inner primaries with a white spot at about a third of their 

 length from the base ; tail-feathers black, slightly tijipcd with 

 white, the outermost almost entirely white, with a black oblique 

 mark from the base across the inner web, and a spot of dark 

 brown at the tip of the outer web ; the penultimate and third 

 feathers with a white mark on the outer web ; sides of head and of 

 neck and throat black ; forehead and vertex scarlet ; fore neck and 

 breast scarlet; thighs black; sides of body, abdomen, under tail- 

 coverts, under wing-coverts, and axillaries white, the edge of the 

 wing black, edged with white ; quills ashy brown below, white at 

 the base of the secondaries ; " bill and feet blackish brown, the soles 

 of the feet yellow ; iris blackish brown " {Gould). Total length 4'8 

 inches, culmen 0'55, wing 2-55, tail 2'0, tarsus 0-7. 



Adult female. Different from the male. General colour above 

 earthy brown, with a faint rusty tinge on the forehead ; wings dark 

 brown, the smaller coverts edged with brown, the greater series 

 edged and tipped with huffy white ; quills dark brown, the primaries 

 narrowly, the secondaries more broadlj' edged with huffy white, 

 the secondaiies with broad whitish bases, concealed by the tips of 

 the greater coverts ; tail-feathers dark brown, edged with lighter 

 brown, the penultimate feather white along the outer web, the 

 outennost one almost entirely white, with an oblique mark of dark 

 brown from the base up the inner web ; ear-coverts light rusty 

 brown ; feathers round the eyes, lores, cheeks, and under surface of 

 body dull white, the sides of the breast and flanks brown ; thighs 

 brown ; under wing-coverts creamy white, as also the inner lining 

 of the quills. Total length 4-5 inches, culmen U'4, wing 2-35, tail 

 1-8, tarsus 0-7. 



Hah. Australia : Wide-Bay district ; Eichmond and Clarence- 

 lliver districts ; New South Wales ; Victoria ; Interior ; South 

 Australia. (Ramsay, 1. c.) 



a. S ad. sk. Australia. Linnean Society [P.]. 



(Type of species.) 



b, c. c? 2 ad. St. New South Wales. 



d. S ad. St. New South Wales. J. Gould, Esq. [P.]. 



e. S ad. sk. Australia. Sir D. Cooper [P.]. 

 /. 5 ad. sk. Australia. Purchased. 



9. Petrceca ramsayi. 



Petroeca goodenovii, audf. e.c Austr. Occident ali {wc Viy. Sf Horsf.). 



Adult male. Similar to P. goodenovii, but distinguished by the 

 centre of the throat being scarlet and not black. Total length 4*5 

 inches, culmen 0*4, wing 2-5, tail 1-85, tarsus 0-7. 



Adult female. Similar to the hen of P. goodcnovii, but having the 

 forehead and anterior crown dull brick-red. Total length 4-2 inches, 

 culmen 0-45, wing 2-45, tail 1-8, tarsus 0-7. 



Hah. Western Australia. 



