174 JiaSCKAl'ID-E. 



tail-coverts ; under wing-coverts white, the axillaries dark brown, 

 white near the base of the outer web ; quills dull brown below, 

 white at base of secondaries and across the inner web of the pri- 

 maries. Total length 5-7 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 3-6, tail 2-7, 

 tarsus 0-85. 



Young. Immediately after leaving the nest is dark bro^vn with a 

 stripe of light brown down the centre of each feather, the markings 

 of the wings and the tail resembling those of the adult ; under sur- 

 face like upper, bxit becoming white as it proceeds towards the vent. 

 (^Gould.) 



Hah. Australia : "Wide-Bay, Richmond, and Clarence-River dis- 

 tricts ; New South Wales ; Interior ; Victoria ; South Australia ; 

 West Australia. {Ramsay, I. c.) 



a. cJ ad. sk. Au*tralia. Linnean Society [P.]- 



(Type of 3/. bicolor.) 

 h. cJ juv. sb. Australia. 



c. 5 ad. St. AustiaUa. J. Gould, Esq. [C.J. 



d. c? ad. sk. Yarrundi Eiver. J. Gould, Esq. [C.J. 



e. c? juv. St. Yarrundi Eiver. J. Gould, Esq. 'CX 

 f- 6 juv. sk. South Australia. .T. Gould, Esq. [C.J. 

 g,h. S 2 ^d. ; i. J imm. sk. South Australia. Sir George Grey [P.l 



k. S imm. sk. River Murray. Sir George Grey [P.' 



7. c? ad. St. West Australia. J. Gould, Esq. [C." 



m. 2 ad. sk. York, W, Austraha. J. Gould, Esq. [C. 



7. c? ad. St. West Australia. J. Gould, Esq. [C.l. 



n, 0. S ad. sk. Interior of South Capt. Sturt [P.J. 



Australia. 

 p. J ad. sk. Australia. Sir T. Mitchell [P.], 



Subsp. a. Petroeca picata. 



Melanodryas picata, Gould, Handh. B. Austr. i. p. 285. 

 Petroica picata. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 229, no. 3301. 



Adult male. Similar to P. accullata, but smaller, and distinguished 

 by the less amount of black on the tail, and the broader edging of 

 white to the inner secondaries. In the outer tail-feather the white 

 extends round the black, and is carried along the whole length of the 

 outer web. Total length 5-8 inches, culmen 0'55, wing 3-5, tail 2-55, 

 tarsus 0'85. 



Hab. Northern and North-western Australia. 



o, b, c. (S ad. ; d. $ ad. sk. N.W. Austraha. J. R. Elsev, Esq. [P.]. 



e,f.(S2 ad. sk. " D^pot," Feb. 26, 1856. J. R. Elsey, Esq. [P.J. 



1 1 . Petroeca toitoi. 



Muscicapa toitoi, Garnot, Toy. Coquille, Zool. i. p. 690, pi. 15. fig. 3. 

 Miro toitoi, Gray, in Dieffenb. Trav. ii. Ajrp. p. 191 ; Bp. Consp. i. 



p. 300. 

 Petroica toitoi, Gray, Voy. Ereb. <§■ Terr. Birds, p. 6 ; id. Gen. B. i, 



p. 183 ; id. Ibis, 1862, p. 223 ; Peh. Reis. Nomra, Voy. p. 66 ; 



Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 229, no. 3305. 



