210 MrsciCAPiD-i:. 



witli a blackish shade before the tip, the remainder with a broad 

 subterminal band of black, the outer feathers with a spot of ashy 

 whitish near the tip of the inner web ; lores, feathers round the eye, 

 and car-coverts very pale rufous-brown, the light eyebrow fringed 

 on its upper margin with a very narrow line of black ; cheeks and 

 under surface of body pale yellowish buff, becoming brighter olive- 

 yellow on the lower abdomen and flanks, the sides of the breast 

 brown ; on the throat some small streaks of black ; thighs brown ; 

 under wing-coverts white, slightly tinged with olive-yellow ; quills 

 ashy brown below, whitish along the edge of the inner web ; " bill 

 varying from fleshy white to ashy grey ; feet blackish brown ; iris 

 pale straw-yellow" {Gould). Total length 3-4 inches, culmen 0-25, 

 wing 2, tail 1'35, tarsus 0"6. (AIus. Lugd.) 



Hub. Australia : Wide-Bay district ; Richmond and Clarence 

 rivers ; N. S. Wales ; Interior ; Victoria ; South Aiistralia ; West 

 Australia. (Ramsaij.) 



a. Ad. sk. Australia. Sir T. Mitchell [P.]. 



2, Smicrornis flavescens. 



Smicromis flavescens, Gould, P. Z. S. 1842, p. 134 ; id. B. Austr. 



folio, ii. pi. 104 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 293 ; Reichenh. Vog. NeuhoU. 



pp. 100, 288 ; Gould, Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 274 ; Castelnau 8f 



Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. p. 380 ; Ramsay, op. cit. ii. 



p. 183 ; Masters, t. c. p. 272. 

 Pardalotus flavescens, Gray, Gen. B. iii. App. p. 13 ; id. Hand-l. B. 



i. p. 387, no. 5868. 



Adult male. General colour above pale olive-yellow, brighter on 

 the lower rump and upper tail-coverts ; crown of the head ashy 

 brown ; wings pale ashy brown, with lighter edges to the feathers ; 

 upper tail-coverts light brown, margined with olive-yellow ; tail 

 ashy brown, with large white spots at the tip of the inner web and 

 a broad subterminal shade of black, the outer feathers ashy brown 

 at the end of the outer web, which has also a narrow whitish 

 margin ; lores and a tolerably broad eyebrow whitish, the former 

 margined with a narrow line of black-tipped feathers above ; feathers 

 below the eye and ear-coverts very pale rufous-brown ; under sur- 

 face of body sulphur-yellow, paler on the throat ; axiUaries yeUow 

 like the breast ; under wing-coverts white, with a faint tinge of 

 yellow ; quills light brown below, whitish along the edge of the 

 inner web ; " iris silvery " (Ehei/). Total length 3"4 inches, culmen 

 0-3, wing 1-85, tail 1-35, tarsus 0-55. 



Obs. Although I do not separate this bird from Gould's S. Jlaves- 

 eens, the eyebrow is white, not brownish, as in the plate given by 

 the latter author, who, however, makes no mention of this feature 

 in his description. 



Hub. Northern Australia, Port Darling, Port Essington, Gulf of 

 Carpentaria. 



a. d ad. sk. Gilbert Ptiver, Oct. 30, 1856 ; J. R. Elsev, Esq. [P.]. 

 lat. 18^ 30', long. 143". 



