246 MUSCICAPID.E. 



Sitppl. pi. xvii. ; ul. Ilandb. B. Amtr. i. p. 297 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. 

 p. 389, uo. o'.Uo ; Dujgles, Oni. Austr. pi. 41. fiir. 4 ; Rainsay, Proc. 

 Linn. Soc. N. S. W' u. p. 183 (pt.). 

 Poecilodiyas capito, Sliarpe, Notes Lei/den Mas. i. no. 7, p. 25. 



Adult male. General colour above j'ellowish green, of an olive 

 cast, the head dusky ash-grey, slightly washed with olive ; sides of 

 face and ear-coverts ashy grey, including the cheeks ; lores and 

 feathers in front of the eye white, forming a conspicuous spot, which 

 extends below the fore part of the eye ; fore part of checks also 

 white, the remainder and the ear-coverts with white shaft- lines ; 

 chin and upper throat greyish white ; lower throat and remainder 

 of under surface bright yellow, the flanks olive-green, as also tho 

 sides of the breast ; under wing-coverts and axiUaries white, edged 

 with yellow ; least wing-coverts above green like the back, the 

 median and greater series, as well as the quiUs, dusky brown, edged 

 with the same green as the back, the quills white at the base of the 

 inner web ; tail-feathers dusky brown, externally edged with olive- 

 green, and margined with white at the tip and for a great part of 

 the inner web ; " biU black ; feet brownish flesh-colour : iris hazel " 

 {Gould). Total length 5"1 inches, culmen 0"5, wing 3, tail 2-1, 

 tarsus 0-8. (Mas. Lugd.) 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but smaller in size. (Gould.) 

 Hah. Richmond and C'larenee-River districts. New South Wales. 



10. Pcecilodryas nana. 



Eopsaltria capito, Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. A\ S. TV. ii. p. 183 (pt.). 

 Eopsaltria nana, Ramsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. TV. ii. p. 373. 

 Precilodryas nana, Sharpe, Notes Leyden Mas. i. no. 7, p. 2-5. 



Adult male. Head and neck dark brown ; ear-coverts and hind 

 neck of the same colour, but of a lighter and more ashy tint ; lores 

 and a ring nearly surrounding the ej'e white, the tips of the feathers 

 distinctly tinged with light rufous or rusty red ; bristles long, strong, 

 and black ; throat and upper part of the chest white ; back, rump, 

 and upper tail- and wing-coverts greenish olive : wings and tail 

 brown, margined on the outer webs with olive; breast, abdomen, 

 and remainder of the under surface and the imder tail-coverts yel- 

 low, deepest on the abdomen, and tinged with olive on the sides ; on 

 the underside of the wing is a white patch at the base of the pri- 

 maries, and below it a largo patch of brown joining the base of the 

 wing-quiEs ; the inner webs of the quills towards the base are con- 

 spicuously margined with white, which, being a little wider on the 

 secondaries, forms a triangular patch on the under surface of the 

 wing ; the under wing-coverts and axiUaries light yellow ; on the 

 upper surface of the wing the narrow olive margin on the outer webs 

 of the quills is somewhat broken about the middle, giving the appear- 

 ance of a shadowy dark mark across the wing ; the outer margin of 

 the tail-feathers inclines to olive-brown above ; the inner, below, 

 and the tips of the feathers are more or less narrowly margined with 

 white or very light fulvous ; bill black ; feet and legs yellowish 

 flesh-colour. Total length 4-45 inches, culmen 0-G, wing 2-88, tail 

 2*1, tarsus O'TS. (liamsay.) 



