78. CERCHNKIS. 431 



4. Cerchneis cenchroides. 



Faico cenchroides, Jlr/. ^- Horsf. Tr. Limi. Soc. xv. p. 183 (1826) ; 

 Schl. Mus. Pai/s-£as, Fide. -p. 2d (18{J2). 



Tiuuunculus cenchroides, Gray, Gen. of £. i. p. 21 (1844); Gould, 

 B. Austr. i. pi. 13 (1848); Sturt, Exp. Cent,: Austr. App. p. 14 

 (1849); Bp. Consp. i. p. 27 (1850) ; Kmip, Contr. Om. 1850, p. 53; 

 Bp. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 527 ; Strickl. Om. Sim. p. 98 

 (1855) ; Pelz. Verh. z.-b. Wien, xiii. p. G26 (1863) ; Gould, Ilandb. 

 B. An^tr. i. p. 35 (1865) ; Diggles, Om. Audr. pt. 8 (1869) ; Gray, 

 Hand-l. B. i. p. 23 (1869). •" 



Adult male. Above pale rufous, almost unspotted, excepting a 

 few central black markings to the scapular feathers and innermost 

 secondaries ; primaries blackish brown, toothed with white on the 

 inner web, the inner ones narrowly margined with whitish at the 

 tip ; head pale bluish grey, washed with rufous, the black shaft- 

 stripes rather distinct ; rump, upper tail-coverts, and tail-feathers 

 clear bhie-grey, the latter slightly tinged with rufous on their edges, 

 tipped with white, before which is a broad subterminal band of 

 black ; forehead, feathers over the eye, and sides of the face whitish, 

 the latter tinged with greyish ; under surface of body pale tawny 

 buff, inclining to clear tawny, the breast and sides of the body 

 narrowly streaked with black shaft-stripes, absent on the thighs, 

 abdomen, and under tail-coverts, which are much paler and more 

 fulvous; under wing-coverts and lining of wing-feathers pure 

 white, occupying the greater part of the primaries, which are 

 notched and tipped with greyish black towards the apex only ; cere 

 and orbits yellowish orange ; bill horn-coloured near the base, black 

 towards the tip, base of under mandible yellowish ; feet orange ; 

 iris dark. Total length 11-5 inches, culmen 0*7, wing 9-3, tail 6-2^ 

 tarsus 1-5. 



Adult femcde. Similar to the male, but without the bluish shade 

 on the head, and no blue tail, though the upper tail- coverts are 

 strongly washed with blue-grey in old bu'ds. The head is pale 

 rufous like the back, with narrow linear black shaft-streaks to the 

 feathers ; and the tail is also pale rufous, tipped with white and 

 barred across with narrow black bands, excepting the subterminal 

 one, which is very broad ; the outer tail-feathers much paler, almost 

 inclining to whitish. Total length 12 inches, culmen 1-75, wing 9-8, 

 tail 6-2, tarsus 1-5. 



Hah. Australia. 



a, h. Ad. sk. Australia. Linnean Society [P.]. Tj'pes 



of species. 



c. Ad. sk. S. Australia. Sir D. Cooper [P.]. 



(/, e. Ad. sk. S. Australia. C. D. E. Fortnum, Esq. [P.]. 



/, g. Ad. sk. Interior of 8. Australia. Capt. Sturt [P.]. 



h. Ad. sk. Bourke, Kiver Darling. J. Gould, Esq. [P.]. 



1. Ad. St. S. Australia. ' J. Gould, Esq. [C.J. 



h. Ad. sk. Australia. Mrs. Wise [P.]. 



/. Skeleton. Sir G. Grev [P.]. 



