5. XEROPHILA. 73 



5. XEROPHILA. 



Type. 

 Xerophila, Gould, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 175 X. leucopsis. 



Bill higher than broad ; the uostrils are situated id a semi- 

 operculated groove, round, and are partly hidden by feathers ; first 

 primary longer than half the second ; secondaries equal to four fifths 

 of the whole wing ; tail square ; the three anterior toes compara- 

 tively short. No crest. Plumage very plain. 



Head of Xerophila leucopsis. 

 XeropliUa seems to form a link between the true Parince and 

 those forms which I propose to distinguish as Austro-ParliKe. 

 Raiiije. Australia. 



Keij to the Species. 



a. Under surface white ; no pectoral band lei(coj)sis, p. 73. 



b. Under surface white, with a pectoral band of cin- 



namou-brown pecf oralis, p. 74. 



1. Xerophila leucopsis. 



Xerophila leucopsis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 175 ; id. B. Ausfr. 



fol. iii. pi. 67 ; id. Handb. B. Austr. p. 382 ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. 



Soc. N. .S. W.ii. p. 180 (1878). 

 Sphenostoma leucopsis. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 194 (1847) ; id. Hand-l. 



B. i. p. 235, no. 3410 (1869). 



General colour above greyish brown, the brown more pronounced 

 on the hind neck and on the crown of the head ; quills brown ; tail 

 dark brown with white tips ; the upper tail-coverts of the same 

 colour as the back, and very long, so as to cover more than half of 

 the tail ; loral and uasal regions, sides of head, and the breast duU 

 white, washed with ftilvous or yellowish ; some of the feathers of 

 the underparts with faintly darker subterminal cross bars ; under 

 tail-coverts and abdomen duU yellowish white ; under wing-coverts 

 reddish brown ; inner web of quills edged witli pinkish isabelline ; 

 bill and feet brown. Total length 4 inches, culmeu 0'45, wing 2-4, 

 tail 1-8, tarsus 0-7. 



Hah. South Australia, Yictoria, and j^ew South Wales, occurring 

 also, according to Mr. Eamsay, at Port Denison and in S.E. New 

 Guinea. 



a, b. Ad. sk. South Australia. Sir G. Grev [P.]. 



c, d. Ad. sk. Ifiver Darling (Dr. J. Gould, Esq. [C.]. 



Pechey). 



e. Ad. sk. Queensland. J. Gould, Esq. [C.l. 



f. Ad.sk. Queensland. F. D. Godman and 0. Salvin, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 

 y, h. Ad. sk. Australia. J. Gould, Esq. [C.]. 



