208 



24. Pachycepliala rufiventris. 



Rufous-veuted Warbler, Lath, Gen. Syn. Suppl. ii. p. 248 {female). 

 Sylvia rufiveutris, Lath. hid. Oni. Suppl. ii. p. liv. 

 Rufous-veuted Houey-eater, Lath. Gen. Hist. vol. iv. p. 183. 

 Orange-breasted Thrush, Leivin, B. New Holland, pi. 8. 

 Pachycephala peetoralis, Vig. ^- Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 239 



(nee Lath.) ; Gould, B. Austr. fol. ii. pi. 67 ; Reichenb. Voff. Neu- 



holl. pp. 158, 284; Diggles, Orn. Austr. text & pi. 33. 

 Pachycephala striata, Viy. Si- Horsf. t. c. p. 240. 

 Lanius macularius. Quo)/ et Gaim. Voy. de VAstroL, Zool. i. p. 257, 



pi. ol. f. 1 (j/ouny) ; Diygles, Orn. Austr. pi. 33. fig^s. 3, 4. 

 Pachycephala rufiventris. Gray, Ann. JV. H. xi. p. 193; id. Gen. 



B.\. p. 271 ; Bp. C. A. i. p. 328 ; Cab. Mm. Hein. i. p. 66; Gould, 



Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 212 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 388, no. 5872; 



Bainsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. 1877, p. 380 ; id. ibid. ii. 



p. 181. 



Adult male. General colour above, including the hind neck, 

 scapulars, and upper tail-coverts, uniform grey ; head also grey, 

 but every feather with a dark centre ; wing-coverts and quills blackish 

 brown, the primaries narrowly, the secondaries broadly margined 

 with light grey on the outer web ; tail blackish brown, edged and 

 tipped with grey; lores, eyebrows, and ear-coverts black; chin, 

 cheeks, and throat pure white, enclosed by a black crescent on the 

 fore neck and upper chest, which collar is connected with the black 

 of the ear-coverts ; breast, abdomen, flanks, and under tail-coverts 

 orange-brown, strongly washed with pale grey near the black 

 collar ; under wing-coverts, axillaries, and edge of wing pale orange- 

 brown ; under surface of quills blackish, with whitish margins on 

 the inner web ; " bill black ; feet olive-black ; iris reddish, hazel " 

 {Gould). 



Young male. Similar to the adult male, but having the upper 

 surface more ashy grey, the throat not yet pure white, the collar 

 only represented by a faint dusky tinge on the feathers of the fore 

 neck, the centres of the feathers of the under surface being pale 

 orange-brown, and with dark-brown central streaks. 



Adult female (type of P. striata, Yig. & Horsf.). Upper parts 

 like those of the male, but very slightly tinged with ashy brown ; 

 wings and taU as iu the male ; lores and ocular region and ear- 

 coverts ashy brown ; chin, throat, and cheeks white, with dark 

 brown shaft-streaks ; underparts pale isabelline, with conspicuous 

 dark brown shaft-streaks on the breast, less distinctly streaked on 

 the abdomen, flanks, and under tail-coverts. 



There is a specimen iu the British-Museum collection (procured 

 by Capt. Sturt in South Australia) which is very pale or creamy 

 buff below, without any streaks on the abdomen and under taU- 

 coverts. Another specimen has the luiderparts more tinged with 

 yellow instead with rufous. " Bill flesh-brown ; corner of the 

 mouth yellow ; feet lead-colour ; iris blackish brown " {Gould). 



