334 CKiiTniiu.i:. 



b'". Under suifiice pale buff or fawn, much 



striated lvucoph(ea, p. 336. 



d" . Central pair of tail-leathers dark p^rey. 

 c'". Lower back and upper tail-coverts dark 

 grey. 

 a*. Orbital region brown ; whole fore neck 



Avhite scandens, p. 337. 



h^. Orbital region rich rusty red ; dull buff 



crescent across upper chest erytlirops, p. 338. 



d'". Lower back and upper tail-coverts rich 



rusty red fyrrhonota, p. 339, 



h. No light band across the wing ; crown and hind 



neck sooty black, with many white shaft-streaJiS mystacuUs, p. 33U. 



1. Climacteris melanura. 



Climacteris melauura, GoiM, P. Z. S. 1842, p. 138, 1867, p. 976; id. 

 Handb. B. Aitstr. i. p. 604 ; id. B. Austr. pi. 97 ; Gray, Gen. B. i, 

 p. 145 ; Bp. C. A. i. p. 225 ; Reichcnb. Handb. sjjec. Orn., Scans. 

 no. 638, pi. 566 ; E. F. Rainsay, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1878, 

 pp. 191, 274. 



Adult male. Foreliead, all the upper stirface, the whole tail, and 

 aU the wing-coverts brownish black ; quills dark brown ; the middle 

 third of all the primaries and most of the secondaries pale buff, 

 forming a broad conspicuous band across the wing when expanded ; 

 chin and throat white, each feather broadly edged with black, giving 

 the throata striped appearance ; under wing-coverts brown, edged with 

 fawn and whitish ; breast, abdomen, and thighs ferruginous brown, 

 deepening into chocolate-brown towards the sides of the breast and 

 flanks ; some of the feathers of the breast with darker brown 

 longitudinal central streaks ; under tail-coverts brownish black, 

 with huffish cross markings ; " bill and feet blackish brown ; iris 

 red-brown or dark brown " {Elseij). 



Total length 6-7 inches, culmcn 0-7-0-8, wing 3-75-4, tail 2-8-3, 

 tarsus 1. 



Adult female. Throat white, most of the feathers edged with red- 

 brown or chestnut-colour ; under tail-coverts black with very small 

 whitish tips. 



Hab. North Australia. 



a,b. c? $ ad. sk. N.W. Australia. J. E. Elsey, Esq. [P.]. 



c, d. S ad. sk. N.W. Australia. J. R. Elsey, Esq. [P]. 



e,f. S ^ ad. sk. North Australia (P) F. D. Godnian and 0. Sal- 



vin, Esqrs. [P.] 



2. Climacteris melanonota. 



Climacteris melanota, Gould, P. Z. S. 1846, p. 106, 1867, p. 976 ; 



Bp. a A. i. p. 225. 

 Climacteris melanonota. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 145 ; Gould, B. Austr. 



pi. 96 ; id. Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 603 (1865). 

 Climacteris melanotus, Itelehenb. Plandb. spec. Orn., Scans, no. 630, pi. 



566 (1851) ; E. P. Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. iV. S. W. 1878, p. 191. 



Adult male. Most nearly allied to C. melanura, but destitute of 

 the lanceolate marks on the throat. Superciliary liae and throat 



