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buffy white ; at the base of the throat several irregular spots 

 ot black; under surface pale vinous brown; the feathers of the 

 abdomen with two stripes of black running parallel and near the 

 shaft, the space between dull white ; under tail-covorts bufFv white 

 crossed by broad bars of black ; iris brown. Bill 0-75 inc'h win<^ 

 3-5, tail 2-25. (Gould.) ' ° 



Femah'. Differs from the male in having the markings of the abdo- 

 men larger and more conspicuous, and in having the spots at the 

 base of the throat chestnut instead of black. (Gould.) 



Ilab. Gulf of Carpentaria, Port Darling, and Port Essington. 



3. Climacteris placens. 



Chmacteris placens, Sclater, P. Z. 8. 1873, p. 693 ; Suhad. Ann. Mus. 

 Civ Genom, vii. p. 935, x. p. 143 ; Gould, B. Netu Gidnea, pt. 1 ; 

 ^idvad.Ann. Mus Civ. Genova, xvi. p. 63 ; id. Orn. Pajmasia e delle 

 Moiiicche, n. p. 241 . 



Adult male. Above dusky greyish olivaceous; feathers of the 

 head rufous, with paler shafts, and sometimes with a terminal 

 edging of black ; under surface of body paler, more ashy, with the 

 whole of the belly spotted with pale ochraceous, the spots margined 

 with black ; under tail-coverts banded with ochraceous and black ; 

 wings dusky, with a broad band across the base of the quills, and the 

 under wing-coverts ochraceous-buff; tertiaries uniform with the 

 back ; tail dusky black, the base and the two centre tail-feathers 

 uniform with the back ; bill black ; feet brownish olive ; iris reddish 

 vinaceous. Total length 6 inches, wing 3-2, tail 2-5, bill 0-5 

 tarsus 0-8. (Salvadori.) ' ' 



Female. Similar to the male, but distinguished by a broad malar 

 band of rufous. 



Hab. Atam, North-west New Guinea. 



4. Climacteris rufa. 



Climacteris rufa, Gould, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 149 ; id. B. Atisfr pi 94 • 

 Graji,Gen. B. i. p. 14-5 (1847); Bp. C. A. i. p. 225; Cab. Mus 

 Hetn. 1. p. 94 (18o0); Reichmh. Handh. spec. Orn., Scans, no 635 

 pi. 564 (1851); Goidd, Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 600 (1865); Ramsaii' 

 Proc. Limi. Soc. N. S. W. IBIS, ^.IQ\. v ^' J, 



Adult male. All the upper parts coloured as in G. scandens, but 

 the feathers of the rump and upper tail-coverts rufous-brown • 

 superciliary region, sides of head, ear-coverts, cheeks, chin and upper 

 throat, edge of wing, under wing-coverts, and axillaries uniform 

 rusty red ; feathers of throat and centre of upper breast whitish at 

 centre, with two longitudinal dark brown streaks to each feather • 

 from the sides of the neck across the chest an indistinct crescent of 

 greyish fawn-colour ; centre of breast and abdomen rusty red, with 

 pale central tips to the feathers ; sides and flanks deep rusty ; under 

 tail-coverts like abdomen, but with a few narrow cross bars of dark 

 brown, and with lighter tips ; " iris dark reddish brown ; bill and 

 feet blackish brown " (Gould). 



