4. CLTHACTEEI8. 339 



Hah. From the Wide-Bay district to New South Wales, ranging 

 into the Interior Province. 



a,b. S 2 ad. st. New South Wales. Purchased. 



c,d. c? ? ad. sk. New South Wales. F. D. Godman and O. 



Salvin, Esqrs. [P.]. 

 e. c? ad. sk. Liverpool E,ange> Eyton Collection. 



/; //• c? 2 ad. sk. Liverpool Range (N. S. W.), Eyton Collection. 

 Oct. 183'J {J, Gould). 



8, Climaeteris pyrrhonota. 



Climacteris pyi-rhonota, Goidd, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 976 ; Gray, Hand-l. 

 B. i. p. 184, no, 2522; E. P. Ramsay, Proc. Linn, Soc. N. S. W. 

 ii. p. 161. 



Adult female (type of species). Most nearly allied to C. scandens, 

 from which this species differs by the rich rusty-red colour of the 

 rump and the whole of the upper tail-coverts ; many of the dark 

 olive-brown feathers of the back, especially those of the scapulars, 

 show more or less conspicuous white shaft-lines (in some specimens 

 these shaft-lines are wanting). Wing 3-45 inches, tail 2'o. 



The male wants the rusty patch to the cheeks. 



Hab. New South Wales and Interior Province ; Tasmania. , 



«. $ ad. sk. Dobroyde, N. S. W. (U. P. Gould Collection. 

 Ramsay). (Type of species.) 



b. 2 ad. sk. S.E. Australia. Piu-chased. 



c. cJ ad. sk. Nanama, Feb. 19, 1866 {E. Goidd Collection, 



P. Ramsay). 



d. $ ad. sk. Tasmania. Eonald Gunn, Esq. [P.], 



9. Climacteris mystacalis, 



Meliphaga mystacalis, Temni. PI. Col. pi. 335. fig. 2. 

 Climacteris striolata, Kittlitz, Kupfer. Vog. pi. 6. fig. 2 (1832). 

 Climacteris mystacaUs, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 184, no. 2528. 

 Rhabdomis mystacalis, Reichenb. Handh. spec. Oni., >Sca»s. no. 640, 



pi. 566 (1851) ; Wald. Trans. Z. S. ix. p, 201 ; Tweedd. P. Z. S. 



1878, pp. 113, 951. 



Adult male. Entire crown and sides of head, hind neck, and sides 

 of neck sooty black, each feather with a conspicuous pure white 

 triangular shaft-streak ; ear-coverts without streaks ; mantle, back, 

 and quills uniform brown, with shaft-streaks on the mantle ; tail- 

 feathers and primary quills dark brown, the latter broadly edged 

 with pale fawn on the inner web ; chin, checks, thi-oat, fore neck, 

 centre of breast, and abdomen pure white ; sides, flanks, thighs, 

 and under tail-coverts white, each feather broadly edged with black- 

 brown ; imdcr wiug-covorts and axiUaries creamy, mottled with 

 black-brown ; " bill black ; iris crimson ; legs yellowish brown or 

 dark grey " {Tweeddale). 



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