6. SITTELLi. ^Q\ 



quills dark brou-n, with paler tips ; the middle third of the webs 

 rich rufous, forming a very conspicuous large patch on the opened 

 -ndng ; tail-feathers blackish bro\ra, the outer pairs with white tips ; 

 sides of head and ear-coverts browu, with paler tips to the feathers • 

 all the underparts dingy white, most of the feathers with narrow 

 longitudinal central streaks of brown ; flanks slightly washed with 

 brownish ; throat almost white ; most of the under wing-coverts 

 dull blackish brown ; edge of wing and under wing-coverts white ; 

 under tail-coverts white, with subtenninal brown arrow-shaped 

 spots; thighs dark brown; "iris cream-colour; eyelashes lio-ht 

 buff; feet yeUow " (GouM). ° 



The female, according to Gould, differs only in having the head 

 of a darker tint of brown. 



Total length about 4 inches. 



Culmen. Wing. Tail. Ti 



arsus. 

 in. 



Imm. bird 0-52 3-04 1-48 0-66 



Adult 0-6 3-10 1-.5 0-7 



Adult 0-63 3-10 1-5 0-68 



^ Hub. From Port Denison southwards along the east coast to Xew 

 South TTales, Victoria, and South Australia. 



a. Ad. St. Australia. E. Brown, Esq. fP 1 



*,c.[ 5 cJjad.sk. S.E.Australia. Goidd Collection ' 



d. Ad. sk. 8.E. Australia. Gould Collection. 



e Ad. sk _ N.E. AustraUa. Sir T. Mitchell rp.l 



f,ff.l6 2] imm. Queensland. f . D. Godman and 6. 

 ^'^^ Sah-k, Esqrs. [P.]. 



2. Sittella leucocephala. 



SitteUa leucocephala, Gould, F. Z. 8. 1837, p. 152 ; id. B. Austr iv 

 pi. 102 ; id. Si/)i. B. Austr. pt. iv. ; id. Intr. B. Austr. p. 128 • id 

 Handb. B. Amtr. i. ]x 610 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 226 ; Ramsau 'ibis 

 1865, p. 86 ; id. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 600; id. B-oc. Linn. Soc NS W 

 ii. p. 191. 



Adult. Head and neck aU round pure white ; all the other parts 

 coloured as in ,S'. clirysoptera, except the under tail-coverts, which 

 are brown and tipped wilh white; "base of the biU, nostrils, and 

 eyelid orange-yellow ; iris greenish yeUow" (Gould). 



Adult. Culmen 0-57 inch, wing 3-08, tail 1-50, tarsus 0-60 

 » 0-60 „ „ 3-13, „ 1-52, „ 0-62! 



Obs. Immature birds have the white parts of the head less clear • 

 the young bird very likely has the head and neck coloured brown 

 as in S. chrysojiUra, 



Hah. New South Wales to Xorth-eastern Australia. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Moreton Bav, N. Australia. Gould Collection 

 c Ad sk. X. Australia. Sir T. Mitchell fP 1 



d,e. Ad.sk. Queensland (CocAwe//). F. D. Godman and O. 



Salvin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



