362 CEKTHIIDJB. 



3. Sittella albata. 



Sittella leucocephala, Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1875, p. GOO (nee Gould). 

 Sittella albata, Raimai/, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 3-31 ; id. Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 N. S. W. ii. p. 192 (1878) ; Gould, B. N. Guinea, pt. xi. (1880). 



Like S. leucocephala, but with a white band through the wing 

 instead of a rust3'-red one. Wing 3 inches, tail 1-5. Thus this 

 bird is intermediate between S. leucoeejihala and S. striata. 



Hab. Port Denison and Rockingham Bay, 



4. Sittella pileata, 



Sittella pileata, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 159 (c?); id. B. Austr. iv. 



pi. 104 ; id. Syn. B. Austr. pt. iv. (d' ) ; id. Inti: B. Austr. p. 128 ; 



id. Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 612 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 226 (1850) ; Cab. 



Mus. Hein. i. p. 93 ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 192. 

 Sittella melanocephala, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 151 ( $ ). 



Adult male. Crown of head deep black ; a narrow band on the 

 forehead, prseocular and superciliary regions, and lores white ; ear- 

 coverts, part of occiput, the nape, hind neck, mantle, scapulars, and 

 back uniform greyish brown ; feathers of rump and lower back 

 pure white ; upper tail-coverts white, with several blackish-brown 

 cross bars ; tail-feathers black with white tips ; upper wing-coverts 

 and quills blackish brown, the middle third of the quills rich rusty 

 colour, with the exception of the innermost secondaries ; under 

 wing-coverts black ; edge of wing white ; under tail-coverts white, 

 with large subterminal blackish-brown cross bars ; cheeks, sides of 

 neck, throat, breast, and abdomen pure white ; sides, flanks, thighs, 

 and axiUaries greyish brown ; " bill yeUow at base, black at tip ; 

 feet beautiful king's yellow ; iris buiiy hazel ; eyelash buff" (Gould). 



Adult female. AU the upper parts and the sides of the head, 

 including the frontal, loral, and orbital regions, the ear-coverts, and 

 the nape are black ; rest like the male. 



Immature birds have the mantle and back paler, each feather 

 darlvcr brown at the centre ; head blackish brown. 



Younf/ birds have the crown of the head, the mantle, and back 

 greyish brown, mottled with dark brown and white ; wing-coverts 

 and all the quiUs edged and tipped with rufous ; the rusty-red 

 patch on the quills is very well developed ; tail-feathers broadly 

 tipped with pale rufous white ; all the underparts, except the under 

 wing-coverts and the thighs, which are blackish, are pure white 

 without any brown streaks. 



Hah. West and South Australia. 



