58 DIC^ID.?5. 



a. Ad. sk. New South Wales. Gould Collection. 



b. Ad. sk. Yictoria. Gould Collection. 



c. d. Ad. sk. [Queensland {Cockerell).'] F. I). Godnian andO. Salvin, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 

 e. Ad. sk. [Queensland.] F. Nicliolson, Esq. [P.J. 



/, g. Ad. sk. Tasmania. E,onald Gvtnn, Esq. [P.]. 



3. Pardalotus punctatns. 



Pipra punctata, Shaw &i- Nodder, Nat. Misc. iv. pi. Ill (1792); 

 Lath. Ind. Om. Siippl. p. It! (1801). 



Speckled Mauakin, Lath. Gen. Si/7U Stippl. ii. p. 253 (1801). 



Pardalotus punctatus, Temm. Man. d'Orn. i. p. Ixv (1820) ; id. PI. 

 Col. iii. pi. 78 (182.3); Gould, Stp>. B. Audr. ^i. -2, pi. iii. fig-. 1 

 (1837) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 270 (1845) ; Gould, B. Austr. ii. pi. 35 

 (1848); Bp. Comp. i. p. 334 (1850); Beichenb. Vm/. Neuholl. 

 p. 163 (1850) ; Gotdd, Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 157 (1805) ; Gray, 

 Hand-l. B. i. p. 387, no. 5859 (1809) ; Bamsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 N. S. W. ii. p. 179 (1878). 



Adult. General colour above mottled, the mantle and upper back 

 ashy brown, spotted near the end with ochraceoiis bufF, all the feathers 

 edged with black ; rump chestnut-brown ; the feathers margined 

 with black; upper tail-coverts crimson ; sca])ulars ochraceous buff, 

 margined with black ; wing-coverts black, with a subterminal white 

 spot in the form of a round dot ; j^rimary-coverts entirely black ; 

 quills black with a bluish gloss, all the feathers with a rounded spot 

 of white at the ends, larger on the inner secondaries, the first primary 

 externally edged with white ; tail-feathers black, with a distinct sub- 

 terminal .spot of white, increasing in extent towards the outermost, 

 where it extends across the end of the feather ; crown of head black, 

 spotted with minute white dots ; a broad white eyebrow extending 

 from the base of the nostril to above the ear-coverts ; lores dusky 

 blackish ; ear-coverts, sides of face, and cheeks ashy grey, minutely 

 barred with black lines, more plainly on the cheeks, this ashy grey 

 colour extending down to the sides of the fore neck and barred 

 narrowly in the same manner ; throat entirely rich golden yellow ; 

 breast and under surface of body pale drab or earthy brown ; the 

 flanks and sides of the body fawn-colour ; thighs dusky ; under tail- 

 covcrts golden j'ellow, chestnut near the vent ; under wing-coverts 

 and axillaries white, the axillarics pale fawn-colour ; qi;ills blackish, 

 ashy white along the edge of the inner web ; " bill brownish black ; 

 feet brown ; iris dark brown" (Gould). Total length 3-4 inches, 

 culmen 0-3, wing 2-3, tail 1-15, tarsus 0-7. 



Adult female. Duller in colour than the male and wanting the 

 yellow throat ; the markings everywhere less pronounced, and the 

 spots on the head yellow instead of white. 



Hub. The whole of Australia except the north. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Tasmania. Ilonald Gunn, Esq. [P.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Tasmania. Antarctic Expedition. 



d. Ad. sk. Australia. Gould Collection. 



e. Ad. sk. Victoria. Gould Collection. 

 /, y. 6 2 ^d. sk. South Australia. Sir George Grey. 



