11. PAEDALOTUS. 59 



h. Ad. slf. New South Wales. Gould Collection. 



i. 2 ad. sk. Queensland. F. jSicholson, Esq. ["P.]. 



k, I. S ; m, n. 2 ad. sk. Queensland (Cocke- F. D. Godman and 0. Salvin, 



rell). Esqrs. [P.]. 



Ofjh c? ad.sk. Moreton Ray (i^. Gould Collection. 



St ran (/e). 



4. Pardalotus xanthopygius. 



Pardalotus xanthopygius, M'Coy, Ann. ^- Mar/. ]Vaf. Ilist. ("3) xix. 



p. 184 (18G7_); Gmdd, B. Austr. fol. Suppl. pi. 8 (1808); Gray, 



Hund-l. B. i. p. 387, no. 5863 (1869) ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Hoc. 



N.S. ir. ii. p. 180(1878). 

 Pardalotus xanthopyge, M'Coy, Ann. ^- May. Kat. Hist. (3) xx. 



p. 178 (1867). 



Adult. General colour above ashy grey, the feathers rather broadly 

 edged with black, before which is a white spot, causing a strongly 

 spotted appearance ; scapulars ashy grey, more narrowly edged 

 with black, and with the subterminal white spot less distinct; 

 wing-coverts blue-black, with distinct subterminal rounded spots ; 

 bastard-wing and primary-coverts uniform blue-black ; quills blue- 

 black, with a small white spot at the end of the outer web, 

 these spots larger on the secondaries, especially the innermost ; 

 rump bright golden yellow, the lateral feathers with blackish 

 margins ; upper tail-coverts crimson with black bases ; tail-feathers 

 black, the four centre feathers with a subterminal rounded white spot, 

 the outermost feather barred across with a broad white spot just 

 before the extreme tip ; crown of head black, covered with rounded 

 spots of white even to the base of the forehead ; a broad white 

 eyebrow commencing from the base of the nostril to above the 

 ear-coveiis ; lores black, mottled with whitish tips to the feathers ; 

 cheeks, ear-coverts, and sides of face ashy grej', minutely rayed 

 across with blackish bars ; sides of neck similarly marked ; throat 

 and fore neck bright golden yellow ; sides of fore neck and sides of 

 breast ashy grey, narrowly barred with black ; lower flanks more 

 ashy ; centre of breast and abdomen creamy white ; under tail- 

 coverts bright golden yellow; axillaries and under wing-coverts 

 greyish white ; quills dusky, white along the edge of the inner 

 web. Total length 3"5 inches, culmen 0-3, wing 2-2o, tail 1-2 

 tarsus 0"7. 



Young. Differs from the adult in being olive-yellowish above 

 mottled with subterminal spots of clearer yellow ; rump saffron- 

 yellow, the upper tail-coverts washed with scarlet; wings and tail 

 as in the adidt, but with a white spot on nearly all the tail- 

 feathers ; head spotted with bright yellow instead of white ; entire 

 under surface yellowish white, washed with pale brown on the 

 flanks and sides of body ; under tail-coverts bright golden yellow. 



Ohs. Although so different in appearance from the adult, the fact 

 of this plumage being indeed the livery of the young bird is proved 

 by several specimens in the Museum which are moulting from one 

 stage to the other. 



Hab, South Australia ; Yictoria; West Australia. 



