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Beichenh. Vog. Neuholl. p. 101 (1850); Bjj. Comp. i. p. 334 (1850) ; 

 Gould, Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 1G5 (1805); Grcn/, Hund-l. B.'i. 

 p. 387, no. 5865 (18G9) ; Diqgles, Orn. Austr. pi. 30. fif^. 4 (c. 

 1870) ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. ibc. N. S. IF. ii. p. 180 (1878). 

 Pardalotus uropvgialis {non Gotdd), Gray, Hand-l. B, i. p. 387, 

 no. 58(34 (1869). 



Adult. General colour above ashy brown, tinged with yellowish or 

 pale earthy brown ; scapulars, lower back, rump, and upper tail- 

 coverts pale earthy brown, the latter with pale ochreous margins ; 

 ■wing-coverts blue-black, the primaries tipped with crimson, forming 

 an alar speculum ; quills also blue-black, tipped "with white, the 

 primaries extcruallj' edged with white, increasing in extent towards 

 the outermost; secondaries paler brown on the inner web, and 

 edged with butfy white towards the end of the outer web, some of 

 them also narrowly edged with reddish brown ; tail-feathers black, 

 tipped with pale earthy brown and having a spot of white at the 

 end of the inner web, increasing in extent towards the outermost ; 

 entire head black as far as the nape, forming a cap ; lores and ear- 

 coverts black, joining the nape ; above the lores a broad streak of 

 bright yellow, extending into a broad white eyebrow ; cheeks and 

 lower margin of ear-coverts whitish, slightly tinged with earthy 

 brown on the hinder part ; throat and fore neck bright yellow ; 

 sides of neck ashy ; centre of breast and abdomen white ; sides of 

 breast, sides of body, flanks, and under tail-covcrts pale earthy or 

 fulvous brown, with a broad line of bright yellow separating the 

 white breast from the sides of the body ; under wing-coverts and 

 axillaries pale earthy or fulvous brown ; quills dusky below, ashy 

 whitish along the edge of the inner web : " bill black ; feet brown." 

 Total length 3-8 inches, culmen 0-3, wing 2-3, tail I'l, tarsus 0'7. 



Nestling. Differs from the adult principally in wanting the black 

 cap, the head being rather more dingy brown than the back ; the 

 yellow loral streak feebly developed, and the cheeks and sides of 

 face pale earthy brown ; alar speculum crimson as in the adult but 

 much smaller. 



Ohs. Some specimens have a few ashy-brown tips to the feathers 

 of the hinder crown. 



Hab. From Rockingham Bay to New South Wales, and Interior 

 province of Australia. Port Essington. 



a. 5 ad. sk. Australia. Purchased. 



h. Ad. sk. Australia. Purchased. 



c. Ad. sk. Australia. Gould Collection. 



dPidl.sk. Richmond River. Mr. A. P. Goodwin [C.]. 



e. Ad. ; /. Pull. sk. Richmond River R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



(^Goodivin). 



g, li. Ad. sk. Brisbane (Cuckerell). F. D. Godman and 0. 



Salvin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



i. Ad. sk. Moreton Bay. Gould Collection. 



