62 Dic^iDs:. 



7. Pardalotus iiropygialis. 



Pai'clalotus uropvgialis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1830, p. 14o ; Gray, Gpu. B. 



i. p. 270 (1845) ; Gould, B. Austr. ii. pi. 41 (1848) ; Bp. Consp. 



i. p. 334 (18o0) ; Rvicheiih. Vog. Neuholl. p. 165 (1850) ; Jacq. et 



Ptichei: Voy. Pule Sud, iii. p. 74 (1853) ; Goidd, Handh. B. Austr. 



i. p. 166 (1865) ; l)u/ffles, Orn. Austr. pi. 30. fig. 5 (c. 1870) ; 



Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Sac. N. S. W. ii. p. l80 (1878). 

 Pardalote uropygiale, Homhr. et Jacq. Voy. Pole Sud, Atlas, pi. ix. 



fig. 2 (1842-53). 



Crown of the head, stripe before and behind the eye black ; lores 

 rich orange ; a mark from above the eye to the occiput, chest, and 

 centre of the abdomen white ; throat and cheeks delicate crocus- 

 yellow ; rump and upper tail-coverts sulphnr-ycllow ; back of the 

 neck and back olive-grey ; wings black, the external webs of the 

 second and five following primaries white at the base ; tips of the 

 spurious wing scarlet ; tail black, the three outer feathers tipped 

 with white, the white spreading largely over the inner web of the 

 outer feathers ; bill black ; feet lead-colour. {Gould.) 



Sexes alike (Gould). 



Hah. Northern Australia, 



a h. Ad. sk. Port Essington. Capt. Chambers [P.]. 



8. Pardalotus quadragintus. 



Pardalotus quadragintus, Gould, P. Z. 8. 1837, p. 148 ; Gray, Gen. 

 B. i. p. 270 (1845) ; Gould, B. Austr. fol. ii. pi. 37 (1848) ; Bp. 

 Consp. i. p. 334 (1860); Reichenh. Viig. Neuholl.^. 165 (1850); 

 Gould, Handh. B. Austr. i. p. 100 (1805) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. 

 p. 387, no. 5800 (1809) ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. 

 p. 180 (1878). 



Adult. General colour above dull olive-brown, slightly mottled 

 with blackish edges to the feathers, those of the head having an 

 indistinct subterminal spot of dull olive-yellow ; lower back and 

 rump a little lighter than the rest of the back ; upper tail-coverts 

 brighter yellow, with narrow blackish edges and grey bases ; scapu- 

 lars and lesser wing-coverts like the back ; remainder of wing- 

 coverts blue-black, with subterminal rounded white spots ; bastard- 

 wing and primary-coverts uniform black ; quills blackish, narrowly 

 margined with ashy, the first primary margined with white for its 

 entire length, all the quills with a white spot at the end of the 

 outer web, larger on the secondaries, especially the innermost ; 

 tail-feathers ashy, with a white bar at the tip of the inner web, 

 increasing in size towards the outermost feather, on which it extends 

 across the end of both webs, before this white end being a distinct 

 subterminal shade of blackish ; head like the back ; lores ashy 

 whitish, washed with yellow ; feathers over the eye and ear-coverts 

 pale yellow ; sides of neck ashy ; cheeks ashy whitish, washed 

 with yellow and slightly barred with dusky ; under surface of body 

 ashy whitish, with faint dusky centres to the feathers of the fore 

 neck and chest, the throat slightly tinged with yellow ; flanks and 



