52 CUR80RIID.B. 



Giareola australis, Leach, Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 132, pi. 14, d $ 

 (1820) ; Reichenb. Syn. Av., Gall. Taf. 293. figs. 2499-2501 (1848). 



Giareola isabellina, Less. Compl. Buff., Ois. p. 665 (1838). 



Stiltia grallaria, Bp. C. R. xliii. p. 419 (1856). 



Stiltia isabella, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. xviii. p. 322 (1882) ; id. 

 Orn. Papuasia, iii. p. 286 (1882) ; id. Agg. iii. p. 198 (1891). 



Rhimphalea isabella, Seine 8{ Reichen. Nomencl. Mus. Hein. Orn. 

 p. 338 (1890). 



Adult. General colour above brown with a slight olive wash, all 

 the feathers more or less washed with sandy rufous ; wing-coverts 

 like the back and margined with sandy rufous ; the outer coverts, 

 as well as the bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and primaries black ; 

 the first primary-covert and first primary with white shafts ; rump 

 darker brown than the back ; upper tail-coverts white, forming a 

 white band ; tail-feathers black, white at base, increasing in extent 

 towards the outermost, which are almost entirely white, all the 

 feathers tipped with ashy brown, with a white spot at the end of 

 the inner web ; crown of head brown, with sandy-rufous edgings to 

 the feathers ; the hind neck, sides of neck, and sides of face uniform 

 sandy buff, with a lighter shade above the eye ; lores black ; cheeks 

 and throat isabelline buff ; fore neck and chest sandy rufous ; abdo- 

 men, thighs, sides of vent, and under tail-coverts white ; sides of 

 lower breast and flanks deep chestnut; under wing-coverts and 

 axillaries black : " bill red at the base, black at the tip ; feet 

 brown " (J. Gould). Total length 9 inches, culmen 0'G5, wing 8*3, 

 tail 2-4, tarsus 1-85. 



Young. Differs from the adult in having a much more distinct 

 rufous edging ; the chestnut of the flanks paler and obscured by 

 whitish edgings ; sides of face and lower throat streaked with 

 dusky blackish, and the fore neck also mottled with dusky 

 markings. 



Hah. Australia, New Guinea, Aru Islands, Kei Islands ; and the 

 Moluccas as far as Celebes, Flores, Java, and Borneo. 



