528 PERISTEEIDiE. 



Tent. p. 100 (1872) ; Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Columbje, p. 154 (1873) ; 



Sousa, Mus. Nac. Lisb. Coluinba?, p. 23 (1873) ; Gieb. Thes. Orn. 



hi. p. 89 (1877) ; Earns. Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. p. 183 (1876), 



ii. p. 195, n. 525 (1878) ; Salv. Cat. B. Strickl. Coll. p. 551 (1882) ; 



Sclat. List Vert. An. 8th ed. p. 461 (1883) ; Bams. Tab. List, p. 18, 



n. 537 (1888) ; North, Nests # Eggs B. Anstr. p. 274 (1889) ; 



Tri&tr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 40 (1889) ; Hartert, Eat. Vogelsamml. 



p. 188 (1891). 

 Peristera elegans, Gould, B. Austr. v. pi. 65 (pt. xiii., 1843) ; Mull. 



P. Z. S. 1869, p. 280. 

 Goura elegans, Schleg. De Dierent. p. 209 (1864). 

 Cosmopelia elegans, Hein. § Echniv. JS'omencl. Mus. Hein. Orn. p. 286 



(1890). 



Adult male. Forehead light ochreous yellow ; crown and occiput 

 grey ; a broad chestnut band commences behind the eye and unites 

 at the occiput ; hind neck and upper back chestnut ; lower back, 

 scapulars, rump, and upper tail-coverts olive-grey ; a black line on 

 the lores : upper cheeks and upper ear-coverts whitish ; lower cheeks 

 and the underparts olive-grey, changing into greyish brown on the 

 vent and tibial feathers ; a triangular chestnut spot on the throat ; 

 upper wing-coverts olive-grey, the smaller and the outer ones tinged 

 with chestnut ; innermost median and greater wing-coverts metallic 

 green on the outer webs, with the tips broadly grey ; the median 

 with coppery reflections, the innermost of the greater ones steel- 

 blue ; quills brown, with the base of the inner webs of a cinnamon 

 colour like the under wing-coverts ; the inner primaries have also 

 the outer webs towards the base edged with the same colour ; centre 

 tail-feathers olive-grey, the next two pairs brown-chestnut towards 

 the base, the others grey ; all the lateral feathers have a subapical 

 blackish band and grey-brown tips : irides very dark brown ; feet 

 bright pink-red. Total length about 13 inches, wing 6*5, tail 4-5, 

 bill 0-62, tarsus 0-95. 



Female. According to Gould, similar to the male, but I suspect 

 that it differs in having the forehead whitish, with no ochreous- 

 yellow tinge, as shown in some of the specimens enumerated below. 



Immature birds resemble the supposed female, but have no chestnut 

 colour on the nape, mantle, and upper wing-coverts. 



Young birds are greyish brown, with the edges of the feathers 

 rufous brown. 



Hob. Southern Australia, from Swan River on the west to 

 Moreton Bay on the east, Tasmania, and Islands in Bass's Straits. 



a. Juv. st. Australia. Gould Coll. 



b Ad. sk. Australia. J. R. Beeves, Esq. 



[P.]. 



c, d. Ad. et pull. st. \\ . Australia. Gould Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Swan R., S. Australia. Gould Coll. 



f Ad. sk. S. Australia. Sir G. Grey TR]'. 



g, h. Ad. sk. S. Australia (J. T. CockereU). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



i k. Ad. st. Tasmania. R. Gunn, Esq. [P.]. 



I. Skeleton. Purchased. 



