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vanes free, giving the upper plumage a very Ehea-like aspect. 

 Primaries, secondaries, and primary-coverts lilackish brown, the 

 outer primaries margined and vermiculated on the outer weh Avith 

 butF, the inner primaries and the secondaries with whitish-buff ends 

 and bases sliading into the dark middle part, and the primary- 

 coverts tipped Avith buff ; rest of the wing-covcrts buff, with wavy 

 bars of black. Chin and centre of throat white ; sides of face and 

 throat whitish, spotted with black ; lower chest and rest of under- 

 parts whitish bnif ; most of the feathers on the breast and sides of 

 the belly with one or two subterminal black bars. Total length 6-3 

 inches, wing 4, tail 1-6, tarsus 1. 



Adult male. Differs from the female in having no rust-colour on 

 the nape : the collar round the neck is bi(ff and brownish, not nearly 

 so clearly differentiated from the rest of the plumage, and the upper 

 chest is washed with bright buff. Total length 5-8 inches, wing 

 3-4, tail 1-2, tarsus 0-9. 



Hab. Same as that of the genus. 



a-d. ^ 2 *<!• 8k. 

 e. (J ad. sk. 

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 (/-»«. J $ ad. sk. 



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Australia (J. T. Cockerell). 



Austi'alia. 



Queensland. 



S. Australia. 



S. Australia. 



Adelaide. 



Victoria. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Sir D. Cooper [P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll, 

 Sir G. Grey [P.]. 



Lord Leigh [P.]. 

 Adelaide iluseum. 

 E. B. Tichener, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Gould CoU. 



