SS. liiziriiA. 4o3 



p. 308, n. 1795 (1849); lichnb. A v. 8yst. Nat. p. vii, tab. vii. 

 (1852j; Licht. Nomvncl. Av. p. 103 (1854); Bp. Compt. Rend. 

 xliii. p. 652, n. 155 (1856): Pelz. Reise Novara, Vog. p. 139 

 (1865) ; Gould, Handh. li. Amtr. ii. p. 381 (1865); SchUg. Mus. 

 R.B., Anseres, p. 7 (1866); Rams. Ibis, 1867, p. 413, pi. viii. 

 f. 1 (egg); Mull. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 280 (Melbourne); i:gt. 

 Sgn. Anat. p. 127 (1369) ; id. Huppl. to Osteol. A v. pi. — 

 (c? 2) (1869); G. R. Gr. Hand-lkt, iii. p. 90, n. 10716 (1871); 

 Gieb. Thes. Om. i. p. 407 (1872); Sundev. Meth. nat. Av. 

 disp. Tent. p. 150 (1872); Dig<il. B. Aiistr. ii. pi. 117 (1877); 

 Rami. Pr. Linn. Soc. X. S. W. i. pp. 196, 216, 219 (1877), ii. 

 p. 200, n. 664 (1878^; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1880, pp. 529, 535, 1882, 

 p. 311 (Zool. Gard.)'; Forbes, P.Z.S. 1882, pp. 45.5-4->8 (ana- 

 tomy); .S'rr/y. Cat. B. Utrickl. Coll. p. 540 (1882); Saund. Ibis, 

 1883, p. 351 ; Sclat. LUt Vert. An. 8tb ed. p. 442 (1883) ; Legge, 

 Pr. R. Soc. Tasm. 1886, p. 245 (Tasmania) (1887) ; Rains. Tab. 

 List, p. 22, n. 675 (1888); Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. p. 46 (1889); 

 North, Descr. Cat. Xests and Eqgs B. Austr. p. 346 (1889); K. 

 H. Bennett, Ibis, 1891, p. 145 ; Hartert, Kat. Vogelsamml. p. 233 

 (1891) ; Sharpe, Cat. Osteol. Specim. R. C. S. iii. p. 309 (1891). 



Bizeura lobata, Eyt. Ann. ^- Mag. N. H. vii. p. 177 (1841). 



Eri.smatura lobatt, Schleg. De Dierent. p. 275 (1864). 



Erismatura (Biziura) lobata. Rchnic. Om. Centralbl. 1882, p. 4 ; id. 

 Vog. zool. GiiH. p. 44 (1882;. 



Adult male. Upper part of the head and nape brownish black, 

 sprinkled with fine points of a lighter colour, scarcely visible ; 

 remainder of the upper surface, chest, and flanks blackish brown, 

 crossed by numerous narrow freckled bars of huffy white, in some 

 specimens almost obsolete ; sides of the head and neck lighter, the 

 pale and blackish bars broader ; underparts buffy white at the tip 

 of the feathers ; under tail-coverts dark brown, crossed with buffy- 

 white bands at the tip of the feathers ; quills and tail-feathers 

 blackish brown ; irides dark brown : " bill and large lobe beneath 

 the chin greenish black ; legs and feet dark leaden grey ; inside of 

 the tarsi greenish grey" (Goidd). Total length about 26 inches, 

 wing 9'25, tail 6, culmen 1*7, tarsus 1-55. 



Female. Similar to the male in colour, but much smaller, and 

 also the lobe beneath the chin much smaller. Total length about 

 23 inches, wing 7"5, culmen 1"4. 



Mr. Gould says that the female is sometimes destitute of the 

 lobe beneath the chin ; but 1 think that he was mistaken, as every 

 specimen in the collection, even the young in down, is furnished 

 with the lobe. • 



Younri ill down. Upper parts, head, neck, upper part of the 

 breast, sides and flanks uniform dark brown, scarcely lighter round 

 the face, at the base of the bill ; lower breast, abdomen, and 

 under tail-coverts whitish. 



Hah. Australia, e.\ccpt the northern ])art, and Tasmania. 



a. S "d. sk. Australia. Gould Coll. 



h. Ad. sk. Australia. Purchased. 



c, d. Ad. .sk. Australia. Sah in-(iodman Coll. 



e. $ ad. sk. Australia. Imperial lustitute [P.]. 



