380 BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 



Sp. 232. EPHTHIANURA AURIFRONS, Gould. 



Orange-fronted Ephthianura. 



EjMhianura aurifrons, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, part v. p. 148. 

 Ephthianura aurifrons, Gould, Bird§ of Aust., vol. i. In trod. p. xlvii. 



Ephthianura aurifrons, Gould, Birds of Australia, fol., vol. iii. 

 pi. 65. 



Skins of this species, which were very rare when I first 

 described it, are now common, being sent in abundance 

 from Victoria ; that it also inliabits South Australia we know 

 from the circumstance of Mr. White informing me that, in an 

 ornithological trip made by him to the north of Adelaide, he 

 saw this bird in great numbers from Port Augusta to the 27 th 

 degree of latitude ; he states that it lives chiefly on cater- 

 pillars, builds in low shrubs, and that the eggs, which are four 

 or five in number, are white or pinkish white spotted with 

 rust red. 



Head, upper tail-coverts, sides of the neck, breast, and all 

 the under surface fine golden orange, which is richest on the 

 forehead and centre of the abdomen ; back olive ; wings 

 brown, margined with olive ; tail brownish black, each feather 

 except the two middle ones having an oval spot of white on 

 the inner web at the tip ; chin and centre of the throat black ; 

 bill black ; feet brown. 



Total length 4 inches ; bill f ; wing 2-^ ; tail 1^ ; tarsi |. 



Sp. 233. EPHTHIANURA TRICOLOR, Gould. 



Tri-coloured Ephthianura. 

 Ephthianura tricolor, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, part viii. p. 159. 



Epthiamu-a tricolor, Gould, Birds of Australia, fol., vol. iii. pi. 66. 



While traversing, soon after sunrise on the 1 1th of Decem- 

 ber 1839, the forest lands near Peel's River to the eastward 

 of Liverpool Plains, a fine male specimen of this bird attracted 



