62.2 Messrs. 11. C. Robiiisoii and W. S. Laverock on 



others from New South Wales, as the following dimensions 

 show : — 



Wing, 

 mm. 



Cooktown, Aug., 2 c? 241-243 



„ „ 2 $ 230-233 



Mt. Bellenden Ker, Dec, 4 S • 240-249 



5 2'>8 



N.S. Wales (Liverp. Mus.) . . 260-270 



18. fPTiLORHis VICTORIA Goulcl ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 155. 



A very extensive series from Mount Sapphiri and Bel- 

 lenden Ker ; about half the number are males in full breeding 

 plumage, which seems to have been recently acquired, the 

 remainder being either females or males in non-breeding 

 plumage resembling the females. In the large series before 

 us the character of the markings on the under surface varies 

 much, one specimen being entirely uniform faun beneath, 

 while in young birds the black V-sliaped bars are very 

 marked. 



" Occurring singly in the lower branches of trees in scrub 

 country : very shy but exceedingly plentiful Breeding 

 males have the iris brown ; feet and bill black ; and the angle 

 of the gape yellowish. Other specimens are similar, but 

 have the feet either blackish slate or bluish white. The 

 species does not occur above about 2500 feet'' {Olive). 



19. Pkionodura newtoniana De Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 N.S.W. vii. p. 582; Ilobinson, Bull. Liverp. Mus. ii. p. 116 

 (1900). 



We have [loc. cit.) recorded a specimen from Cooktown, 

 which is apparently the extreme northern limit of the species. 



We have also received a large series from Mt. Bellenden 

 Ker, shot at an altitude of 4000-5000 feet. According to 

 Mr. Olive, it is plentiful above 2000 feet, but he states that 

 he has not seen any in the low country. The bower is 

 generally built against a tree growing on a slope, and is 

 3 feet long by 2 feet thick and about 3 feet in height ; 

 there are generally four passages meeting at right angles in 



