340 Mr. A. J. North on 



Adult female. Destitute of spatiiles. 



Type. S. ALEXANDRA (Gould) j Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 XX. p. 477. 



Range. Central Australia. 



Rhipidura albicacjda, sp. n. 



Adult male. Like R. albiscapa, but dififering from that 

 species in having all but the two centre tail-feathers pure 

 white, narrowly edged with blackish brown on the basal half 

 of the outer webs of all the feathers except the outermost 

 one on either side. Total length 5*8 inches, wing 2*8, tail 

 3"5, bill from gape 0'45, tarsus 0'62. 



The sexes are alike in plumage. 



Hab. Stokes Pass, Central Australia. 



Ohs. This specimen has probably barely attained its adult 

 livery, for in a female obtained on the Levi Kange the two 

 outermost tail-feathers on either side are pure white. 



Xerophila nigricincta, sp. n. 



Adult female. Like X. pectoralis, from Port Augiista, but 

 distinguished by having the breast crossed by a narrow black 

 band, instead of a broad and well-defined band of cinnamon- 

 brown across the chest, as in that species. Total length 3'9 

 inches, wing 2*2, tail V7, bill from gape 0*45, tarsus 0"68. 



The sexes are alike in plumage. 



Hab. Missionary Plain, Central Australia. 



Ptilotis keartlandi, sp. n. 



Adult male. General colour above pale greyish brown, 

 slightly tinged with olive-yellow, and gradually passing into 

 grey on the crown of the head and buff on the rump ; upper 

 tail-coverts more distinctly tinged with olive-yellow ; pri- 

 maries, secondaries, and their coverts brown, strongly washed 

 with bright olive-yellow on their outer webs, the median 

 series of the greater wing-coverts slightly tinged with bufi'; 

 lesser wing-coverts brown washed with greyj tips of second- 

 aries and the outer webs of the three longest primaries 

 towards their tips narrowly edged with dull ashy white; 

 tail-feathers brown externally, washed with bright olive- 

 yellow, and all but the two centre tail-feathers having dull 



