Notes on Plumage Changes. 'Zl 



Phase D. 



Young 5, sk., 28-8-96. Box Hill, Victoria. 



Upper surface brownish-grey (adult grey next moult) ; a touch 

 of deep brown on the upper tail coverts ; primaries light slate, 

 light edgings ; secondaries rufous, except centres of innermost, 

 the edges of the outermost being slate-brown and only edged with 

 rufous ; under surface as in adult, with a flush of light brown 

 added, to slightly obscure a tendency to white on the throat and 

 to darken the breast ; under tail coverts white, the shaft of each 

 feather brown ; bill deep brown, lighter at base of mandible ; 

 feet slate. Length of wing, 3'7 inches; tail, 3'1 inches. 



Phase E. 



Stage El. Young <?, sk., 19-9-96. Box Hill, Victoria. 



Head and neck, dark grey ; back, dark grey washed with pale 

 olive, slightly mox-e pronounced on the upper tail coverts ; tail 

 uniform (greyish), a slight flush of olive on the middle quill ; 

 primaries slaty-black, light grey edgings, secondaries edged with 

 olive-green ; coverts olive-grey ; under wing coverts, whitish ; 

 lores grey, like head ; throat whitish ; chest and breast grey, 

 tinged with indistinct yellow ; abdomen and under tail coverts 

 whitish, flushed with tawny yellow ; bill and feet black. Length 

 of wing, 3*85 inches; tail, 3-1 inches. 



Stage Eo. Young (?, sk., 10-1-97. Myrniong, Victoria. 



Secondary coverts bright yellow ; throat approaches nearer 

 white than Ej. Beyond these regions much as in Ej. 



Stage F. Imm. <?, sk., 25-8-96. Heytesbury, Victoria (per 

 Mr. Geo. Graham). 



Upper surface greyish, the back and. upper tail coverts washed 

 with olive ; forehead slightly intermixed with black feathers 

 (new) ; wings blackish slate coloured edgings ; certain of the secon- 

 daries edged with pale olive-grey ; tail grey, one or two of the 

 quills slightly darker at the distal end ; throat greyish- white ; 

 brownish-grey crescent, narrow on the chest and broad on the 

 sides, above which in the middle of the chest is appearing a 

 blackish pectoral band ; breast and abdomen fawn-white, deeper 

 on the flanks ; a few small patches of yellow appear on breast, 

 abdomen and sides of chest ; under wing coverts white ; under 



