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] Hall, Notes on Bird-Skins from N.]\\ Australia. 53 



61. Climacteris melanura (Gould), Black-tailed Tree- 



Greeper. 



Climactcris Diclaniira, Gould, Birds Aust., foL, vol. iv., pi. 97 (1848) ; 

 Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. viii., p. 334 (1883). 



a, b. Adult males, 16/7/00, 6/2/02. 



c, d. Young, unsexed, 6/2/02, 8/3/02. 



Specimen c is almost entirely lustreless black, fawn-coloured 

 band on wing- ; fawn coloured under wing coverts ; a faint trace 

 of creamy-white on the chin only ; throat and chest black ; 

 under tail coverts tipped with a spot of white. [Irides pale 

 greyish-brown ; bill, tip, cutting edge, and half lower mandible 

 grey; upper mandible and basal half of lower brown; corner 

 of mouth whitish ; feet leaden-grey.] 



Specimen d has chin and throat dull brownish-cream with 

 lighter spots, bearing no resemblance to these regions in the 

 adult male ; chest shows a tendency to pale brown ; head and 

 whole upper surface black as in c. 



62. SiTTELLA LEUCOPTERA (Gould), White-winged Tree- 



Runner. 



Sittella leucoptcra, Gould, Birds Aust., foL, vol. iv. , pi. 103 (1848) ; 

 Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. viii., p. 363 (1883). 



Adult male, 26/3/00 ; adult female, 23/2/00. 



63. Grallina picata (Latham), Magpie Lark. 



Grallina australis, Gould, Birds Aust., fol., vol. ii., pi. 54 (1848). 

 Grallina picata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. iii., p. 272 (1877). 



Young female, 20/3/01. 



[Near every place of water the Magpie Larks are now 

 building their nests (20/1 1/ 1899).] 



64. Pardalotus RUBRICATUS (Gould), Red-lored Pardalote. 



Par<ialotiis rubricatus, Gould, Birds Aust., fol., vol. ii., pi. 36(1848) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. x., p. 60 (1885). 



a, b, and c. Adult males, April, 1900. 



d. Young male, 7/2/00. 



e to //. Adult females, April, 1900. 



J. Adult female, 14/6/00. 



The young quickly assume the plumage of the adult, without 

 respect to age The yellow of the upper and under tail coverts 

 and of the chest varies in intensity and area. They vary among 

 themselves, as the strongly marked upper tail coverts and the 

 feebly marked under tail coverts of one specimen may be 

 reversed in a second specimen of apparently the same age. 



In two specimens the, under tail coverts are white. With age 

 the culmen darkens from a yellowish-brown to a deep brown. 

 The reds in one specimen above are intense. 



[Specimen d. — Irides pale yellow with a greenish tinge. Its 

 note is very soft, and repeated twice when calling. The 

 answering notes are pitched in a lower key. I noted one bird 



