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inferiore vinoso ; singulu ahdominis plamd /ineis duubus spatium 

 album marginuntihus nigris longitudinaliter prope caulem ornatd. 



Superciliary line and throat bufFy-white ; line before and behind 

 the eye, all the upper surface, wings, and tail, dark bro\vnish black ; 

 the base of the primanęs, secondaries, and tertiaiies, and the under 

 surface of the shoulder bufF; under surface pale vinous brown ; the 

 feathers of the al)domen with two stripes of black running parallel 

 to and near the stem, the space between duU vvhite ; at the base of 

 the throat several irregular spots of black ; under tail-coverts bufFy- 

 ■white, crossed by broad bars of black ; irides brown. 



Totai length, 5į inches ; bill, f ; wing, 85 ; tail, 2^ ; tarsi, |. 



The female difFers in having the markings of the abdomen larger 

 and more conspicuous, and in having the spots at the base of the 

 throat chestnut instead of black. 



Hab. The neighbourhood of the river Lynd, in the interior of 

 Australia 



Remark. — Nearly allied to C. melanura and C. scandens. 



