INSESSORES. 289 



Sp. 172. PCECTLODRYAS SUPERCILIOSA, Gould. 



White-eyebrowed Robin. 

 Petroica superciliosa, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, part xiv. p. 100. 



Petroica superciliosa, Gould, Birds of Australia, fol., vol. iii. pi. 9. 



For our knowledge of this species we are indebted to the 

 researches of Gilbert, who, while in company with Dr. 

 Leichardt, during his adventurous expedition from Moreton 

 Bay to Port Essington, discovered it in the neighbourhood of 

 the Burdekin Lakes towards the Gulf of Carpentaria. The 

 following remarks in Gilbert's Journal comprise all that is 

 at present known respecting it : — " May 14th. In a ramble 

 with my gun I shot a new bird, the actions of which assimi- 

 late to those of the Petroicm and the Eopsaltricd : like the 

 former it carries its tail very erect, but is more retiring in its 

 habits than those birds ; on the other hand, its notes resemble 

 those of the latter. It inhabits the dense jungle-like vegeta- 

 tion growing beneath the shade of the fig-trees on the banks 

 of the Burdekin. I succeeded in procuring two specimens." 



Superciliary stripe, throat, abdomen, under surface of the 

 shoulder, and the bases of the primaries and secondaries 

 white ; lores, ear-coverts, wing-coverts, and the primaries and 

 secondaries for some distance beyond the white deep black ; 

 all the upper surface, wings, and tail sooty brown ; all but 

 the two central tail-feathers largely tipped with white ; bill 

 and feet black ; irides reddish brown. 



Total length 5 inches ; bill f ; wing 3 ; tail 2\ ; tarsi f . 



Genus DRYMODES, Gould. 



Two species only of this genus have yet been discovered, 

 and these, as their long legs would indicate, are denizens of 

 the ground. One of them was figured in the folio edition, and 

 the other in the Supplement ; the latter was obtained near 

 Cape York. 



