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on the occiput, nape and interscapular region, those on the 

 shoulders, scapulars, and back dull-brown, dark in the centre ; 

 primaries black, tipped -with light-brown, a few brown feathers 

 upon the rump and upper tail-coverts, pushing through the down, 

 dark-brown ; tail dark brown margined with ashy-white and tipped 

 with white down ; rufous tinge on some of the pin-feathers of the 

 under tail-converts ; a few rufous feathers appearing on the sides 

 of the breast and centre of the abdomen. " Iris clear light brown, 

 cere yellowish, bill bluish horn colour, tip black ; bare space in 

 front and around the eyes lead colour, feet yellowish-white." 



Nestling, Eeg. No. B. G428. Taken from nest, December 24th, 

 1883, Interior, IST.S. Wales, about two months old, or more. 

 " Iris light brown ; bill horn colour at base, tip black ; cere 

 yellowish ; feet greenish-white, claws black ; bare space in front 

 and around the eyes blackish." A much more advanced bird than 

 the last. Total length 14 inches, wing 87, tail 4, bill from 

 forehead 1"35, from gape I'o, from nostril 0'75, tarsus 2'2, mid. 

 toe (s.u.) I"75. Rufous feathers on the head and nape covering 

 the down, interscapular region brown, slightly tinged with 

 rufous ; wing-coverts dark-brown, shaded with ashy-brown and 

 margined with ashy at the tips ; primaries black, slightly tipped 

 with ashy-white ; secondaries dark brown, ashy at the tips 

 showing blackish bars ; on the under surface the bars on the 

 secondaries are well-defined ; chest, and all the under surface, 

 sides, aud under tail-coverts rufous, a few feathers only above 

 the flanks fully developed ; throat and sides of the neck with 

 very short down. 



Habitat. Port Denison, "Wide Bay District, Dawson E-iver, 

 Richmond and Clarence Rivers Districts, New South Wales, 

 Central Australia, West Australia. 



Measurements of average-sized specimens from different localities. 



A 1 2 ad. sk. King George's Soimd, West Australia. 



A 2 ? ad. sk. Barcoo River, New South Wales. 



A 3 (3^ ad. sk. King George's Sound, West Australia. 



A 4 <? ad. sk. Near Sydney, New South Wales. 



A 5 (? ad. sk. Queensland. 



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