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AcciriTEEs. 



slaty brown on the under surfaceof the primaries and secondaries ; 

 margins at the tips of the scapuL^r.^, inner primaries, and 

 secondaries buffy white ; inner webs of the primaries barred on 

 the central portion and much freckled at the base with very 

 pale rufous, the secondaries with a few spots of same tint 

 near the base ; the under-tail and primary-coverts spotted on 

 either side of the shaft with oblong marks 'of buffy white ; tail 

 crossed with indistinct broken bars of very pale rufous, aiid tipp ed 

 with buffy white; on the chest and breast, and on some of the 

 axillaries are a few scattered spots of pale rufous ; the feathers 

 of the throat, cheeks, and ear-coverts white, tipped with brown, 

 giving them a mottled appearance ; a narrow line over the eye, 

 and from the lores a broad oblique short blackish stripe descends 

 to below the ear-coverts on the side of the throat ; bill lead- 

 blue at the base, blackish at the tip and along the culmen ; cere 

 yellow ; legs and feet yellowish ; claws black. Total length 20*5 

 inches, wing 157, tail 10, tarsus 2-2, bill from gape 1-4, from 

 forehead I'l, from nostril 0'8, culmen 1-2. 



Adult male. Similar in plumage, but smaller than the females. 

 Some specimens have no spots or bars on the under tail-coverts 

 and tail, and the chin alone white. Total length 18 inches, 

 •wing 14-3, tail S'G, tarsus I'D, bill from forehead 1, culmen I'l, 

 from gape 1'2. 



Hahitat. — Eockingham Bay, Wide Bay District, Dawson 

 Eiver, New South Wales, Interior, Victoria, South Australia. 



Measurements of average-sized specimens from different localities. 



A 1 2 ad. sk. 



A 2 a^ „ „ 



A 3 2 „ „ 



A 4 2 „ „ 



A 5 <? „ „ 



South Australia. 



Laehlan River, New South Wales. 



Queensland. 



Central Queensland. 



Pch. 

 Pres. 



