46 WHITE— A Sketch of the Life of Samuel White. 



of the crown having a distinct streak of black down the centre; 

 wings dark brown, each feather edged with greyish white, tail 

 brownish black, basal half dull reddish brown, each feather 

 broadly tipped with huffish white; upper tail coverts reddish 

 brown; throat and breast greyish white; flanks buff, abdomen 

 and under tail coverts white; ear coverts grey, tipped with 

 white: eyebrow and ring round eye white; iris dark red; bill 

 and feet black. Sexes alike. 



Measurements of dry skin:— Total length, 98 m.m.; bill, 

 9 m.m. ; wing, 51 m.m. ; tarsus, 19 m.m. ; tail, 42 m.m. 



Type: — A male collected between Moorelyanna Native 

 Well and the Everard Ranges in the North-west of South Aus- 

 tralia on August 1st, 1914. 



The bird which is most closely allied to this species is 

 Awnthisa uropygiaUs condor, but this new species differs in 

 having a stouter bill of quite a. different shape; the iris is of a 

 very dark shade of red, while A. uropygiaUs condor is white, 

 the bluish grey of the upper surface is of quite a different 

 shade to any other Acanthiza in Australia. 



.Habitat : — Dense mulga scrubs in the vicinity of the Everard 

 Ranges, North-west of South Australia. 



I name this bird in honour of Mrs. G. M. Mathews, of Eng- 

 land. 



A Sketch of the Life of Samuel White — 

 Ornithologist, Soldier, Sailor, and Explorer. 



By His Son, S. A. White. 



IV.— THE ORNITHOLOGIST. 



So the brothers battled on beset by all kinds of obstacles 

 and privations, some days making good progress, others 

 little or none, hacking their way for days through thick jungle, 

 scrub and creepers, levering stones and logs out of the way to 

 allow the horse and cart to pass. All this time collecting 

 was going on, and most interesting and rare specimens were 

 added to the collection. The thorny scrub and lawyer vines 

 tore the clothing from their bodies and at last the supply of 

 shirts gave out, so Samuel White and his brother were forced 

 to make shift with shirts made from 50 lb. flour bags. A hole 



