198 Order Passeriformes, Family Prionopidae, Genus Golluricincla. 



Wing. — Upper wing coverts, grey; primaries, dark brown, 

 the outer webs fringed with grey, and the basal portions of 

 the inner webs broadly fringed with white. 



Bill.— Black. 



Legs and Feet. — Black. 



Iris. — Dark Brown. 



* Adult Female. — Differs from the male in having the 

 throat striped longitudinally, in the absence of the white lores, 

 and in having ,an ill-defined, whitish, superciliary stripe. 



Bill. — Upper mandible very dark brown; lower mandible, 

 horn colour. 



Young. — Resembles , the female, but the whole of the 

 under surface is striped, the superciliary stripe is more de- 

 fined, and of a light buff colour — there is a ring of white fea- 

 thers surrounding the eye, and the upper wing coverts and 

 secondaries are fringed with olive brown on their outer webs. 



Total length (of skin), 230 m.m.; bill, 22 m.m.; wing 123 

 m.m.; tail, 97 m.m.; tarsus, 31 m.m 



In,, Mr. Askby's collection is a female in male plumage, 

 and a male in female plumage, both from the Black Spur, 

 Victoria. The male is probably an immature bird. The 

 female may. be one of those exceptional cases in which the 

 male plumage has been assumed, or it may be ,the rule for 

 very old females to assume it. Unfortunately, as, is so often 

 the case with common birds, there is not enough material 

 available in Adelaide to settle the point. 



Distribution. — This bird, or one of its sub-species, inhabits 

 the whole of the eastern portion of Australia, including Tas- 

 mania and Kangaroo Island; the bird inhabiting South Aus- 

 tralia being known as Golluricincla harmonica Victoria?. West 

 of Spencer's Gulf its place is taken by an allied species 

 Golluricincla. riifiventris. The range of ,the present bird ex- 

 tends to the northern extremity of the Flinders' Range. 



Habits. — They are found in pairs in fairly thick scrub 

 country or forest land; in the interior they live mostly in 

 the gum creeks or rocky gullies of the ranges. About Ade- 

 laide they are still common in the public parks and gardens, 

 and in many private gardens if there be cover for them. They 

 do not migrate, and a pair will remain and nest for years 



