120 Transactions.—Z. oology. 
With this view I beg to lay before the Society a sketch, by Keulemans, of 
the two specimens which I brought to England, together with my already 
published descriptions. 
Adult male.—Forehead, crown of the head, and nape bluish black ; throat 
and front of the neck tawny buff, each feather shaded in the centre with 
brown; from the chin and down the foreneck an irregular streak of reddish 
brown ; on the sides of the neck the buff passes gradually into a rich chestnut ; 
and this colour is continued on the sides of the head, forming a broad streak 
over the eyes, and another, less distinet, to the angles of the mouth, mixed 
with tawny yellow on the ear-coverts; under parts pale buff, each feather 
centred more or less with black; on each side of the -chest the black 
predominates, forming broad acuminate stripes ; the whole of the back and the 
feathers composing the mantle bronzy black, tinged more or less with chestnut, 
the scapulars margined with tawny buff; quills and tail feathers bluish black, 
slaty on their under surface, the inner primaries, as well as their coverts and 
most of their secondaries, tipped with chestnut brown ; the primary coverts and 
a patch of feathers near the flexure pale chestnut ‘edged with fulvous, the 
former centred more or less with black ; the small wing-coverts and the whole 
of the secondary coverts blackish brown, broadly edged with yellowish buff, 
and presenting a handsome appearance. rides golden yellow ; eyelids and 
bare space in front of the eyes yellowish green; bill dark brown along the 
ridge and at the tip, yellowish green on the sides and towards the base of both 
mandibles ; legs and feet bright green, stained at the tarsal joint and along the 
toes with dark brown. Length 15 inches ; wing, from flexure, 6:25 ; tail, 9; 
bill, along the ridge 2-2, along the edge of lower mandible 2°75 ; bare tibia °5 ; 
tarsus 2-1 ; middle toe and claw 2:5 ; hind toe and claw 1:5. 
Young male.—Differs from the adult in having the plumage of the back 
darker, and the wing-coverts of a rich tawny buff, shading into chestnut on 
‚ the secondary coverts and towards the flexure. 
Remarks.—Mr. Gould, in his account of this species in Avstralia, states 
that the * sexes differ considerably from each other, the female being mottled 
and of a smaller size than the male” and he gives the following description of 
the former:—* Head and back chestnut ; wing-coverts very deep tawny, 
passing into ehestnut on the tips of the coverts and secondaries; primaries 
grey, tipped with brown ; tail black; sides of the neck pale chestnut ; front 
of the throat and the under surface white, with a stripe of tawny down the 
middle, and a small streak of brown in the centre of each feather, the brown 
hue predominating and forming a conspicuous mark down the throat,” No 
specimen has yet been obtained in New Zealand answering to the above 
account. The young bird, from which I have taken my description, exhibits 
one or two new feathers among the wing-coverts, marked as in the adult with 
