from Western Australia. 189 
the nest, of which this was the larger. Upper surface grey 
with conspicuous black shaft-lines ; a faint wash of pale red 
upon the scapulars and upper surface of tail; freckling of 
adult faintly represented j upper tail-coverts brown, white- 
tipped, and with the barbules free; wings much like those of 
the adult, but without rufous, which is represented by a pale 
flush of pink. Whole under surface brownish grey, all the 
feathers below the chest being without barbules; throat- and 
chest-feathers with distinct shaft-streaks ; breast with faint 
shaft-streaks ; abdomen faintly rayed, edges of feathers grey ; 
under tail-coverts with dark centres and grey tips ; iris 
yellow. Total length 10 inches, wing 4'9, tarsus 0*85, mid- 
toe without claw 1'15. 
In the British Museum Catalogue I find that Mr. Hartert 
gives no description of the male in the absence of an authen- 
ticated skin, nor do I know of any. It so happens that, 
while on a visit to Europe, Mr. Dudley Le Sonef asked Mr. 
Hartert to identify a certain skin for him, which proved to be 
P. phalcenoides. Being the skin of a male from Cardwell, 
Queensland, I may note its leading characters as follows : — 
Description of an adult male. — There is much rufous 
freckling and vermiculation, but no decidedly uniform rufous 
tint. The whole upper surface is mainly grey, each feather 
being narrowly streaked with black on the shaft-line. The 
rufous freckling is fine and heavy. There is a large amount 
of white freckling on the wings, particularly towards the 
scapulars. The feathers of the under surface are covered 
with rufous vermiculations, above and below which are white 
patches that are much larger ; these do not appear on the 
throat otherwise than as fine marks ; the brown shaft-lines 
are conspicuous. In other respects the skin corresponds 
with that of the female described in the Catalogue. Total 
length 155 inches, wing 8-5, tail 7*1, bill from angle of 
mouth 2*25, tarsus 095, mid-toe without claw 1-3. 
The fledgling when placed upon a bough instinctively 
assumed the pose of the parent, although it was never before 
out of the nest. After a certain amount of handling, this 
posture, obtained by inheritance alone, was no longer 
retained, the bird's pose becoming limp. The experience of 
