The crown of the head and hack of the neck are black ; the eliin and centre of the chest, 

 slaty-black; a crescent -shaped mark at the occiput, a line from the lower mandible passing down each 

 Side ol the neck, and all the under-surt'aec, white : upper surface and wings, olive-brown, tinged with 

 green ; primaries, brown, the hasal portion of their inner wehs white ; tail-feathers, brown, all except 

 the two centre ones tipped with white; base of the bill, yellow: tip, black; irides. yellowish-white: 



le«r> and feet, letk -^reei). 



Total length, l_ inches: bill. I. 1 , inches; wing, <* ( inches; tail, 4^ inches; tarsi, L| inches. 

 Habitat: North coast of Australia. 



