The male has the crown of the head and all the upper surface black, each feather being 

 narrowly margined with white ; a black stripe passes from the base of the hill through the eye, and 

 a lunar-shaped mark extends down each side of the breast, nearly meeting in the middle : wings, 

 blackish-brown, the primaries and secondaries margined externally with bright yellow; tail-feathers, 

 brownish-black, fringed with yellow- at the base ; throat and chest, greyish- white, with a streak of 

 brown down the middle of each feather : under surface, grey, the feathers of the centre of the abdomen 

 bordered with white : irides, red : bill and feet, black. 



The female is nearly uniform dusky-brown, and has only a faint tinge of the yellow on the 

 wings and tail. 



Habitats : New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia. 



