PLATE XLIV 



CINCLOSOMA CINNAMONEUM (Gould). 



CINNAMON-COLOURED CINCLOSOMA. 



rilHIS Cinclosoma, which is a native of the interior of South Australia, differs from the other 

 -L members of the genus in its smaller size and in the cinnamon-colour pervading- its plumage, but 

 in habits and characteristics is very much the same as them. 



The first specimen was procured by Sturt, the explorer, but since that many others have been 



obtained. 



The female differs slightly in colouring from the male. 



The crown of the head, upper surface, two central tail-feathers, sides of the breast and flanks 

 are cinnamon-brown : wing-coverts, black, tipped with white : lores and throat, black : under the eve. a 

 stripe of white : under-surface, white, with a broad band of black crossing the breast : lateral tail- 

 feathers, black, tipped with white : bill and legs, olive : feet, black ; irides, light-brown. 



Total length. 7\ inches: bill. f inch; wing, 3| inches; tail. :>} inches: tarsi, L-i- inch. 



Habitat : Interior of South Australia. 



CINCLOSOMA CASTAS EOTH< )\i\X (Gould). 



CHESTNUT-BREASTED GROUND THRUSH. 



IN size this bird is very nearly equal, but differs from it in colouring. It is an inhabitant of 

 Queensland, particularly of the table land, which is in the southern part. 



Its habits and methods of nidification are the same as those of its congeners. 



Tt was first discovered by Mr. Coxen, in the forest-land near the Darling Downs. 



The crown of the head, upper surface, primaries and secondaries, dark brown, the latter margined 



with light brown; a stripe over the eye. and one underneath down the side of the neck, while: 

 throat, wing-coverts and tail-feathers, greenish-black, the wing-coverts and tail tipped with white : 



scapularies, rust-red : centre of abdomen, white : band across the chest, rust-red : irides, yellow ; bill, 

 legs and feet, black. 



Total length, 8A inches: bill, I inch; wing, i inches: tail. I| inches: tarsi. I inch. 

 Habitat : Queensland. 



