Crown of the head, back of the neck, and back grey, each feather with a line of brownish 

 black down the centre; space surrounding the eye white, bounded in front and below with a narrow 

 streak, which, as well as the ear coverts, and a broad stripe down each side of the neck, is dark 

 brown ; lores and chin white ; scapularies blackish-brown, margined with grey at the base ; the upper 

 rows of wing-coverts brown, the lower ones white, tipped with brown, all with a broad stripe of black 

 down the centre ; primaries brownish-black, crossed towards the extremities by a broad irregular band 

 of white ; tertiaries light brown, with a dark stripe down the centre, and margined with white ; tail 

 brown, crossed by several bands of white and dark brown, and largely tipped with black ; breast and 

 abdomen, buffy -white, with a broad stripe of brownish-black down the centre of each feather; lower 

 part of the abdomen white ; bill, black ; irides, yellow ; eyelash, black ; legs, sickly yellowish-olive, 

 passing gradually with the brown of the feet. (Gould.) 



Habitats ; The whole of Australia, and the South Coast of New Guinea. 



