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DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW BIRDS FROM HERBERTON. 



Three examples 2 S 1 9. — Locality, Herberton at 4,500 feet, 

 collector Mr. K. Broadbent. 



Sericornis gutturalis. — 



General colour above, wings and tail, coffee brown passiug into 

 blackish-brown on the head ; feathers of the front and mid-line of 

 the crown with paler centres ; lores black, the leathers immediately 

 over the crown with paler centres ; supra — and infraoculars white ; a 

 post-orbital streak commencing over the middle of the orbit 

 yellowish-white ; ear coverts dark-brown with pale shaft-streaks ; 

 wings uniform, externally as the back : inner webs of primaries 

 and secondaries dark-brown ; tail uniform ; chin and upper throat 

 white, extending upwards to middle of side of neck ; on the lower 

 throat a broad black crescentic band with its marginal feathers 

 posteriorly edged with ashy-white ; under tail-coverts broadly edged 

 with yellow,rest of under surface, axillaries and flanks olive-brown ; 

 legs and feet brown, flesh colour in life ; bill black — iris brown. 

 Total length 1.16 m.m. culmen 12*5 m,m. tarsus 20 m.m. wing 63 

 m.m. 



One example, ? . — Locality, Herberton Scrubs at 4,500 feet. 



Of this bird two examples only were seen ; on both occasions 

 feeding on the ground, scratching over leaves, &c, in company with 

 Orthonyx spaldingi ; the collector Mr. Broadbent regards it as a 

 rare bird. 



P.S. — A male example subsequently procured is similar in 

 ■colouring but of greater size. 



