The lengthened form of* the tail, and the two tufts of feathers which are near the nostrils, 

 a ro characteristic features which at once distinguish it from the other members of the genus. 



A tuft of feathers springing from above the nostril, is brown, spotted with black ; upper 

 surface, mottled hrown, black, and brownish-white, the latter predominating above each eye, on the 

 tips of the win^-eoverts, and the middle part of the primaries; tail, the same colours, only in the 

 form of bars; throat and chest, brownish-butl", speckled with dark brown; under surface, brownish- 

 huft', with a large spot of brown in the centre of each feather, and a spot of white at the tip; 

 irides, yellowish-white ; bill and feet, horn-colour. 



Habitats: Northern part of New South Wales and southern part of Queensland. 



