PARDALOTUS QUADRAGINTUS, Gould. 



Fig. 1. 



Pard. vertice, corporeque supra olivaceis, plumis fusco leviter marginatis ; alis nigrescentibus, remigibus 

 (primo et secundo exceptis), ad apicem albis ; genis, crissoque flavescenti-olivaceis ; corpore subtiis 

 cinerescenti-albo ; rostro intense fusco ; pedibus fuscis. 



Long. tot. 3j unc; rostri, f ; alee, 2± ; caudce, 1± ; tarsi, f. 



Crown of the head, and all the upper surface bright olive green, each feather obscurely margined 

 with brown ; wings brownish black, all the feathers except the first and second primaries having a con- 

 spicuous spot of pure white near their extremities ; tail blackish grey, the extreme tips of the feathers 

 being white ; cheeks and under tail-coverts yellowish olive ; throat and under surface greyish white 

 passing into olive on the flanks ; bill blackish brown ; feet brown. 



Syn. Pardalotus quadragintus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837. 



Remark This is the Forty-spot of the colonists of Van Diemen's Land, so called from the numerous 

 white spots with which it is adorned. 



Habitat. Van Diemen's Land. 



PARDALOTUS MELANOCEPI I AH S, Gould. 



Fig. 2. 



Pard. vertice, low, plumisque auricularibus nigris ; strigd superciliari auranticd oriente, alba desinente ; 

 genis, collique lateribus albis ; nucha, dorsoque cinerescenti-olivaceis ; reclricibus caudce fuscescenti- 

 cervinis ; caudd nigra, ad apicem alba ; alis nigrescenti-fuscis ; remigibus tertio, quarto, quinto, 

 sexto, septimoque cdbis ; secondariis albo marginatis atque terminatis ; lined alba oblique per hu- 

 meros abductd ; aid spuria coccineo terminatd ; lined gutturali, pectore, abdomineque medio Icete 

 flavis ; crisso cervino ; rostro nigro ; pedibus fuscis. 



Long. tot. 4 unc. ; rostri, J ; alee, c 2^ ; caudce, ; tarsi, J. 



Crown of the head, lores, and ear-coverts black ; over each eye a stripe commencing at the nostrils, 

 the anterior half of which is orange, and the posterior white ; sides of the face and neck white ; back 

 of the neck and back olive grey ; upper tail-coverts brownish buff; tail black, each feather tipped 

 with white ; wings blackish brown, the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh primaries white ; secon- 

 daries edged and tipped with white ; one of the wing-coverts broadly margined on the inner web with 

 white, forming an oblique line across the shoulder ; spurious wing tipped with crimson ; line down the 

 centre of the throat, the breast and middle of the abdomen bright yellow ; vent and under tail-coverts 

 buff ; bill black ; feet brown. 



Syn. Pardalotus melanocephalus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837. 



Habitat. Australia : locality, Moreton Bay, on the east coast of New South Wales. 



PARDALOTUS RUBRICATES, Gould. 

 Fig. 3. 



Pard. fascia frontali angustd sordide alba; vertice, et occipite nigris, albo guttatis ; nucha, dor so, uropygio, 

 tectricibusque alarum cinereis ; alis intense fuscis ; old spuria, - primar Us ad basin, secondariisque 

 ad marginem externum late aurantiacis ; notd flamined ante oculos ; strigd superoculari cervind ; 

 tectricibus caudce olivaceis; caudd intense fused, ad apicem alba; guld abdomineque cinereis; 

 pectore flavo ; mandibuld super iore fused, inferior e cinered ; pedibus fuscis. 



Long. tot. 4 unc. ; rostri, £ ; alee, 2± ; caudce, H ; tarsi, §. 



Forehead crossed by a narrow band of dirty white ; crown and back of the head deep black, each 

 feather having a spot of white near its extremity ; back of the neck, back, wing-coverts and rump 

 brownish grey; wings dark brown, margined with pale brown, the spurious wing, a small portion of 

 the base of the primaries, and the outer margins of the secondaries fine golden orange ; immediately 

 before the eye a spot of bright, fiery orange ; above and behind the eye a stripe of 'buff ; upper tail- 

 coverts bright olive green ; tail deep blackish brown, the extreme tips of the feathers being white ; 

 throat and abdomen grevish white ; chest bright yellow ; upper mandible and legs brown, under man- 

 dible greyish white. 



Syn. Pardalotus rubricatus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 183/. 



Remark. In my own Collection. 



Habitat. Australia : locality, uncertain. 



