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ear coverts. Throat rufous brown, obscurely spotted or streaked 
with buf£y white. Breast and abdomen deep rufous brown, largely 
spotted with white. Under tail coverts with a median spot on 
both webs, and the tips brown or buffy brown, with one or two 
white median spots. IJnder surface o£ tail pale brown with four 
or five more or less obsolete pale transverse bars. Axillaries 
rufous or ochreous. Under wing coverts rufous, edge of wing 
buffy white or white. Under surface of wing silky brown with 
the transverse bars of the quills in strong contrast. Legs rufous. 
Bill white, blackish below the nostrils. Mandible blue-black, 
yellow at the base. Total length 290, wing 225, tail 137, tarsus 38. 
Adult female. — Like the male, but with the throat and upper 
breast rich chocolate brown with fulvous stripes. The tail uniform 
brown above and below, the quills narrowly edged with buffy grey, 
and the bill black except the basal half of the culmen. 
Losalities — Herbert Gorge, Bellenden-Ker. 
Petrochelidojs" ni&ricans, yeill, Martin. Mulgrave Eiver. 
CoLLOCALiA SPODIOPTGIA, Feald. Little Swift. North-eastern Queens- 
land, New G-uinea, &c. " Common at the base of Bellenden-Ker, 
and up to 1,800 feet : I have seen it catching ilies till near dark, 
and then fly towards the mountain ; it breeds in the rocky gorges 
of the coast range from the Herbert Eiver to above Cairns." — 
Broadlent. 
Merops ORifATUS, Latli. Bee-eater. Bellenden-Ker to 4,000 feet ; 
commonly distributed. 
Dacelo leachii, V. et H. Blue-rumped Kingfisher. Mulgrave Eiver. 
Halcyon macleati, J. et S, Common Bush Kingfisher. Grenerally 
distributed. 
H. SANCTTJs, V. et H. Sacred Kingfisher. Generally distributed. 
Aetamus letjcogastee, Val. White-rumped Wood Swallow. A 
pretty common and widely spread bird. 
Steepeea graculii^a, Wht. Pied Crow Shrike. On Bellenden-Ker 
to 1,800 feet ; all through Eastern Queensland. 
Ceactictjs ETJEEiBCEis^s, Be Vis. Brown Crow Shrike. Confined to the 
district; on Bellenden-Ker to 1,800 feet. 
C. QroTi, Less. Black Crow Shrike. North- eastern Queensland and 
New G-uinea, Bellenden-Ker to 3,000 feet. 
GEATJCALrs LiNEATiJS, Sluain. Swainson's Graukle. Bellenden-Ker, 
Mulgrave and Eussell Elvers. 
G-. MENTALis, V. et H. Varied Graukle. Common, widely spread. 
Lalage karij, Less. Eed-vented Shrikeling. Eairly common utA 
distributed. 
Jj. Tnicoi^OB, Swain. White-shouldered Shrikeling. Common, widely 
spread. 
Pachtcephala guttuealis. Lath. Yellow-bellied Thickhead. Com- 
mon in scrubs throughout Queensland, to summit of Bellenden- 
Ker in number. 
P. ErEiVENTBis, Lath. Eed-bellied Thickhead. Common in forests 
everywhere, on Mount Barnard to 1,800 feet. 
