PARDALOTUS QUADRAGINTUS, Gould. 
Fig. 1. 
Pard. vertice,'Corporeque supra olivaceis, plumis fusco leviter marginatis ; alis rugrescentibus, remigibus 
(primo et secundo exceptis), ad apicem albis ; gents, crissoque Jlavescenti-oUvaceis ; corpore subtiis 
cinerescenti-albo ; rostro intense fusco ; pedibus fuscis. 
Long. tot. 3| unc; rostri, § ; alcB, 2^ ; caudce, 11 ; tarsi, |. 
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 MELANOCEPHALUS, Gould. 
Fig. 2. 
Pard. vertice, loro, plumisque auricularibus nigris ; strigd superciliari auranticd oriente, alba desbiente ; 
genis, collique lateribus albis ; nucha, dorsoque cinerescenti-olivaceis ; rectricibus caudcs fiiscescenti- 
cervinis ; caudd nigra, ad apicem alba ; alis nigrescenti-fuscis ; remigibus tertio, quarto, quinto, 
sexto, septimoque albis ; secondariis albo marginatis atque terminatis ; lined alba oblique per hu- 
meros abductd ; aid spuria coccineo terminatd ; lined gutlurali, pectore, abdomineque medio late 
jlavis ; crisso cervino ; rostro nigro ; pedibus fuscis. 
Long. tot. 4 unc. ; rostri, § ; cdce, 2^ ; caudce, \ \ ; tarsi, |. 
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, fiftli, 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 RUBRICATUS, Gould. 
Fig. ;i. 
^Pard.fascidfrontaliangustd sordide alba; vertice, et occipite nigris, albo gutlatis; nuchd,dorso,uropygio, 
tectricibusque alarum cinereis ; alis intense fuscis ; aid spuria, primariis ad basin, secondar Usque 
ad marginem externum Icete aurantiacis ; notd flammed ante oculos ; strigd superoculari cervind, ; 
tectricibus caudce olivaceis ; caudd intense fused, ad apicem alba ; guld abdomineque cinereis ; 
pectore fiavo ; mandibuld superiorc fused, inferiore cinered ; pedibus fuscis. 
Long. tot. 4 unc. ; rostri, | ; alee, 2^ ; caudcB, 1^ ; 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 greyish 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., 1837. 
Remark. In my own Collection. 
Habitat. Australia : locality, uncertain. 
