THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Young male. Distinguished from the adult by having a paler forehead, darker hind- 
neck, and the feathers of the head blackish, tipped with rufous ; only median 
wing-coverts green, primary-coverts chestnut, most of the quills tipped with the 
same colour, feathers on the sides of the neck and breast blackish, margined with 
chestnut, giving a barred appearance, which is much less pronounced on the 
abdomen. 
Nest. “ A frail, flat structure of twigs ; placed in a low tree ” (Campbell). 
Eggs. Clutch, two. A clutch from the Dawson River, North Queensland, are smooth and 
slightly glossy. Pale cream colour. Axis, 25-26 mm. ; diameter, 29. 
Breeding season. October to January (Ramsay). 
After comparing a series of skins of CJialcopJiaps from the islands north of 
Australia, I find that the Australian bird is distinct. 
Gould* says : “ When flushed, it flies very quickly through the scrub, but 
to no great distance, and readily eludes pursuit by pitching suddenly to the 
ground, and remaining so quiet that it can rarely be discovered.” 
Of the birds figured and described the male was collected near Cairns, North 
Queensland, in July, 1889, and the female in about the same place on May 27th, 
1905. 
* Handb. B. Aust., II., p. 118. 
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