THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
(N.W.A.) ; Hall, Key Birds Austr., p. 63, 1899 ; Campbell, Nests and Eggs Austr. 
Birds, Vol. II., p. 621, 1901 ; H. G. Barnard, Emu, Yol. HI., p. 115, 1903 (Q.) ; 
Carter, id., p. 172, 1904 (M.W.A.) ; Batey, id., VII., p. 12, 1907 (Vic.) ; Austin, 
id., p. 75 (N.S.W.) ; Mathews, Hand! Birds Austral., p. 47, 1908; Whitlock, 
Emu, Vol. VIII., p. 191, 1909 (W.A.) ; Chisholm, id., IX., p. 168, 1910 ; Whitlock, 
id., p. 192, 1910 (W.A.) ; Macgillivray, id., X., pp. 19, 32, 1910 (N.S.W.) ; Hall, 
id., p. 54 (Tas.) ; Ogilvie Grant, Ibis, 1910, p. 164 (W.A.). North, Austr. Mus. 
Spec. Cat., No. 1, Vol. III., p. 95, 1911 ; Barnard, Emu, Vol. XIII., p. 206, 
1914 (N.T.). 
Galopsitta greyi (error for guy) Reichenow, Journ. fur Orn., 1881, p. 38. 
Leptolophus auricomis auricomis Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 267, 1912 ; id., 
List Birds Austr., p. 128, 1913. 
Leptolophus auricomis pallescens Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 267, 1912 : East 
Murchison, West Australia ; id.. List Birds Austr., p. 128, 1913. 
Leptolophus auricomis intermedius Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 267, 1912 : 
Point Torment, North-west Australia ; id., List Birds Austr., p. 128, 1913. 
Leptolophus auricomis obscurus Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 267, 1912 : Alexandra, 
Northern Territory ; id., List Birds Austr., p. 128, 1913. 
Leptolophus auricomis Mathews, List Birds Austr., p. 128, 1913 ; S. A. White, Trans. 
Roy. Soc. South Austr., Vol. XXXVIII., p. 427, 1914, Cent. A. ; id., Emu, Vol. 
XIV., p. 187, 1915, Cent. A. 
Distribution. Queensland (not Cape York District) ; New South Wales ; Victoria ; 
South Australia ; Mid-west and North-west Australia ; Northern Territory. 
Interior districts only. Not coastal save as straggler when it has reached Tasmania. 
Adult male. General colour above and below dusky brown, more greyish-brown on the 
under-surface and blackish on the shoulders and under wing-coverts ; hind-neck, 
mantle, upper back, scapulars and innermost secondaries smoke-brown, somewhat 
darker on the lesser upper wing-coverts, some of which have white on the outer 
webs like the median and greater coverts and secondary quills which forms a large 
patch on the wing ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts hoary-grey like the primary- 
quills and tail, but paler on the two last ; tips of the secondary quills dark 
brown like the inner webs ; lower back, rump, and upper tail coverts brownish- 
grey ; fore part of head, sides of face, throat, and crest lemon-yellow — the last 
becoming brown on the elongated feathers ; ear-coverts bright orange ; sides of 
crown white, which extends in a line on to the sides of the neck ; quills below 
glossy dark brown ; tail similar but darker and more glossy black. Bill dark 
horn, eyes dark brown, feet ashy. Total length 335 mm. ; culmen 15, wing 171, 
tail 180, tarsus 12. Figured. Collected at Port Augusta, South Australia, on 
the 5th of September, 1911. 
Adult female. Nape, hind neck, upper back, scapulars, innermost secondaries, inner and 
upper wing-coverts pale brown, becoming paler and more greyish brown on the 
sides of the neck, breast, sides of body, and abdomen, the feathers on the last 
fringed with yellowish white ; thighs, vent, and under tail-coverts marked with 
zig-zag bars of yellowish white ; lesser upper wing-coverts like the back, some of 
them white on the outer webs, like the median and greater coverts and secondary 
quills, which forms a conspicuous white patch on the wing ; bastard-wing and 
primary-coverts blackish, primary-quills similar but rather paler with a tinge of 
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