THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
dark brown pear-shaped spots and shaft-lines to the feathers everywhere ; under- 
surface of quills brown with pale mottled bars, becoming white towards the base ; 
lower aspect of tail-feathers similar to those of the quills ; the bases of the feathers 
on the upper-surface dusky-grey like those on the breast and sides of the body, 
and white on those of the abdomen, thighs and under tail-coverts. Total length 
570 mm. ; culmen 28, wing 370, tail 174, tarsus 73. Figured. Collected in Tasmania. 
An adult male collected at Evandale, Tasmania, on the 14th of June, 1915, measures : 
culmen 22 mm., wing 331, tail 139, tarsus 65. 
Adult male. General colour above blackish-brown minutely speckled with white and 
small lanceolate markings of the same colour, the subapical portion of the feathers 
orange-buff and the bases dusky-grey ; the lesser marginal upper wing-coverts 
orange-buff with a few small dark markings to the feathers ; bastard-wing and 
primary-coverts similar to the back but more coarsely marked ; primary-quiUs 
blackish-brown with ferrugineous mottled patches along the outer webs, the inner 
webs largely toothed with white ; the secondaries similar, but the ferrugineous 
patches replaced by grey and the inner webs are almost uniform white, except towards 
the tips where the dark brown encroaches in the form of broken bars ; tail-feathers 
brown irregularly and narrowly barred with rufous and speckled with white at the 
tips, the inner webs of the outer-feathers more or less white which increases 
towards the outer-feathers, where the brown portion assumes the form of bars with 
more or less buff near the shafts ; outer margin of facial disc white at the base, 
subapically orange-buff and tipped with blackish-brown, the remainder smoky- 
white with a blackish patch in front of the eye, the feathers at the base of the bill 
coarse in texture ; under-surface white with a tinge of pale orange-buff on the 
abdomen, sides of the body, outer under wing-coverts, and more intensely on the 
sides of the upper-breast with small dark pear-shaped spots to the feathers on 
the lower breast, abdomen, sides of the body, axillaries, under wing-coverts, and 
more sparsely on the under tail-coverts. Total length 410 mm. ; culmen 25, 
wing 323, tail 135, tarsus 73. Collected near Hobart, Tasmania. 
Adult female. General colour of the upper-parts pale brown coarsely mottled and largely 
spotted with white and an admixture of orange-buff on the hind-neck, back, 
scapulars and wings, including the primary-quills ; the scapulars are banded with 
brown, some of which are almost entirely white ; primary- and secondary-quills 
banded with brown, the basal portion and the inner webs for the most part white ; | 
tail banded with brown, barred with brown on the middle feathers, becoming paler 
towards the outer pair which are white, with a few brown markings on the shafts ; 
facial disc white tipped with or edged with black, the feathers behind the eye 
isabelline, those immediately in front of the eye dark brown or blackish, and those 
surrounding the base of the bill disintegrated and bristly ; throat and entire under- 
surface silky-white with minute shaft-streaks or subapical spots on the feathers 
of the breast, abdomen, thighs, under tail-coverts, sides of the body, axillaries 
and under wing-coverts. Bill white ; eyes blue-black; feet bluish. Total length 
460 mm.; culmen 28, wing 328, tail 152, tarsus 68. Figured. Collected at Admiralty 
Gulf, North-west Australia, on the 20th of November, 1911. 
Nest. “ A deep hollow in a eucalyptus tree ” (Le Souef). 
Eggs. “ Clutch, one (to three ?), dull white, finely pitted, 1.79x1.40 inches (Le Souef, 
Port Darwin District, Northern Territory). 
Breeding-season. J une . 
Adult (? sex). General colour above dark brown freckled with white, and V-shaped or 
spear-head markings on the hinder-crown ; hind-neck, sides of neck, back, wings 
and tail brown with orange-buff intermixed ; primary- and secondary-quills banded 
with brown and largely notched with white on the inner webs ; tail-feathers 
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