THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
ib., Vol. II., p. 16, 1902 (Vic.) ; M‘Clymont, ib., p. 22 (Tas.) ; Milligan, ib., p. 172, 
1903 (W.A.) ; Carter, ib., Vol. III., p. 96, 1903 (M-W.A.) ; Littler, ib., p. 215, 1904 
(Tas.) ; Lawson, ib., Vol. IV., p. 136, 1905 (W.A.) ; M'Clymont, ib., p. 176 (Tas.) ; 
North, Ibis, 1906, p. 55 ; Berney, Emu, Vol. VI., p. 44, 1906 (N.Q.) ; Batey, ib., 
Vol. VII., p. 11, 1907 (Vic.) ; G. F. Hill, ib., p. 21 (Vic.) ; Whitlock, ib., Vol. VIII., 
p. 191, 1909 (W.A.) ; Gibson, ib., Vol. IX., p. 76, 1909 (S.W.A.) ; Littler, Handb. 
Birds Tasm., p. 81, 1910 ; Wilson, Emu, Vol. XII., p. 32, 1912 (Vic.) ; S. A. White, 
ib., Vol. XIII., p. 24, 1913 (S.A.) ; Macgillivray, ib., p. 162, 1914 (N.Q.). Barnard, 
ib., p. 207, 1914; id. Vol. XIV., p. 43, 1914; Cheney, ib., p. 207, 1915. 
Cacomantis pallidus Gould, Handb. Birds Austr., Vol. I., p. 615, 1865 ; Broadbent, Emu, 
Vol. X., p. 239, 1910 (N.Q.). 
Cuculus variegatus Hartert, Nov. Zool., Vol. XII., p. 217, 1905 (N.W.A.) ; Ingram, Ibis, 
1907, p. 402 (N.T.). 
Cuculus pallidus 'pallidus Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 293, 1912. 
Cuculus 'pallidus occide'ntalis Mathews, ib. 
Heteroscenes pallidus pallidus Mathews, List Birds Austr., p. 164, 1913 ; S. A. White, Emu, 
Vol. XIV., p. 187, 1915 (Centr, A.) 
Heteroscenes pallidus occidentalis Mathews, List Birds Austr., p. 154, 1913. 
Heteroscenes pallidus tasmanicus Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. III., p. 68, Apl. 7, 
1916 : Tasmania. 
Distribution : Australia ; Tasmania. 
Adult male. General colour of the upper-surface greyish-brown, more or less intermixed 
with white, including the head, back, wings, and tail ; ear-coverts and sides of neck 
similar to the hind-neck ; sides of crown grey ; base of feathers on the occiput white, 
which forms a concealed white spot ; base of feathers on the back silky ash-grey ; 
the webs of the upper tail-coverts disintegrated with more or less white on the margins, 
the shafts somewhat darker and contrasting with the rest of the feathers ; lesser 
upper wing-coverts similar but somewhat darker than the back as are also the bastard- 
wing and primary-coverts ; median and greater upper wing-coverts, secondary 
flight-quills and some of the inner primaries have pale margins to the feathers ; inner- 
webs of primary-quills largely toothed with white, much less pronounced and restricted 
to the base on the secondaries ; tail bronze-brown, the feathers notched with white 
and shaded with dark brown on both webs, a few of the feathers have a white mark 
on the shafts near the tips ; under-surface ash-grey with a slight tinge of buff in 
the throat and breast and rather more pronounced on the under wing-coverts, which 
are obscurely barred with grey ; lower flanks and thighs faintly barred with grey and 
white ; under tail-coverts dull white^ — ^the long ones narrowly barred with brown ; 
outer edge of wing buffy-white, under-surface of quills pale brown barred with 
white ; lower aspect of tail brown barred, toothed, and tipped with white. Eyes 
brown ; eyelids yeUow ; feet greenish-grey ; bill horn. Total length 340 mm. ; 
culmen 20, wing 201, tail 175, tarsus 21. Figured. Collected at Olinda, Victoria, 
on the 12th of October, 1912. 
Adult female. Differs in having the mark below and behind the eye darker ; head darker 
and marked with buff. Under-surface indistinctly mottled. 
Immature. General colour of the upper-surface brown, the feathers broadly margined 
with white, or smoke-white more broadly on the head, hind-neck, scapulars, and 
upper wing-coverts ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts dark brown tipped vith 
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