RED-CAPPED ROBIN. 
Adult male. Hinder part of head, sides of face, throat, back, upper tail-coverts, scapulars, 
and outer upper wing-coverts sooty-black ; fore-part of head and breast bright 
scarlet ; inner upper wing-coverts and outer webs of some of the flight-quills white ; 
all except the four outer primaries marked with white on the basal portions ; 
flight-quills brown ; tail blackish, the outermost pair of feathers for the most part 
white, the next pair marked with white along the outer web ; abdomen, flanks, under 
tail-coverts white ; axillaries and under wing-coverts greyish-white ; under-surface 
of flight-quills pale brown with more or less white at the base ; lower aspect of tail 
blackish, the two outer pairs of feathers extensively marked with white. Eyes 
dark hazel ; feet and bill black. Total length 120 mm. ; culmen 9, wing 63, tarsus 
17, tail 46. Figured. Collected at Underbool (Mallee) Victoria, on the 9th of 
September, 1910. 
Adult female. Head, back, upper tail-coverts, and upper wing-coverts greyish-brown ; 
flight-q uills brown, becoming darker on the secondaries, which are fringed with 
white on the outer webs, the four outer primary-quills almost uniform, the remainder 
banded with white or buffy-white on the basal portion ; tail dark brown, the outer- 
most feathers on each side for the most part white, the next pair margined with 
white on the outer web ; fore-part of head tinged with rufous ; sides of face like 
the back ; throat and breast greyish- white with a tinge of buff ; abdomen and under 
tail-coverts white ; axillaries and under wing-coverts isabelline-buff ; under- 
surface of flight-quills pale brown ; lower aspect of tail dark brown, the two outer- 
most feathers on each side for the greater part white, the next pair white on the 
outer webs. Figured. Collected at the same place as the male on the 6th of 
September, 1910. 
Immature. General colour of the upper-surface including the head, sides of face, entire 
back, and upper wing-coverts pale dusky -brown with pale shaft-lines to the feathers ; 
bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and flight-quills dark brown, the primaries, com- 
mencing on the sixth, banded with white, secondaries isabelline-buff at the base 
and along the outer margins of some of them ; tail dark brown, the outermost 
feather on each side for the most part white, the following two edged with white 
on the outer webs ; throat and under-surface, including the under tail-coverts 
and under wing-coverts, white with more or less grey on the fore-neck and breast ; 
under-surface of quills brown, with a patch of white at the base ; lower aspect 
of tail blackish with white on the outermost feathers. Collected at East Murchison, 
West Australia, on the 26th of October, 1909. 
Nest. Cup-shaped. Composed of fine strips of bark and grass, joined together with cobweb, 
and covered with lichen and lined with fur. Outside dimensions 2f inches by If 
inches deep. Inside If inches by 1 inch. 
Eggs. Clutch, two or three. Ground-colour bluish or greyish-green minutely spotted 
with purplish-brown or grey, especially on the larger end. 16 mm. to 17 by 12 to 13. 
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Breeding-season. August to December. 
This was one of the new species of birds discovered by the famous botanist 
Robert Brown and described by Vigors and Horsfield. 
Captain S. A. White has sent me the following note : “ This is, strictly 
speaking, a dry country bird. An odd one or two will be met with at times 
on the Adelaide Plains and along the Mount Lofty Ranges, but its real home 
is in the interior. It is often met with in the dry belts along the Murray River, 
especially in the pine country, where I have often found them breeding. Very 
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