HOODED ROBIN. 
Petroica cucullata cucullata Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 305, Jan. 31st, 1912. 
Petroica cucullata vigorsi Mathews, ib. : Frankston, Victoria. 
Petroica cucullata ivestralensis Mathews, ib., p. 306 : Perth, West Australia. 
Petroica cucullata picata, Mathews, ib. 
Petroica cucullata subpicata Mathews, ib. : Alexandra, Northern Territory. 
Melanodryas cucullata cucullata Mathews, List Birds Austr., p. 169, 1913. 
Melanodryas cucullata vigorsi Mathews, ib., p. 170 ; Belcher, Birds Geelong, p. 230, 1914. 
Melanodryas cucullata westralensis Mathews, ib. 
Melanodryas cucullata picata Mathews, ib. 
Melanodryas cucullata subpicata Mathews, ib. 
Petroica cucullata melvillensis Zietz, South Austr. Ornith., Vol. I., p. 15, Jan. 1st, 1914 : 
Melville Island, Northern Territory. 
Distribution. Australia. Not Tasmania. 
Adult male. Head and neck all round, throat, fore-neck, back, upper tail-coverts and 
upper wing-coverts glossy black with greyish bases to the feathers on the back ; 
scapulars white with black fringes to some of the feathers ; flight-quills black, 
obliquely marked with white, some of the inner secondaries fringed with white 
along the outer webs and at the tips ; middle tail-feathers uniform glossy black, 
the remainder of the feathers white on the basal portion with black tips ; breast, 
abdomen, under tail-coverts, base of tail, and axillaries white like the outer edge 
of the wing ; under wing-coverts black ; under-surface of quills black with white 
on the inner webs towards the base ; lower aspect of tail black on the terminal 
half. Eyes brown ; feet and bill black. Total length 160 mm. ; culmen 13, 
wing 90, tail 61, tarsus 22. Figured. Collected on Melville Island, Northern 
Territory, on the 5th of June, 1912. 
Adult female. Head, back, scapulars and lesser upper wing-coverts slate-grey with pale 
grey bases to the feathers on the lower back ; greater upper wing-coverts black 
with pale tips ; primary-coverts black ; primary and secondary- quills blackish, 
the inner webs obliquely marked with white and some of the outer webs fringed 
with white ; upper tail-coverts and middle tail-feathers blackish ; the outer tail- 
feathers white at the base with the terminal half black fringed with white ; sides 
of face and throat pale grey, becoming darker on the fore-neck and breast ; 
abdomen, under tail-coverts, base of tail, outer edge of wing and inner edges of 
quills below white ; axillaries and under wing-coverts blackish ; under-surface of 
quills and terminal half of tail below also blackish, with white margins to the 
latter. Figured. Collected on Melville Island on the 6th of June, 1912. 
Immature. Crown of head, sides of face, hind-neck, and back dusky-brown with\ broad 
whitish shaft-lines to the feathers ; wings and tail darker than the back, upper 
wing-coverts tipped with white or bufi'y-white like the tips of the flight-quills 
and outer edges of some of the secondaries, inner webs of quills white towards 
the base and encroaches on the outer webs of the secondary-quills ; middle tail- 
feathers uniform blackish, the outer feathers paler at the tips and white at the 
base, the outermost feather on each side edged with white, along the entire edge 
of the outer web ; throat, fore-neck and upper-breast ash-grey ; abdomen and 
under tail-coverts white ; axillaries and under wing-coverts blackish-brown, 
outer edge of wing below white ; under-surface of quills brown with white at the 
base on the inner ones ; lower aspect of tail blackish, paler at the tip, white at 
the base and along the outer edges. Collected at Roebuck Bay, North-west 
Australia, on the 6th of December, 1895. 
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