THE BIRDS OP AUSTRALIA. 
wing 80, tail 60, tarsus 23. Figured. Collected at Point Torment, North-west 
Australia, on the 10th of April, 1911. 
Adult female. General colour of the upper-surface greyish-brown with dark edges to the 
feathers including the top of the head, hind-neck, back, and wings ; bastard- 
wing, greater upper wing-coverts, primary-co verts and flight-quills dark brown 
with grey outer margins ; upper tail-coverts and tail greenish-yellow fringed 
with white on the inner webs of the latter ; rictal bristles white at the base 
and black at the tips ; fore-head and lores whitish at the base of the 
feathers and grey at the tips ; eye-ring whitish ; ear-coverts brown with pale 
shaft-lines ; chin and throat white like the abdomen ; lower flanks, axillaries, 
under wing-coverts and inner edges of flight-quills and remainder of quill-lining 
hair-brown ; breast and sides of breast greyish-buff ; fore-part of thighs pale 
brown ; under tail-coverts lemon-yellow ; lower aspect of tail greyish-brown 
with conspicuous white shafts. Bill black ; eyes brown ; feet leaden-blue. Total 
length 160 mm. ; culmen 14, wing 80, tail 63, tarsus 23. Figured. Collected at 
Point Torment, North-west Australia, on the 27th of December, 1910. 
Adult female. Crown of head, sides of face, sides of neck, and hind-neck olive-grey with 
very slightly indicated dark shaft-lines to the feathers on the fore-part of the head 
and pale shafts to those of the ear-coverts ; entire back, scapulars, and upper 
wing-coverts yellowish-olive ; bastard-wing, greater upper wing-coverts, primary- 
coverts and flight-quills hair-brown with hoary-grey margins on the outer webs 
and whitish edges to the inner webs of the flight-quills ; upper tail-coverts greenish- 
yellow ; middle tail-feathers similar but becoming darker and duller towards the 
tips, the outer feathers somewhat paler with an inclination to a pale edging on 
the inner webs ; lores whitish at the base with black hair-like tips to the feathers ; 
a ring of short whitish feathers round the eye ; rictal bristles black ; throat and 
fore-neck greyish-white with dark obsolete bars to the feathers ; breast, sides of 
breast and sides of the body, isabelline-grey ; abdomen and flanks pale isabefline- 
buff ; lower flanks and vent sulphur-yellow ; thighs grey tinged with sulphur- 
yellow ; under tail-coverts lemon-yellow ; axillaries, under wing-coverts, and 
inner edges of quills below white, remainder of the under-surface of the flight-quills 
greyish-brown ; lower aspect of tail also greyish-brown tinged with yellow. Eyes 
brown ; feet and tarsus leaden-blue ; bill, upper and distal half of lower mandible 
brown; remainder greyish- white. Total length 158 mm.; culmen 13, wing 80, 
tail 64, tarsus 23. Collected at Point Torment, King Sound, North-west Australia, 
on the 3rd of April, 1911. 
Male (changing to adult). In very worn plumage. Crown of head, nape, hind-neck, 
ear-coverts, sides of neck, upper wing-coverts and outer margins of flight-quills 
ash-grey with the appearance of black feathers on the fore-head, above and in front 
of the eye, middle of the crown, nape, and ear-coverts ; the middle portion of the 
greater upper wing-coverts black, similar to the innermost secondaries, inner webs 
of flight-quills pale hair-brown with buffy -white inner margins ; back, scapulars, 
and upper tail-coverts yellowish-green with sulphur-yellow tips to the last ; tail 
bronze-yellow, darker on the inner webs which have pale edges ; rictal bristles 
black, the short feathers below and behind the eye also black ; chin and throat 
white ; breast and sides of breast isabelline-grey ; flank feathers dusky at base ; 
upper-abdomen yellow with more or less white intermixed ; lower-abdomen, flanks, 
thighs, vent, and under tail-coverts bright yellow ; axillaries and under wing- 
coverts white ; under-surface of flight-quills pale greyish-brown with cream-white 
inner edges ; lower aspect of tail pale yellowish-brown. Eyes reddish-brown ; 
feet and tarsus leaden-blue ; bill black. Collected at Point Torment, North- 
west Australia, on the 6th of January, 1911. 
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