THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
the bird was growing fainter. Presently, about 80 yards ahead, I caught a 
glimpse of the bird, and was satisfied that it was larger than P. gilberti. For 
three or four minutes I followed it, guided by the call, through dense sapling 
mallee and porcupine grass. Suddenly I saw the form of a bird move in the 
leaves of a mallee sapling ahead. I took a quick snapshot, and a few seconds 
later had the pleasure of handling a perfect male specimen of P. rufogularis. 
The next thing was to find the female bird and nest ; but, although often in this 
neighbourhood, I never obtained another glimpse of this rare species.” 
The range of this species seems very restricted and its limits have not 
been determined. I separated the Victorian bird as G. r. zanda on account 
of its paler coloration above and the lack of the grey breast band, but there 
are not long enough series accurately to determine the forms. 
The species, according to the birds examined, is larger than gilberti as 
Gould stated, has a longer, shallower bill, has red lores, and much more 
pronounced reddish abdomen, while there is a darker olive edging to the 
primaries. 
Mr. Edwin Ashby has written : “ Pachycephala rufogularis Gould. The 
type of this bird is marked ‘ Adelaide ’ ; no further details. Probably Gould 
would call anywhere within 100 miles 4 Adelaide.’ The particular locality 
for this bird — viz., the Mallee north of the main line to Victoria — was then a 
huge sheep station. Probably the bird was brought in to the great ornithologist, 
and, owing to the then sparsely populated condition of the colony, no nearer 
settlement could be designated. (Ashby has overlooked the fact that Gould 
definitely stated : c All the examples . . . were obtained by myself.’) My 
specimen of adult male I collected near Karoonda on what is known as the 
Brown’s Well, on Paringa railway line, on 9th April, 1913. It is in all respects, 
except the tone of the grey back, a duplicate of Gould’s type.” 
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