THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Adult female. Hinder crown, hind-neck, upper back, and upper wing-coverts mouse- 
brown, paler on the inner margins of the last ; lower back, rump, upper tail- 
coverts and base of tail pale chestnut ; tail greyish-brown, the middle feathers 
narrowly, and lateral ones broadly, tipped with white ; fore-head chestnut ; sides 
of face and a band across the throat black ; rictal bristles black and directed 
forwards ; throat and a line extending on to the sides of the neck white ; some 
of the feathers on the fore-neck fringed with white, which imparts a scalloped 
appearance ; middle of breast and middle of abdomen white ; sides of body, 
flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts pale buff ; axillaries, under wing-coverts, 
and inner margins of quills below white ; under-surface of flight-quills hair- 
brown ; lower aspect of tail dark brown broadly tipped with white. Bill dark 
brown ; eyes and feet brown. Total length 160 mm. ; culmen 9, wing 68, tail 
88, tarsus 18. Figured. Collected on Parry’s Creek, North-west Australia, on the 
1st of September, 1908. 
Adult male. From same locality, similar to the above. 
Adult. Fore-part of head and a line over the eye extending along the sides of the 
crown dull rufous ; crown of head, hind-neck, and sides of neck dusky-brown ; 
upper wing-coverts dusky-brown with lead-grey bases and rufous tips to the 
feathers ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts uniform dark brown ; flight-quills also 
dark brown fringed with rufous on the outer webs and very pale rufous on the 
inner ones ; upper back rust-brown with lead-grey bases and rufous tips to the 
feathers becoming brighter and more uniform rufous on the lower back, rump and 
upper-tail coverts ; base of tail also rufous, followed by a broad subterminal 
blackish band and russet-brown tips to the feathers ; rictal bristles black ; throat 
very pale rufous with whitish bases to the feathers followed by a more or less 
concealed blackish band on the fore-neck, many of the feathers that compose this 
band have whitish margins ; breast, sides of body and under tail-coverts rufous, 
paler and inclining to white on the middle of the abdomen ; axillaries and under- 
wing-coverts pale greyish-brown ; under-surface of flight-quills hair-brown, very 
pale rufous on the inner edges ; lower aspect of tail blackish, rufous at the base, and 
pale rust-brown at the tip. Collected at Inkerman, Queensland, in September 
1907. The sexes are alike. 
Adult female. Crown of head, sides of face, sides of neck, mantle, scapulars, and upper 
back rust-brown, the last tinged with rufous ; base of fore-head and a line over 
the eye dull rufous ; wings rust-brown, most of the coverts and some of the 
inner secondaries fringed with rufous ; primary-coverts and primary- quills almost 
uniform hair-brown, slightly paler on the margins of the inner webs of the latter ; 
lower back, rump and upper tail-coverts rufous ; tail-feathers blackish brown 
slightly fringed with rufous on the outer webs at the base and broadly tipped with 
white ; rictal bristles black ; chin and throat white, slightly tinged with rufous, 
the white extending on to the sides of the neck at the back of the ear-coverts ; a 
slightly indicated black band across the fore-neck, the feathers narrowly tipped 
with whitish ; breast and sides of breast rufous-brown ; abdomen, sides of 
body, thighs, and under tail-coverts rufous inclining to white on the middle of 
the abdomen ; axillaries and under wing-coverts white, tinged with rufous on 
the outer margins of the wing ; under-surface of flight-quills pale hair-brown 
with pale inner edges ; lower aspect of tail blackish-brown with broad tips to 
the feathers. Collected on Melville Island, Northern Territory, on the 23rd of 
February, 1912. 
Adult males. From the same locality are similar to the adult females. 
Adult male. Crown of head, sides of face, hind-neck, sides of neck, and mantle russet- 
brown ; base of fore-head and a line over the eye dull rufous ; upper wing-coverts 
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