Order PASSERIFORMES. 
No. 485. 
Family MU S CIO A PI DjE. 
PBOSEISURA LOREALIS. 
FRILL-NECKED FLYCATCHER. 
(Plate 408.)* 
Arses lorealis De Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Ser. II., Vol. X., p. 171, Sept. 9th, 
1895 : Cape York, Queensland. 
Arses lorealis De Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Ser. II., Vol. X., p. 171, 1895 ; Hall, Key 
Birds Austr., p. 19, 1899 ; Campbell, Nests and Eggs Austr. Birds, Vol. I., p. 128, 
1901 ; North, Austr. Mus. Spec. Cat. No. 1, Vol. I., p. 139, 1903 ; Mathews, 
Handl. Birds Austral., p. 67, 1908; Barnard, Emu, Vol. XI., p. 26, 1911 ; Mac- 
gillivray, ib., Vol. XIII., p. 169, 1914 ; id., ib., Vol. XVII., p. 199, 1918. 
Arses candidior “De Vis ” Le Souef, Ibis, July 1897, p. 397 : Cape York : nomen nudum ; 
North, Austr. Mus. Spec. Cat. No. 1, Vol. I., p. 140, 1903. 
Arses telescopthalmus lorealis Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 324, Jan. 31st, 1912. 
Orphryzone (sic) lorealis Mathews, List Birds Austr., p. 190, 1913. 
Distributor. North Queensland (Cape York). 
Adult male. Crown of head, nape, sides of face, and chin velvety-black ; upper back, wings, 
upper tail-coverts, and tail black ; some of the innermost greater upper wing-coverts 
edged with white at the tips ; flight-quills blackish-brown on the inner webs some 
of which have white margins ; scapulars and feathers of the lower back and rump 
white with blackish bases ; hind-neck, throat, breast, abdomen, flanks and under 
tail-coverts white like the axillaries and inner under wing-coverts with blackish bases 
to the feathers, which are most restricted on the throat and most extensive on the 
sides of the body, lower back., and rump ; outer or marginal under wing-coverts and 
thighs black ; under-surface of flight-quills dark brown with whitish edges at the 
base ; lower aspect of tail black ; eyes black, rim round eyes cobalt-blue, bill 
blue, feet slate colour. Total length 150 mm. ; culmen 20, wing 80, tail 75, 
tarsus 18. Figured. Collected at Piara Scrubs, Cape York, North Queensland, on 
the 29th of July, 1913. 
Adult female. Crown of head, nape, and sides of face velvety-black ; upper back, wings, 
upper tail-coverts, and tail black ; inner webs and tips to flight-quills dark smoke- 
brown with whitish margins to some of the inner ones ; scapulars white with 
blackish bases ; lower back and rump dark slate-grey with white tips to a few of the 
feathers ; rictal bristles black ; lores dull white ; chin white with black hair-like 
tips to the feathers ; hind-neck, sides of neck, throat, breast, abdomen, and under 
tail-coverts white like the axillaries and inner under wing-coverts with dark bases 
to the feathers ; thighs soot-black like the marginal under wing-coverts. Eyes 
* The Plate is lettered Orphryzone lorealis. 
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