THE BIRDS OE AUSTR AL I A. 
and abdomen white, tinged with isabelline and some of the feathers on the throat 
have dark narrow fringes ; sides of breast grey becoming smoke-brown on the 
flanks, lower thighs, and under tail-coverts ; the feathers on the upper thighs, lower- 
abdomen, and vent have dark slate colour bases, which gives a dusky appearance ; 
axillaries and under wing-coverts grey more or less tinged with smoke-brown ; 
under-surface of flight-quills greyish-brown ; lower aspect of tail similar to its upper- 
surface. Eyes dusky, bill and feet black. Total length 190 mm. ; culmen 12, wing 
93, tail 88, tarsus 33. Figured. Collected on the Richmond River, northern 
New South Wales, in October 1910, and is the type of Orthonyx temmincJci chandleri 
Mathews. 
Adult female. Crown of head and nape smoke-brown ; the feathers narrowly edged with 
black ; upper back and scapulars also smoke-brown irregularly marked with black 
and pale shaft-lines to the feathers ; lower back, rump and upper tail-coverts chestnut- 
brown ; base of fore-head and entire sides of the face, including the eye, slate-grey ; 
upper wing-coverts black at the base and tipped with slate-grey ; bastard-wing and 
primary-coverts uniform blackish-brown ; flight-quills black at the base becoming 
paler and inclining to bronze-brown on the terminal half, particularly on the outer 
webs, some of the primaries are grey at the extreme base ; tail blackish tinged 
with coffee-brown, the shafts glossy black ; throat and fore-neck pale chestnut, the 
feathers on the sides of the neck subterminally black which forms a short band ; 
sides of breast inclining to slate-grey ; sides of body, thighs, and under tail-coverts 
smoke-brown ; the bases of the feathers on the lower flanks dark slate colour ; 
breast and abdomen white tinged with isabelline on the latter ; axillaries and 
under wing-coverts slate-grey more or less tinged with rust colour ; under-surface of 
flight-quills greyish-brown ; lower aspect of tail similar to its upper-surface. Eyes 
dark, bill and feet black. Wing 87 mm., tail 75, tarsus 30. Figured. Collected 
on the Richmond River, northern New South Wales, in October 1910, and is a 
pair with the male. 
Immature. Crown of head and upper back, bronze-brown, the feathers edged with black, 
some of those on the back centred with white ; lower back, rump and upper tail- 
coverts rust-brown, with dark bases to the feathers ; tail blackish, the tips of the 
feathers similar to those of the adult ; wings blackish the coverts and outer margins 
of flight-quills smoke-grey or smoke-brown ; sides of neck, sides of face, throat and 
sides of body bronze-brown, the feathers fringed with black ; breast and middle 
of abdomen whitish with dark fringes to the feathers ; flanks, thighs and under 
tail-coverts dusky-black in colour and downy in texture ; under-surface of quills 
dark brown. Eyes dusky, feet and legs and bill black. Collected on the Tweed 
River, northern New South Wales, in August 1912. 
Immature male. Crown of head and nape dark bronze-brown with dark edges to the 
feathers ; sides of face similar but the feathers are smaller and pale at the tips ; 
upper back dull bronze-brown irregularly marked with black ; lower back, rump, 
and upper tail-coverts dark rust-brown ; lesser upper wing-coverts black edged 
with grey ; median and greater series also black tipped with bronze-brown ; bastard- 
wing and primary-coverts blackish-brown ; flight-quills also blackish-brown with a 
patch of dull grey at the base of the primaries and dull bronze-brown margins 
on the outer webs, which are much wider on the secondaries ; tail blackish-brown 
more or less tinged with dark bronze-brown on the middle feathers, the shafts, 
which are black, extend beyond the webs at the tips and are almost barbless ; 
cheeks dark slate colour ; chin dusky-brown ; upper throat white, lower throat 
and sides of neck bronze-brown with dark edgings to the feathers ; breast and 
upper-abdomen white ; lower- abdomen, sides of body, thighs, and under tail-coverts 
dusky-brown tinged with rust-brown ; axillaries, under wing-coverts, and quill- 
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