THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
irregular narrow band of black across the upper-breast . lower-breast and abdomen 
white ; sides of body cinnamon-buff with black pear-shaped centres to the feathers ; 
under tail-coverts black with isabelline margins ; axillaries and under wing-coverts 
white more or less speckled with black, the greater series of the latter and quills 
below greyish-brown ; lower aspect of tail blackish, or greyish-brown with broad 
white tips to the feathers. Eyes brown, bill black, feet light brown. Total length 
273 mm. ; culmen 16, wing 121, tail 118, tarsus 35. Figured. Collected on the 
Blue Mountains, New South Wales, in May 1915. 
Adult female. Crown of head, hind-neck, sides of neck, and ear-coverts bronze-brown 
with a tinge of hoary-grey on the sides of the neck ; back, scapulars, rump and short 
upper tail-coverts bronze-brown with blackish pear-shaped centres to the feathers ; 
lesser upper wing-coverts black fringed with grey and minutely tinged with white, 
on some of the inner ones the grey edgings are replaced by bronze-brown like those 
of the median and greater series ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts blackish edged 
with white on the outer webs at the tips ; flight-quills dark brown fringed 
with grey or white on the outer webs of the primaries and with bronze-brown or 
rufous on the secondaries and some of the inner greater coverts ; long upper tail- 
coverts and central tail-feathers bronze-brown ; the outer feathers bronze-brown 
at the base followed by black and tipped with white except the two outer feathers 
on each side which are black tipped with white ; an indicated supraloral streak 
which expands into a white line over the eye and continues along to the sides 
of the nape ; chin and middle of throat whitish-grey ; a few feathers behind the 
ear-coverts marked with whitish ; sides of lower throat cinnamon-rufous ; fore-neck 
and sides of lower neck pale slate-grey ; breast and middle of abdomen buffy 
white ; thighs dusky-grey ; sides of body including the lower flanks, vent and 
under tail-coverts buff with black centres to the feathers ; marginal under wing- 
coverts white, a few margined with black, the remainder dark grey, the inner ones 
blackish at the tips ; under-surface of quills pale grey ; lower aspect of tail grey in 
the middle, black at the sides, and white at the tip. Eyes bluish-purple, bill black, 
feet silvery-flesh. Total length 250 mm. ; culmen 16, wing 106, tail 109, tarsus 35. 
Figured. Collected at Ringwood, Victoria, on the 25th of April, 1910. 
Immature female. General colour of the upper-parts ochreous-brown with blackish centres 
and dark edges to the feathers, which imparts a more or less scalloped appearance ; 
crown of head and nape paler than the upper back ; a supraloral streak whitish, 
which widens out above the eye and extend along the sides of the crown ; sides of 
the face and ear-coverts similar to the top of the head with pale shaft-lines to the 
feathers ; hind-neck and sides of the neck ash-grey ; lesser upper wing-coverts 
centred with white, the median series tipped with white ; greater coverts blackish 
on the inner portion of the feathers and tipped with white, chiefly on the outer web ; 
bastard-wing black edged with white on the apical portion ; primary-coverts 
blackish edged with white at the tip of the outer web ; flight-quills also blackish 
with white or greyish-white edges to the outer webs of the primaries and hazel- 
brown margins to the secondaries becoming richer in colour on the innermost ; 
long upper tail-coverts and middle tail-feathers greyish-brown becoming black 
subterminaliy on the lateral feathers, which are tipped with white, both the black 
and white patterns increasing in extent on the outermost feathers ; lores black ; 
throat, breast, abdomen and thighs, cream-white with narrow blackish edges to 
the feathers ; under tail-coverts buff with black shaft-lines to the outer feathers ; 
axillaries and under wing-coverts cream-white with dark edges to the smaller 
marginal coverts ; under-surface of flight- quills grey ; lower aspect of tail grey 
and black with white tips to the feathers. Eyes purple, feet and legs brownish- 
grey, bill brown. Collected near Cobbora, New South Wales, on the 28th of 
September, 1914. 
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