THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Adult male. General colour above cinnamon-rufous, paler on the head and inclining to 
grey on the hind-neck ; upper wing-coverts including the bastard-wing and primary- 
coverts black tipped with white, some of the inner upper wing-coverts like the back ; 
flight-quills dark brown with pale outer margins to some of the primaries, margins 
of secondary-quills like the back ; central tail-feathers like the back becoming 
darker and inclining to black on the outer ones which are tipped with white ; lores 
black ; a supraloral streak which extends over the eye and along the sides of the 
crown buffy-white ; ear-coverts like the back ; sides of throat and cheeks white 
which extends on to the sides of the neck, where it is more or less intermixed with 
black on the upper margin ; chin, throat, and a band across the breast black with 
a steel-blue gloss, some of the feathers slightly tipped with whitish ; the feathers 
skirting the black on the lower throat and a band across the breast white like the 
middle of the abdomen and middle of the fore-neck ; sides of breast and sides 
of body pale cinnamon-rufous, some of the feathers on the lower flanks have 
blackish shaft-streaks ; under tail-coverts cream-white irregularly marked with 
black ; under wing-coverts cream-white, the greater series and under-surface of 
flight-quills greyish-brown with a huffy tinge on the margins of the latter ; lower 
aspect of tail black with white tips to the feathers. Bill black, eyes brown ; feet 
ashy-grey. Total length 220 mm. ; culmen 15, wing 91, tail 86, tarsus 31. Figured. 
Collected west of Todmorden, South Australia, in July 1914. 
Adult female. Back, outer aspect of wings, middle tail-feathers and sides of the body 
cinnamon-rufous ; top of the head, ear-coverts, and hind-neck clay-brown with 
dark centres to the feathers on the crown ; lores buff, chin and throat buffy-white ; 
upper wing-coverts and inner secondary- quills like the back, the median and greater 
series of coverts fringed with white at the tips ; bastard -wing and primary-coverts 
dark brown marked with white at the tips ; flight-quills also dark brown with buff 
margins to the outer webs of some of the feathers, the cinnamon-rufous margins 
to the secondaries increase in width towards the innermost ; outer tail-feathers 
blackish tipped with white and more or less rufous at the base ; breast pale drab- 
grey ; thighs dusky-grey ; middle of abdomen white ; under tail-coverts white, 
with rufous on the outer webs ; under wing-coverts cream-white, the greater 
series and quill-lining greyish-brown ; lower aspect of tail blackish with white tips 
to the feathers. Bill black; eyes dark; feet slate-black. Total length 195 mm.; 
culmen 15, wing 88, tail 75, tarsus 27. Figured. Collected at Macumba, South 
Australia, on the 5th of August, 1913. 
“ The immature male has the head and hind-neck brown, the lesser and median 
young wing-coverts black with pale buffy-white tips, the greater coverts cinnamon- 
rufous, the tips of the outermost series washed with cinnamon-rufous ; lores whitish 
with narrow dusky tips ; the glossy black patch on the centre of the throat is smaller 
and mottled with white ; fore-neck pale brown with only a wash of cinnamon in 
the centre ; the black band on the upper-breast is smaller and duller in colour, 
and the sides of the breast destitute of the line of black streaks in the feathers.” 
(North.) 
Nest. “ Open cup-shaped . . . formed of a few twigs and dead leaves. Placed at the 
foot of a low bush.” (Cowle.) 
Eggs. “ Clutch, two. Ground-colour greyish-white to brownish-grey over which is distri- 
buted large blotches and longitudinal streaks of umber-brown, and a few underlying 
markings of dull bluish-grey. 28 mm. by 20.” (North.) 
Breeding-season. March, April. (North.) 
Gould recorded nothing concerning the habits of this bird when he described 
it, and later only wrote : “ For onr knowledge of this new Cinclosoma we are 
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