THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Calamanthus fuliginosus diemenensis Mathews, Nov. Zool., Yol. XVIII., p. 336, 1912 • 
id., List Birds Austr., p. 203, 1913. 
Calamanthus fuliginosus albiloris Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 336, 1912 ; id,, 
List Birds Austr., p. 203, 1913 ; Belcher, Birds Geelong, p. 255, 1914. 
Calamanthus fuliginosus montanellus Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 337, 1912 : 
id., List Birds Austr., p. 203, 1913. 
Calamanthus fuliginosus carteri Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 337, Jan. 31, 1912 ; 
Broome Hill, West Australia ; id.. List Birds Austr., p. 203, 1913; Carter, Ibis, 
1921, p. 55. 
Distribution. Tasmania; Victoria; (?) New South Wales ; (?) South Australia ; South- 
west Australia. 
Adult male. General colour of the upper-surface greyish-olive with blackish elongated centres 
to the feathers including the top of the head, entire back and scapulars ; wings hair- 
brown with slightly paler edges to the feathers including the flight-quills ; middle 
tail-feathers bronze-brown with an indication to indistinct cross-bars, outer feathers 
bronze-brown with a black subterminal band, and whitish or greyish-white tips 
to the feathers ; an indistinct line of white from the lores to above the eye and along 
the sides of the crown ; fore part of head tinged with rufous ; sides of face bronze- 
brown ; throat and fore-neck white with blackish shaft-stripes ; breast, abdomen 
and sides of body yellowish-white with blackish shaft-streaks to some of the feathers, 
inclining to rust-colour on the thighs and under tail-coverts ; under wing-coverts 
pale buff like the inner edges of the quills below ; remainder of quill-lining hair- 
brown ; lower aspect of tail similar to its upper-surface. Bill very dark horn, feet 
brownish horn, eyes buff. Total length 137 mm. ; culmen 12, wing 56, tail 52, 
tarsus 24. Figured. Collected in the Stirling Ranges, West Australia, and is 
Calamanthus montanellus Milligan. 
Adult male. General colour of the upper-surface yellowish-olive with longitudinal black 
centres to the feathers, including the top of the head, entire back, upper tail-coverts, 
and upper wing-coverts ; flight-quills blackish-brown margined on the outer webs 
with olive ; tail olive with a black subterminal band and grey or whitish tips to the 
outer-feathers, the middle feathers have only a widened black shaft-line ; lores, a 
line above the eye, and eyelids white ; sides of face pale tawny with a few dark 
spots intermixed ; chin and throat white streaked with blackish ; remainder of 
the under-surface pale tawny with blackish shaft-lines, including the breast and 
sides of the body, becoming paler and uniform on the middle of the abdomen ; 
axillaries and under wing-coverts buff ; under-surface of flight-quills dark brown ; 
lower aspect of tail similar to its upper-surface but paler. Total length 137 mm. ; 
culmen 12, wing 59, tail 52, tarsus 23. Figured. Collected at Frankston, Victoria, 
on the 23rd of April, 1908, and is C. albiloris North. 
Adult female. Very similar to the male, but the white eye-stripe and throat not so 
marked. 
Immature and Young. Very similar to the female. 
Nest. Dome-shaped, with side entrance. Composed outwardly of moss, leaves, etc., then 
dried grasses and lined with feathers. Measurements outside 5 inches long by 4 
wide, and placed on or near the ground. 
Eggs. Clutch, three. Ground-colour differing shades of brown, clouded with marking of a 
darker shade and sometimes with a zone at the larger end. 19-20 mm. by 17-18. 
Breeding- season. July or August to December. 
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