THE BIRDS OE AUSTRALIA. 
white with blackish pear-shaped centres to the feathers ; abdomen pale yellow ; 
sides of body and thighs ochreous-brown ; under tail-coverts similar with whitish 
tips ; axillaries, under wing-coverts, and inner edges of quills below buffy-white ; 
remainder of quill-lining dark hair-brown ; lower aspect of tail greyish-brown 
with a dark subterminal band and greyish-white edgings to the tips of the lateral 
feathers, shafts whitish. Total length 115 mm. ; culmen 10, wing 55, tail 47, 
tarsus 21. Figured. Collected at Tor Bay, West Australia, on the 22nd of April, 
1908. (Right-hand figure.) 
Adult female. General colour of the upper-surface olive-brown, including the top of the 
head, sides of face, entire back, wings and tail ; bastard-wing blackish fringed 
with white at the tip like some of the greater upper wing-coverts ; primary-coverts 
uniform black ; inner webs of flight-quills blackish-brown ; tail banded subterminally 
with black and tipped with greyish-white ; a loral streak of black and white feathers, 
which extend to above the eye ; throat and fore-neck yellowish-white with blackish 
centres to the feathers ; breast and abdomen pale lemon-yellow ; flanks and thighs 
smoke-brown ; under tail-coverts pale brown with whitish tips ; axillaries buffy- 
white ; under-surface of flight-quills dark brown, slightly paler on the edges ; 
lower aspect of tail similar to its upper-surface but paler. Bill horn, base paler, 
eyes greyish, feet neutral, tarsus horn. Total length 112 mm. ; culmen 10, wing 
51, tail 44, tarsus 21. Figured. Collected at Cape Howe, Western Australia, 
on the 23rd of November, 1910. (Top figure.) 
Adult female. General colour of the upper-surface dark smoke-brown, including the top 
of the head, sides of the face, back, wings, and tail ; outer median upper wing- 
coverts blackish fringed with white at the tips like the bastard-wing ; primary- 
coverts uniform blackish ; a subapical band of black on the outer tail-feathers ; 
the feathers at the base of the fore-head speckled with whitish ; chin and throat 
whitish with black pear-shaped markings to the feathers of the latter, becoming 
yellowish on the fore-neck and breast where the dark spots are more pronounced ; 
middle of the abdomen and under tail-coverts uniform lemon-yellow with dark 
bases to the latter ; axillaries and under wing-coverts cream-white ; under-surface 
of flight-quills hair-brown ; lower aspect of tail much paler than its upper-surface 
but otherwise similar. Bill purplish-horn, eyes straw-yellow, feet fleshy. Total 
length: 112 mm.; culmen 10, wing 52, tail 42, tarsus 21. Figured. Collected 
on the Warren River, South-west Australia on the 14th of February, 1910, and 
is the type of S. m. warreni. (Middle left-hand figure.) 
Immature male. General colour of the upper-surface rust-brown with a tinge of grey on 
the top of the head ; bastard-wing and greater upper wing-coverts black margined 
with white ; primary-coverts uniform blackish-brown ; flight-quills hair-brown 
on the inner-webs which are paler on the margins towards the base ; outer webs 
of primaries edged with greyish ; some of ths outer tail-feathers have a blackish 
subterminal band ; lores, cheeks, and ear-coverts similar to the back ; a supraloral 
streak and line over the eye white like the eyelids ; chin and sides of throat dull 
white ; middle of throat pale grey with dark centres to the feathers ; middle of 
breast dull white with dark shaft-lines inclining to drab grey on the sides of the 
breast ; abdomen, dull white ; sides of body, thighs, and under tail-coverts ferru- 
gineous, the last more or less white at the base ; under wing-coverts and margins 
of flight- quills below pale buff ; remainder of quill-lining dark hair-brown ; lower 
aspect of tail greyish-brown with a dark subterminal band to some of the feathers. 
Collected at Red Gum Spring, West Australia, on the 8th of October, 1902. 
Immature female. General colour of the upper-surface smoke-brown, including the top 
of the head, back, wings, and tail ; greater upper wing-coverts and bastard-wing 
black with white margins to the tips of the feathers ; primary-coverts, uniform 
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