THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Adult male. General colour of the upper-surface rust-brown including the top of the head, 
sides of the face, back, wings and tail ; bastard-wing and primary coverts blackish- 
brown with white edgings to the feathers of the former ; inner webs of flight-quills 
dark hair-brown with pale margins ; the feathers on the forehead and sides of the 
face have whitish shaft-lines which gives a speckled appearance ; chin, throat 
and cheeks greyish-white with more or less brown intermixed ; breast and abdomen 
ochreous-yellow becoming ochreous-brown on the sides of the body, thighs, and 
under tail-coverts ; axillaries, under wing-coverts and margins of quills below 
whitish-buff ; remainder of quill-lining like the lower aspect of the tail. Eyes grey- 
hazel, bill blackish, feet dark. Total length 112 mm. ; culmen 12, wing 55, tail 45, 
tarsus 22. Figured. Collected in Forsyth Island, Furneaux Group, on the 28th of 
November, 1912, and is the type of Sericornis insularis Cole. (Top figure.) 
Adult male. General colour of the upper-surface chocolate-brown including the head, 
back, wings and tail ; bastard-wing black with white margins to the feathers ; 
primary-coverts uniform black ; inner-webs of flight-quills blackish-brown ; inner 
webs of tail-feathers dark brown ; sides of face dusky brown ; lores and base of 
forehead speckled with greyish-white ; a dark brown space in front of the eye ; 
chin and throat greyish-white intermixed with dusky brown; fore-neck, breast 
and abdomen ochreous-yellow, becoming more uniform on the last ; flanks and 
under tail-coverts smoke-brown ; thighs, axillaries, and under wing-coverts greyish- 
buff ; under-surface of flight-quills dark greyish-brown ; lower aspect of tail dark 
rufous-brown. Bill hom, eyes cream, feet light brown. Total length 138 mm. ; 
culmen 12, wing 70, tail 52, tarsus 26. Figured. Collected on King Island on 
the 27th of April, 1914 and is the type of T. h. tregellasi. (Bottom figure.) 
Adult female. General colour of the upper-surface rust-brown, including the top of the 
head, sides of the face, back, wings, and tail ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts 
blackish-brown with white tips to the feathers of the former ; inner webs of flight- 
quills dark brown with buff y- white margins ; some of the tail-feathers fringed 
with white at the tips ; forehead speckled with white ; the space in front of the 
eye blackish-brown ; chin and throat greyish-white intermixed with brown ; breast 
and abdomen ochreous-yellow becoming smoke brown on the sides of the body, 
thighs and under tail-coverts ; axillaries, under wing-coverts, and inner margins 
of quills below whitish- buff ; remainder of quill- lining and lower aspect of tail 
hair brown. Bill and feet brown, eyes yellow. Total length 122 mm. ; culmen 11, 
wing 59, tail 50, tarsus 25. Figured. Collected on Flinders Island, Furneaux 
Group, and is T. h. flindersi White & Mellor. (Middle left-hand figure.) 
Adult male. Crown of head, sides of face, hind neck, sides of neck, and upper-back mouse- 
brown ; lower back, wings, and tail rust brown ; bastard- wing and primary 
coverts blackish with white tips to the feathers of the former ; inner-webs of flight- 
quills dark hair-brown ; the tail shows obsolete wren-like cross-bars ; the feathers 
in front of the eye blackish-brown, a supraloral streak which extends to above the 
eye, chin, and lower cheeks whitish ; middle of throat dusky-brown ; breast,' abdomen, 
and under tail-coverts dull lemon-yellow like the axillaries and under wing-coverts ; 
lower flanks and thighs rust-brown ; under-surface of flight-quills pale hair-brown, 
lower aspect of tail similar. Bill and feet hom. Total length 132 mm. ; culmen 
13, wing 65, tail 50, tarsus 28. Figured. Collected on the Kent Group, in 
November 1890, and is the type of T. h. gularis (Legge). (Middle right-hand 
figure. ) 
Adult male. Head, hind neck, and mantle greyish-brown becoming rufous-brown on the 
back, wings, and tail ; bastard-wing brown, the feathers fringed with white at 
the tips ; primary-coverts uniform black : primary and secondary quills brown, 
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