THE BIRDS OP AUSTRALIA. 
Adult female. General colour of the upper-surface smoke-brown with white shaft-lines 
to the feathers on the head, upper-back, scapulars, upper wing-coverts and upper 
tail-coverts ; somewhat darker on the head and hind-neck ; inner webs of flight- 
quills dark brown with buff margins ; tail-feathers similar with dark obsolete 
cross-bars ; sides of face and sides of neck like the crown of the head ; rictal bristles 
well developed and directed laterally ; throat, breast, and sides of breast similarly 
marked to that of the upper-surface but much paler, becoming darker and uniform 
in colour on the abdomen, lower flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts ; axillaries, 
under wing-coverts, and inner margins of quills below cinnamon-buff, remainder 
of quill-lining hair-brown ; lower aspect of tail hair-brown with pale shafts and 
pale margins to the feathers, some of the feathers are slightly tinged with rufous. 
Eyes red-hazel, feet and tarsus purplish-flesh, soles yellowish, bill dark horn. Total 
length 200 mm. ; culmen 11, wing 75, tail 105, tarsus 28. Figured. Collected 
near Broome Bill, South-west Australia, on the 21st of June, 1908, and is the 
type of Amytis varia Carter. (Plate 467, middle figure.) 
Adult male. General colour of the upper-surface rust-brown, with white shaft-lines to 
the feathers, darker on the fore-part of the head and paler on the lower back, rump, 
and wings, where the white shaft-lines are almost absent ; marginal lesser upper 
wing-coverts tinged with rufous ; inner-webs of flight-quills blackish-brown with 
more rufous at the base ; tail also blackish-brown with fulvous margins to the 
feathers ; the feathers on the sides of the face rust-brown with white shaft-streaks, 
and blackish bases to the feathers ; rictal bristles black with white bases ; lores 
cinnamon-rufous at the base ; chin, and upper throat grey with white centres to 
the feathers becoming pale ferrugineous on the fore-neck and breast, where the 
feathers are lined with white ; abdomen, sides of body, thighs, and under tail- 
coverts similar but rather darker and the white streaks almost absent ; axillaries, 
under wing-coverts and inner margins of flight-quills below pale rufous, remainder 
of quill-lining dark brown ; lower aspect of tail paler than its upper-surface and 
the shafts of the feathers whitish. Upper mandible and tip of lower brown, base 
of lower whitish-grey. Eyes brown, feet and legs brown, Total length 190 mm. ; 
culmen 12, wing 68, tail 89, tarsus 27. Figured. Collected at Yalgoo, West 
Australia, on the 13th of January, 1908. (Plate 468, lower left hand figure.) 
Adult female. General colour of the upper-surface dark ochreous-brown with white shaft- 
lines to the feathers, which are bordered with black on the top of the head, hind- 
neck and mantle ; lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts more uniform and 
the white shaft-lines less conspicuous ; lesser upper wing-coverts inclining to pale 
rufous with pale shaft-lines to the feathers, remainder of wing similar to the back but 
the shaft-lines less conspicuous, inner webs of flight-quills dark brown margined with 
pale rufous ; tail dark brown with slightly paler edges to the feathers and wavy 
obsolete cross-bars ; sides of face streaked with white and smoke-brown and blackish 
bases to the feathers ; rictal bristles black with white bases ; lores cinnamon at the 
base ; chin also cinnamon with black hair-like tip to the feathers ; throat, fore- 
neck and upper breast ferrugineous-brown with white shaft-lines, like the sides 
of the neck ; middle of lower breast and middle of abdomen pale buff, with dark 
bases to the feathers ; sides of body bright chestnut ; lower flanks uniform rust- 
brown like the thighs and under tail-coverts ; axillaries, under wing-coverts, and 
inner margins of flight-quills below cinnamon-rufous ; remainder of quill-lining 
pale hair-brown ; lower aspect of tail similar to its upper-surface. Bill dark horn, 
eyes dark brown, feet and legs black. Total length 190 mm. ; culmen 10, wing 67, 
tail 96, tarsus 26. Figured. Collected at Bay Bawn, West Australia, on the 
18th of April, 1903. (Plate 468, lower right hand figure.) 
Immature. Resemble the adults in general. 
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