THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Colluricinda harmonica suyerciliosa Mathews, Nov. Zoo]., Yol. XVIII., p. 370, 1912 ; id.. 
List Birds Austr., p. 237, 1913. 
Colluricinda harmonica zamba Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 2, p. 46, April 2nd, 
1912 : Kangaroo Island. 
Colluricinda harmonica halmaturina Mathews, List Birds Austr., p. 237, 1913. 
Distribution-. Eastern Australian from Cape York to South Australia : Kangaroo 
Island and Tasmania. 
Adult male. Crown of head, sides of face, nape, and sides of neck slate-grey with a tinge 
of olive-brown on the crown ; mantle, back, and scapulars olive-brown ; outer 
margins of upper wing-coverts and flight-quills slate-grey, shafts and inner webs 
blackish-brown with whitish edges on the basal portion of the latter ; rump and 
upper tail-coverts pale slate-grey ; tail similar to the back but more grey and less 
olive ; rictal-bristles black with white bases ; lores and fore-part of eyelid white, 
many of the feathers bristly in texture and have black hair-like tips ; chin and 
throat greyish-white and also blade hair-like tips to the feathers ; fore-neck, breast, 
and sides of body grey, narrowly streaked with pale brown and tinged with olive ; 
thighs grey ; abdomen and under tail-coverts whitish ; axillaries, under wing-coverts, 
and inner margins of flight-quills below greyish-white ; remainder of quill-lining 
brown with glossy reflections ; lower aspect of tail similar with white shafts to the 
feathers. Eyes brown, feet leaden-black, bill black. Total length 247 mm. ; 
culmen 21, wing 134, tail 104, tarsus 32. Figured. Collected on the Barron River, 
near Cairns, North Queensland, on the 25th of July, 1912. 
Adult female. Similar to the male, but the bill pale and the shaft-streaks on the under- 
surface more distinct. 
Adult male. Crown of head deep slate-colour with black shaft-lines which are whitish 
towards the base ; sides of face, sides of neck, and hind-neck similar but no shaft- 
lines ; mantle, back, and scapulars coffee-brown ; outer aspect of wings, including 
the wing-coverts and flight-quills slate-grey, the central portion of the coverts and 
the inner webs of the flight-quills blackish-brown ; upper tail-coverts and tail 
deep slate-grey with black shafts and obsolete cross-bars to the feathers of the latter ; 
rictal-bristles black ; lores grejdsh- white, many of the feathers having black hair- 
like tips ; throat, breast, abdomen, sides of body and thighs dusky slate-grey, 
paler and inclining to greyish-white on the vent and under tail-coverts ; axillaries 
and under wing-coverts dove-grey ; under-surface of flight-quills dark brown with 
glossy reflections ; lower aspect of tail greyish-brown with white shaft-lines. Eyes 
rich brown, feet slaty-grev ; bill black. Total length 220 mm. ; culmen 21, wing 
127, tail 103, tarsus 31. Figured. Collected on Kangaroo Island, South Australia, 
on the 12th of December, 1911. And is the type of C. h. zamba. 
Immature female. General colour of the upper-surface dark bronze-brown, including the 
top of the head, back, scapulars, and wings, with dark shaft-lines to the feathers on 
the crown of the head and a slight tinge of slate-grey ; inner-webs of flight-quills 
dark brown with buff margins ; rump, upper tail-coverts, and middle tail-feathers 
slate-grey, the outer ones pale brown, slightly edged with buffy-white on the inner 
webs ; rictal-bristles black ; supraloral streak, a line over the eye, and sides of 
face chestnut ; lores whitish with black hair-like tips to the feathers ; chin and 
throat whitish, streaked with greyish-brown, many of the feathers have black 
hair-like tips ; centre of breast similar but darker ; abdomen and under tail-coverts 
greyish white with dark shaft-lines ; sides of body grey tinged with tawny ; thighs 
also grey ; axillaries and under wing-coverts white ; inner margins of the flight- 
quills below pale buff, remainder of quill-lining hair-brown ; lower aspect of tail 
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