THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Colluricincla brunnea roebucJci. 
“ Differs from C. b. parryi in its general earth-brown coloration and 
smaller size (wing 118 mm.). Roebuck Bay, North-west Australia” 
and 
Colluricincla brunnea caloola. 
“ Differs from C. b. brunnea in being much paler above ; paler than C. 
b. parryi . Wing 129 mm. Coloola, Leichhardt River.” 
Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland. 
These I admitted in my “ List ” in 1913, and then Zietz added 
Colluricincla brunnea melvillensis. 
“ Upper and lower surface darker and bill thinner than in specimens 
from N.W. Australia. Wing 125 mm. Melville Island.” 
Recently writing upon birds from the King River, Northern Territory, 
Campbell has recorded : “ Colluricincla brunnea. Two ? $, 1 <J, showing 
reddish-brown colour, a tone of wood-brown or drab above. North-western 
birds ( parryi Mathews) which are like those from the Macarthur River (Gulf 
country), are paler and are not so dark about the throat and chest, but have 
the same wing (130 mm.).” 
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