COLLARED BUTCHER-BIRD. 
Adult male. General colour of the upper-surface dark soot-brown including the top of 
the head, back and wings ; darker on the head, where the feathers are more or less 
abraided, and becoming paler and inclining to dark olive-brown on the lower back 
and rump ; sides of the neck white, which colour encroaches on the hind-neck, 
where it forms a slightly indicated collar ; outer edge of wing dull white intermixed 
with brown; inner greater upper wing-coverts like the back with broad white 
shaft-lines ; flight-quills margined with white on the inner webs which increases 
in extent on the secondaries, some of which are fringed with white on the outer 
webs ; some of the long upper tail-coverts tipped with greyish-white ; tail, somewhat 
abraided, dark brown with white tips to the inner webs of the lateral feathers ; 
sides of the face blackish-brown with pale shaft-streaks, and whitish tips to the 
feathers ; rictal-bristles black ; lores and chin whitish-grey with black hair-like 
tips to the feathers ; throat, breast, abdomen, and sides of the body whitish-grey 
with lead-grey bases to the feathers ; thighs dusky-brown ; under tail-coverts 
white tinged with yellow ; axillaries whitish, marked with grey ; under wing- 
coverts dull white marked with pale brown ; under-surface of flight-quills glistening- 
brown with silver-grey margins ; lower aspect of tail pale greyish-brown, whitish 
on the under-surface of the feathers. Eyes grey, feet slate, bill black. Total length 
265 mm. ; culrnen 36, wing 135, tail 108, tarsus 32. Figured. Collected at Bays- 
water, Victoria, on the 12th of November, 1910. 
Immature. General colour of the upper-surface olive-green with pale shaft-streaks to the 
feathers including the crown of the head, sides of face, back, and scapulars ; marginal 
upper wing-coverts orange-rufous ; remainder of the lesser series dark brown edged 
with olive, median and greater coverts similar with buff markings on some of the 
inner greater series ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and flight -quills hair-brown 
with pale outer edges, inner margins of quills buffy-white ; upper tail-coverts buffy- 
white ; tail similar in colour to the flight-quills with pale tips to the inner webs of 
the lateral feathers ; lores cream-white with hair-like tips to the feathers ; rictal- 
bristles black with pale bases ; chin dull white with hair-like tips to the feathers ; 
throat cream-white ; sides of neck cream-white — -with olive-brown tips to the 
feathers ; breast, abdomen, and sides of body cream-white barred with pale grey, 
more profuse!} 7 on the last ; thighs olive-brown ; under tail-coverts cream-white ; 
axillaries and under wing-coverts cream-buff ; under-surface of flight-quills pale 
greyish-brown margined with cinnamon-buff ; lower aspect of tail similar but 
paler. Collected in South Australia. 
Eggs. In the south-western form the eggs vary somewhat in their colouring and 
general disposition of the markings, as well as in size and shape. A rather typical 
clutch of four eggs has a ground-colour of a light brown well marked with spots of 
rusty-brown and pale purplish-brown, and scattered here and there are a few black 
ink-like spots. Surface of shell very smooth and glossy. The clutch measures 
30-31 mm. by 22. Another clutch of four eggs of a different variety has a gro un d - 
colour of pale greenish-grey, well spotted, chiefly about the larger end, with reddish- 
brown and purplish-brown markings. Surface of shell smooth and glossy. The 
clutch measures 32 mm. by 23. 
Eggs. In the Northern Territory form ( argenteus ) the clutch is three eggs, long oval in 
shape, ground-colour of a pale greyish-green, spotted with burnt sienna, slight!}' 
more numerous at the larger end. They measure 32-33 mm. by 20-21. 
N est was placed in the forked branch of a tree about 20 feet from the ground, and composed 
of twigs lined with fine rootlets. 
Eggs. In the typical form the eggs vary very much in the general colour and disposition of 
the markings, as well as in their shape and size. They vary from three to five “for a 
clutch, though four are most usually found. A clutch of four, of a variety frequently 
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