YELLOW-BELLIED SHRIKE-TIT. 
Falcunculus jrontalus whitei Mathews, Emu, Vol. XI., p. 105, pi. d, 1911 ; id., Nov. Zool., 
Vol. XVIII., p. 376, 1912 ; id., List Birds Austr., p. 245, 1913. 
Falcunculus jrontalus gouldi Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 376, 1912. 
Falcuncidus jrontalus herbcrtoni Mathews ; ib., Jan. 31st, 1912 : Horberton, Queensland; 
id.. List Birds Austr., p. 245, 1913. 
Falcunculus jrontalus iredalei Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 2, p. 47, April 2nd, 
1912 : Ringwood, Victoria. 
Falcunculus jrontalus lumhollzi Mathews, ib., pt. 5, p. 119, Dec. 24tli, 1912 : Minnie Downs, 
Queensland ; id., List Birds Austr., p. 245, 1913. 
Falcunculus jrontalus jlavigulus Mathews, ib. ; Belcher, Birds Geelong, p. 308, 1914. 
Falcunculus jrontalus territori Mathews, Bull. Brit. Orn Club, Vol. XXXVI., p. 91, July 7th, 
1916 : McArthur River, Northern Territory. j 
Distribution. Apparently throughout Australia except in south-west. Exact 
distribution unascertained. Not Tasmania. 
A dull male. Crown of head, upper portion of eyelid, nuchal crest, a narrow line from the 
gape below the eye which joins the ear-coverts black; forehead, lores, fore- and 
hind-part of eyelid, and sides of hinder-crown white ; cheeks also white with 
black hair-like tips to the feathers ; chin and throat black with black hair-like 
tips to the feathers ; back, scapulars, rump, and upper tail-coverts yellowish-green ; 
upper wing-coverts ash-grey tinged with yellowish-green, the greater series, bastard- 
wing, and primary-coverts blackish fringed with grey or grevish-white ; flight- 
quills hair-brown margined with greyish-white on both w T ebs ; middle tail-feathers 
grey with dark shafts, the lateral ones pale brown fringed with white on both webs 
— the brown pattern almost entirely fades to white on the outermost feather on 
each side ; breast, abdomen, sides of body, thighs, and under tail-coverts bright 
yellow like the axillaries ; marginal under wing-coverts grey, the remainder white ; 
under-surface of flight-quills greyish-brow n margined with white; lower aspect of tail 
pale greyish-brown tipped with white. Total length 183 mm.; culmen 14, wing 95, 
tail 82, tarsus 20. Figured. Collected on Minnie Downs, Central Queensland, on 
the 23rd of August, 1881, and is the type of F. j. lumhollzi. 
Male. Crown of head and a nuchal crest black, as also a narrow line below’ the eye widening 
out behind the latter and extending on to the sides of the neck ; lores and base of 
forehead white as also a broad eyebrow which is continued on to the sides of the 
nape ; cheeks and ear-coverts also white ; throat black, tinged with grey on the 
chin and green on the throat ; back, wings and scapulars olive-yellow ; bastard- 
wing and primary-coverts dark brown fringed with olive-yellow; major-coverts, 
primary and secondary quills dark brown fringed with olive-yellow and whitish on 
the outer primary-quills, inner webs of quills fringed with white towards the base; 
tail blackish-brown fringed with yellow on the outer webs, the outer pair of tail- 
feathers white on the outer webs and at the tips, inner webs pale brown fringed 
with white near the tips ; breast, abdomen, sides of body and under tail-coverts 
canary-yellow like the axillaries; under wing-coverts silky-white tinged with 
yellow'. Bill black, tomium light horn-colour ; iris umber-brown; tarsi french- 
grey. Collected at the Mission Station, Napier Broome Bay, North-west 
Australia, on the 5th of March, 1910, and is the type of Falcunculus whitei Campbell. 
Adult male. Crown of head, nape, a portion of the eye, hinder-face, and sides of neck 
black; base of fore-head, nasal plumes, lores, and sides of face white ; back, 
scapulars, rump, upper tail-coverts, upper wing-coverts, and outer aspect of flight- 
quills yellowish-green; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, centres of the median 
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