BLACK-BANDED WHITEFACE. 
the black band. Very few eggs were hatched out before the rain. Did 
these birds know that the drought was to break or was it a good guess ? 
“ These birds do not resent one touching the nest, or eggs or young, 
which is rather strange, as it is necessary to almost destroy the long narrow 
entrance in order to inspect the contents of the nest.” 
McGilp later added that young birds from the nest show tho adult 
plumage and also have down-like feathers on the head, thus confirming Captain 
White’s observations that tins is a distinct species from Gould’s pectoralis 
with which from study of a series I had associated it. 
The two forms admitted in my 1912 “ Reference List ” are still valid: 
Aphelocephala nigricincla nigricincta (North). 
Central South Australia. 
Aphelocephala nigricincta tanami Mathews. 
“ Differs from A. n. nigricincta in its deeper coloration above, especially 
on the head and the flank markings, while paler below. Tanami.” 
Interior of Western Northern Territory. 
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