STRIATED TREERUNNER, 
This rare bird was described by Gould from the Cape York Peninsula, 
and forty years after Collingwood, Ingram introduced 
Neositta magiiirostris. 
“ Differs from N. striata in its generally larger size, and especially in its 
longer and more massive bill, the average length of the culmen being 0’63 in., 
as compared to 0'53 in. The bill is also considerably darker, being brownish- 
black for at least three-fourths of its length, and cream-coloured only at the 
extreme base like that of N. pileata. In N. striata the blackish marks are 
confined to the anterior third or half of the bill, chiefly on the upper and lower 
edges, the remaining area being lemon-yellow. The back is noticeably greyer 
than in the last mentioned bird, while the under-parts are not so distinctly, 
or so heavily striated, especially towards the centre of the breast and abdomen, 
which are also of a purer white. The black head of the female and crown 
of the male lack the brownish tinge noticed in N. striata. Average 
measurements : culmen, 065 in., wing 3*3, tail 1'5, tarsus 0’7. 
Inkerman district, Queensland. 
When I prepared my “ Reference List ” I reduced this to subspecific 
rank and added another subspecies thus : 
Neositta striata striata (Gould). 
North Queensland (Cape York). 
Neositta striata rothschildi Mathews. 
“ Differs from N. s. striata in being larger—wing 82 mm., typical birds 
75 mm.—and from N. s. magnirostris in being paler. Cairns, Queensland. 
North Queensland (Cairns). 
Neositta striata inagnirostris Ingram 
Queensland (Inkerman). 
With reference to the genus Neosittella this subdivision was maintained 
unchanged in my 1913 “ List.” 
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