THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
the inner-webs ; middle tail-feathers bronze-brown, the lateral ones broadly banded 
with black ; lores and a line over the eye chestnut; sides of face similar but rather 
paler, becoming still paler on the cliin and throat; a black spot in front of the eye 
the feathers of which are bristly in texture; middle of fore-neck white streaked 
with black, and fringed with rufous-brown; breast, abdomen, and sides of body 
rich chestnut with dark bases to the feathers ; under tail-coverts cinnamon-rufous 
with blackish twin spots ; axillaries and under wing-coverts cinnamon-rufous; 
under-surface of flight-quills hair-brown with a patch of pale buff; lower aspect 
of tail similar to its upper-surface. Bill black, eyes reddish-hazel, feet and legs 
brown-purplo. Total length 155 mm. ; culmen 16, wing 86, tail 61, tarsus 26. 
Figured. Collected on the Warren River, South-west Australia, on the 18th of 
February, 1910, and is the type of C. r. obscura Carter. 
Adult male. Entire crown of head including the foi’e-head, nape, and hind-neck lead- 
grey, becoming paler and inclining to ash-grey on the mantle; back, scapulars, 
rump, and upper tail-coverts rust-brown; upper wing-coverts hair-brown with 
slightly paler margins ; outer edge of wing cinnamon-buff; primary-coverts dark 
brown ; flight-quills blackish-brown becoming somewhat paler on the apical portion 
with a broad band of bright buff, chiefly on the inner webs ; long upper tail-coverts 
and middle tail-feathers drab-brown, remainder of tail cinnamon-bulf with a broad 
subterminal band of black ; lores and superciliary-streak pale chestnut; sides of 
face, sides of neck, chin, and throat cinnamon-buff with dark hair-like tips to the 
feathers on the cliin ; fore-neck white, lined with black, and tinged with cinnamon- 
buff, which is more pronounced on the upper breast; lower breast, abdomen, 
vent, and thighs cinnamon-buff ; sides of body and flanks bright chestnut; under 
tail-coverts white tinged with buff and marked with blackish on the shafts; 
axillaries and under wing-coverts cinnamon-buff; under-surface of flight-quills 
hair-brown with a patch of buff ; lower aspect of tail blackish with pale cinnamon- 
buff tips to the feathers. Total length 170 mm.; culmen 13, wing 92, tail 66, 
tarsus 24. Figured. Collected at Beaufort, Williams District.. South-west Australia, 
on the 1st of August, 1900. 
Adult female. General colour of the upper-surface fulvous-brown including the back, 
wings, and tail; entire top of head from the fore-head to the hind-neck and sides 
of crown dusky-grey; rump more or less tinged with rufous-chestnut; upper 
tail-coverts similar to the back but somewhat paler; upper wing-coverts slightly 
greyer than the back ; flight-quills dark brown with a rufous band across the feathers, 
which becomes deeper in colour on the secondaries; tail bronze-brown on the 
central feathers, the lateral ones rufous-buff with a dark subtenninal band; lores, 
superciliary streak, chin, and throat cinnamon-buff with hair-like tips to the feathers 
on the cliin; breast, abdomen, and sides of body rufous with whitish shaft-lines 
to some of the feather's; under tail-coverts cinnamon-rufous with white tips and 
twin black dots on the shafts of the feathers; axillaries and under wing-coverts 
cinnamon-rufous ; under-surface of flight-quills greyish-brown with a patch of 
cinnamon-buff; lower aspect of tail greyish-brown. Total length 165 mm.; culmen 
14, wing 90, tail 64, tarsus 25. Figiu'ed. Collected at Beaufort, South-west 
Australia, on the 30th of July, 1900. (Plate 504.) 
Immature male. General colour of the upper-surface dark smoke-brow r n including the 
top of the head, back, and wings, with a slight tinge of grey on the top of the head 
and hind-neck; middle portion of the greater upper wing-coverts, bastard-wing, 
primary-coverts, and flight-quills, edge of wing and a band across the primary 
and secondary quills cinnamon-rufous ; rump and upper tail-coverts paler than 
the back and inclining to rufous-brown ; tail pale smoke-brown with a broad 
black subterminal band; throat and sides of face cinnamon-rufous, becoming 
darker on the ear-covei’ts; fore-neck buffy-white with dark spots or dark streaks 
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