THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
the primary-coverts ; flight-quills hair-brown becoming blackish on the secondaries 
which are drab-grey at the tips, a band of bronze-yellow across the quills, chiefly 
on the inner webs ; upper tail-coverts and tail grey with a wide band of black on 
the subterminal portion of the latter; lores whitish with black hair-like tips to 
the feathers ; ear-coverts dusky-brown with pale shaft-lines ; an orange-chestnut 
spot on the hinder-cheeks ; chin and throat wiiite fading into greyish-buff on the 
fore-neck, sides of neck, and upper breast; lower breast, abdomen, sides of body, 
and under tail-coverts ockreous-yellow with black fringes, spots, or bars to the 
feathers ; axillaries and under wing-coverts similar but the dark pattern smaller; 
under-surface of flight-quills hair-brown with a patch of yellow; lower aspect of 
tail blackish tipped with grey. Total length 135 mm. ; wing 81, tail 60, tarsus 21. 
Figured. Collected on the Barron River, near Caims, North Queensland, on the 
29th of June, 1910. (Top left-hand figure.) 
Adult viale. Top of head and nape blackish with pale margins to the feathers, which 
impart a scalloped appearance ; back and wings bronze-brown; outer median 
and greater upper wing-coverts, bastard-wing, and primary-coverts blackish; 
flight-quills bronze-brown on the outer aspect, a band of buff across the quills 
being narrow and pale on the primaries and wider and brighter on the secondaries, 
which are inclining to black on the subapical portion ; upper tail-coverts and middle 
tail-feathers dark slate-grey, the outer feathers blackish tipped with greyish-white; 
sides of face dusky with an indication of pale shaft-streaks; lores, chin, throat, 
and cheeks whitish ; fore-neck, sides of neck, and breast smoke-brown; sides of 
body similar, with white or buffy-white streaks and spots to the feathers; abdomen 
fawn-colour spotted with dark brown; thighs dusky; under tail-coverts buffy- 
white with dark cross-bars ; axillaries, under wing-coverts, and edge of wing buffy- 
white ; under-surface of flight-quills dark brown with a patch of buff; lower aspect 
of the tail dark brown with pale tips to the feathers. Total length 140 mm.; culmen 
14, wing 80, tail 58, tarsus 21. Collected on the Barron River, North Queensland, 
on the 9th of July, 1910. 
Nearly adult female. Top of head blackish with pale margins to the feathers which gives 
a scalloped appearance ; mantle, back, rump, scapulars, and upper wing-coverts 
olive-green; bastard-wing, outer greater coverts, primary-coverts, and outer 
webs of pi'imary-quills near the base black; flight-quills liair-brown becoming 
darker and inclining to black on the subterminal portion of the secondary-quills, 
a band of buff or buffy-white across the quills, chiefly 7 on the inner webs; tips of 
secondaries clrab-grey ; upper tail-coverts slate-grey 7 with a few chestnut feathers 
intermixed ; tail also grey with a wide subterminal band of black ; lores and feathers 
in front of the eye minutely speckled with black and white and have hair-like tips; 
ear-coverts blackish with whitish shaft-lines ; hinder part of cheeks orange-chestnut; 
chin and throat white ; fore-neck ochreous-grey; breast, abdomen, and sides of 
body ochreous-yellow with black fringes to the feathers ; thighs dusky; under 
tail-coverts ochreous-y r ellow with black bars or spots ; axillaries and under wing- 
coverts pale buff ; under-surface of flight-quills hair-brown with a buff patch; 
lower aspect of tail blackish-brown tipped with grey. Ey 7 es dark brown, bill and feet 
black. This bird has a reddish feather or two on the rump. Total length 145 mm; 
culmen 13, wing 78, tail 57, tarsus 20. Figured. Collected at Kuranda, near 
Cairns, North Queensland, on the 28th of March, 1913. (Bottom figure.) 
Nearly adult female. Top of the head and nape blackish; back, scapulars, and upper wing- 
coverts bronze-brown ; inner primary-coverts black; flight-quills blackish-brown 
becoming paler at the tips and a band of buff across the feathers — paler and more 
narrowly on the primaries, brighter and more broadly on the secondaries; upper 
tail-coverts dark slate-grey ; middle tail-feathers greyish-brown, the lateral ones 
black with greyish-brown tips ; lores blackish ; ear-coverts orange-chestnut; chin, 
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