STRIATED PARDALOTE. 
Pardalotinus striatus assimilis Mathews, ib. 
Pardalotinus striatus rogersi Mathews, ib., p. 258. 
Pardalotinus striatus murchisoni Mathews, ib. 
Pardalotinus striatus westraliensis Mathews, ib. 
Pardalotinus striatus finki Mathews, Austral Avian Record, Vol. II., pt. 5, p. 101, Sept. 24th, 
1914: Running Creek, Fink River, Central Australia. 
Pardalotus subaffinis S. A. White, Emu, Vol. XII., p. 263, 1913 (Kangaroo Island). 
Pardalotus striatus finkei S. A. White, ib., Vol. XIV., p. 190, 1915 (Central Australia). 
Distribution. Apparently all Extra-tropical Australia and Tasmania, reaching into 
the tropics at Mungi in the west and Port Denison in the east. 
Adult male. Fore-part of head uniform black; hinder-crown and nape also black with 
white elongated centres to the feathers ; sides of hinder-face similar but paler and 
the small white streaks more minute, a broad streak above the eye white; lores 
and feathers in front of the eye bright yellow*; sides of neck, hind-neck, back, 
and scapulars ash-grey with a yellowish tinge on the last; rump and upper tail- 
coverts dull faw r n colour : tail-feathers black irregularly margined with grey or 
white; lesser and median upper wing-coverts blackish, slightly tipped with buffy- 
white, the greater series and primary-coverts uniform black, the latter tipped with 
red; bastard-wing also black narrowiy edged with white; flight-quills blackish- 
brow r n margined with white, more broadly towards the base of the primaries and 
inner secondaries and very slightly at the tips of the primaries, some of the outer 
secondaries margined with smoke-colour towards the base; cheoks, breast, and 
abdomen silky-wiiite ; throat and sides of abdomen lemon-yellow r ; sides of body, 
thighs, vent, and under tail-coverts huffy-white; axillaries and under wing-coverts 
white; under-surface of flight-quills greyish-brown with pale margins; lower 
aspect of tail blackish tipped with white. Eyes pale brown, bill very dark horn, 
feet and legs pale horn (flesh). Total length 98 mm. ; culmen 7, wing 62, tail 31, 
tarsus 18. Figured. Collected at Nully Pool, East Murchison, Mid-west Australia, 
on the 18th of September, 1909, and is the type of P. s. murchisoni. (Left-hand 
bottom figure.) 
Adult female. Similar to the male. 
Adult female. Fore-part of head black, hinder-crown and nape also black with white 
shaft-streaks ; ear-coverts similar but much paler; base of fore-head and loral 
streak yellow; feathers in front of the eye dusky ; cheeks and sides of hinder- 
crown whitish ; sides of neck pale faw r n-colour ; mantle, back, and scapulars olive 
inclining to ockreous on the fringes of the last like the lower-back, rump, and upper 
tail-coverts; lesser and median upper wing-coverts bronze-brown with pale tips 
to some of the feathers ; greater upper wing-coverts and bastard-wing black; 
‘ primary-coverts also black tipped with red ; flight-quills black on the outer aspect, 
fringed with white on some of the feathers and chestnut-brown on some of the 
others, inner-webs paler and margined with whitish ; tail pale brown at the base 
becoming black on the apical portion which is tipped with white ; throat and fore¬ 
neck yellow which gradually fades away on the breast and abdomen; sides of body, 
thighs, vent, and under tail-coverts pale fawn-colour ; axillaries and under wing- 
coverts white; under-surface of flight-quills pale brown with whitish margins; 
lower aspect of tail similar to its upper-surface but paler. Total length 95 mm. ; 
culmen 6, wing 65, tail 32, tarsus 19. Figured. Collected at Gracemere, Queensland, 
on the 17th of May, 1881, and is P. queenslandicus (subsp. n.). (Right-hand 
* bottom figure.) 
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