BLACK-HEADED PARDALOTE. 
Pardalotus melanocephalus mdanocephdlus Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 390, 
1912 ; id., List Birds Austr., p. 256, 1913. 
Pardalotus melanocephalus uropygialis Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 390, 1912 ; 
id., List Birds Austr., p. 256, 1913. 
Pardalotus mdanocephdlus inexpectatus Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 390, Jan. 
31st, 1912 : Parry’s Creek, North-west Australia ; id., Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., 
p. 61, 1912 ; id., List Birds Austr., p. 257, 1913. 
Pardalotus mdanocephdlus mdvillensis Mathews, Austral Avian Record, Vol. I., pt. 2, 
p. 48, April 2nd, 1912 : Melville Island, Northern Territory ; id., List Birds Austr., 
p. 256, 1913. 
Pardalotus melanocephalus barroni Mathews, Austral Avian Record, Vol. I., pt. 4, p. 96, 
Sept. 18th, 1912 : Cairns, Queensland; id., List Birds Austr., p. 256, 1913. 
Pardalotus melanocephalus tormenti Mathews, Austral Avian Record, Vol. I., pt. 4, p. 96, 
Sept. 18th, 1912 : Point Torment, North-west Australia; id.. List Birds Austr., 
p. 257, 1913. 
Pardalotus mdanocephalus sedani Mathews, Austral Avian Record, Vol.' II., pt. 4, p. 77, 
Dec. 29th, 1913 : Cloncury River, Mid-Queensland. 
Pardalotus rubricatus uropygialis (error only) Campbell, Emu, Vol. XXI., p. 194, 1922 
(N.T.). 
Pardalotinus melanocephalus pilbarra Mathews, Austral Av. Record, Vol. V., pts. 2-3, p. 36, 
Feb. 21st, 1923 : Pilbarra Goldfields, Mid-west Australia. 
Distribution. Across Northern Australia from Coongan River in the lower North-west 
through Northern Territory to Cairns and Moreton Bay; Queensland. 
Adult male. Top of head, nape, a narrow line from the lores to the eye, and ear-coverts 
black ; supraloral streak rich orange ; a superciliary streak which extends along 
the sides of the crown white ; mantle and back olive-grey; scapulars ochreous; 
rump and upper tail-coverts orange-yellow; upper wing-coverts glossy-black; 
outer edge of wing white including the bastard-wing; tips of primary-coverts 
deep red; flight-quills black, becoming paler towards the tips, fringed with white 
both on the outer and inner webs of most of the feathers ; tail black, broadly tipped 
with white ; chin, throat, and middle of breast yellow ; cheeks and sides of throat 
cream-white becoming buff on the sides of the breast; abdomen white; sides of 
body ochreous-yellow becoming buff on the flanks and under tail-coverts ; axillaries 
and under -wing-coverts pale buff ; under-surface of flight-quills hair-brown with 
white margins ; low T er aspect of tail similar to its upper-surface but paler. Eyes 
olive, bill black, legs pale brown. Total length 97 mm. ; culmen 7, wing 58, tail 28, 
tarsus 20. Figured. Collected at Cape York, North Queensland, on the 16th of 
April, 1911. 
Adult female from the same locality similar to the male. 
Adult female. Fore-head, crown of head, nape, loral-streak, and ear-coverts black ; supra¬ 
loral streak orange ; cheeks and superciliary streak, which extends along the sides 
of the crown, white ; hind-neck, sides of neck, and back olive-grey; scapulars, 
rump, and upper tail-coverts dark ochreous, becoming somewhat paler on the 
long feathers of the latter ; upper wing-coverts black ; outer edge of wing and margin 
of bastard-wing white ; tips of primary-coverts deep red ; flight-quills black margined 
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