THE BIRDS OE AUSTRALIA. 
crown winch extends across the nape ; mantle, hack, rump, and upper tail-coverts 
dull olive-green becoming brighter on the last; upper wing-coverts and outer 
margins of innermost secondaries pale brown ; outer webs of flight-quills edged with 
greyieb-white, the inner ones blackish-brown with pale margins; tail hair-brown 
somewhat paler on the outer feathers ; under-surface, including the throat, breast, 
abdomen, and sides of body dusky ash-grey becoming darker on the thighs and 
under tail-coverts; axillaries and under wing-coverts buff; flight-quills below 
dark brown with pale buff margins ; lower aspect of tail similar tc- its upper-surface 
but paler. Eyes straw, feet and legs flesh, bill horn. Total length 147 nun.; 
culmen 12, wing 73, tail 58, tarsus 18. Collected at Mt. Morrison, King Island! 
Bass Straits, on the 27th of December, 1897, and is the type of M. a. insuhris. 
Advlt female. Top of the head, including the fore-head and nape dark brown with olive- 
grey fringes to the feathers ; hind-neck, back, and scapulars olive-green, becoming 
veliowish-green on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; upper wing-coverts dark brown 
margined with grey ; bastard-wing uniform dark brown; flight-quills also dark 
brown edged with grey on the outer-webs and margined with white on the inner 
ones : tail likewise dark brown fringed with yellowish-green on some of the feathers 
and with grey on othere ; lores and hind-face uniform dark brown; cheeks and a 
line behind the eye dull white ; chin and middle of throat dusky with hair-like 
tips to the feathers ; fore-neck, breast, and sides of neck drab-grey; abdomen, 
sides of body, thighs, and under tail-coverts fawn-grey; axillaries and under 
w r ing-coverts pale buff ; under-surface of flight-quills dark brown margined with 
white; lower aspect of tail greyish-brown with w'hitish margins to some of the 
feathers. Eyes dark brown, feet yellowish-brown, bill brownish, throat orange. 
Total length 140 mm. ; culmen 10, wing 70, tail 56, tarsus 19. Collected at 
Coonalpyn, 90 Mile desert, South Australia, on the 17th of May, 1911, and is the 
type of il/. a. jxilliceps. 
Adult male. Crown of head, fore-head, and nape dark brown with dark olive margins 
to the feathers ; a white line behind the eye which fades to buff on the sides of 
the nape and extends in a slightly indicated collar across the hind-neck where it 
becomes an obsolete green; lores and hinder-face uniform dark brown, the latter 
extending in a slightly narrow' band across the hind-neck ; mantle, back, and 
scapulars dull olive-green; rump and upper tail-coverts similar but somewhat 
brighter ; upper wing-coverts dark brown with pale narrow edgings to the feathers, 
becoming darker and more unifonn on the bastard-wing; flight-quills dark brown 
narrowly edged with grey on the outer-webs and more broadly with white on the 
inner ones ; tail-feathers also dark brown fringed with green on the outer-webs 
and with wdiite on some of the inner ones ; cheeks wliitish ; chin dusky with hair¬ 
like tips to the feathers ; throat, fore-neck, sides of neck, breast, and sides of 
breast drab-grey ; abdomen, lower flanks, thighs, and under tail-co\ erts fawn-colour; 
axillaries and under wing-coverts pale buff ; under-surface of flight-quills pale 
browrn margined with white ; lower aspect of tail greyish-brown with whitish 
margins to some of the feathers. Total length 140 mm.; culmen 11, wing 72, 
tail 55, tarsus 18. Collected at Granville, New South Wales, in May, 1892. 
Immature. Top of head, including the foro-hmd, nape, and lund-neck rust-brown; 
mantle, back, rump, upper tail-coverts, and scapulars similar, moro or less tinged 
with green; upper wing-coverts for the greater part rust-brown; bastard-wing 
blackish ; primary-coverts and outer aspect of flight-quills dark yellowish-green, 
inner-webs of quills blackish fringed with white; tail-feathers also yellowish- 
green with dark brown on the inner-webs ; sides of face dark brown inclining to 
black on the lores, feathers round the eye, and moustachial streak; throat, bre;ist, 
abdomen, sides of body, and under tail-coverts very pale sulphur-yellow; axillaries 
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