THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
eyes dark umber. Total length 120 mm. ; culmen 15, wing 70, tail 45, tarsus 18. 
Figured. Collected at Napier Broome Bay, North-west Australia, on the 28th 
of December, 1909. 
Adult female. Crown of head, fore-head, lores and nape black ; a white collar on the hind- 
neck ; back and scapular's cinnamon with dark centres to the feathers; rump 
inclining to grey with dark shaft-lines ; upper tail-coverts white; wings black, 
becoming dark brown on the apical portion of the outer primary-quills and fringed 
with white at the tips of the secondaries ; tail black margined with wliite at the 
tips of the middle feathers ; chin, throat and sides of neck white ; a band of black 
across the upper breast; lower breast, abdomen, sides of body, vent, under tail- 
coverts, axillaries and under wing-coverts white ; outer edge of wing below black; 
under-surface of flight-quills and lower aspect of tail blackish-brown; eyes brown; 
feet slate; bill black. Total length 105 mm. ; culmen 12, wing 63, tail 41, 
tarsus 16. Figured. Collected at Cape York, North Queensland, on the 23rd 
of July, 1898. 
Adult male. Top of head including the fore-head, lores, sides of crown to the level of the 
eye, and hind-neck black; mantle, back, and scapulars cinnamon with black 
subapical streaks to the feathers; rump inclining to grey sparsely marked with 
dark streaks ; upper tail-coverts white ; upper-surface of wing black inclining to 
smoke-brown towards the tips of some of the flight-quills, some of the innermost 
secondaries margined with white; tail black, narrowly fringed with white on the 
middle feathers ; chin, throat, fore-neck, sides of neck, and sides of face white 
with hair-like tips to the feathers on the chin ; a band of black across the breast; 
abdomen, sides of body, thighs, and under tail-coverts white, inclining to grey 
on the flanks ; axillaries and under wing-coverts white; under-surface of flight- 
quills and lower aspect of tail blackish. Total length 107 mm. ; culmen 13, wing 
63, tail 40, tarsus 16. Collected at Cape York, and is the type of M. p. incerta. 
Immature male. Crown of head and nape rust-brown, many of the feathers tipped with 
black; lores and ej^e-ring blackish ; mantle, back, and scapulars chestnut with 
minute shaft-lines ; rump grey slightly tinged with chestnut and the dark shaft- 
lines almost obsolete ; upper tail-coverts greyish-white; the wings, which are in 
moult are black, but those feathers that have not yet moulted are rust-brown; 
middle tail-feathers black narrowly edged with white, the lateral ones hair-brown; 
throat, sides of face, and sides of neck cream-wliite; a blackish band across the 
breast; breast, abdomen, and under tail-coverts cream-white; sides of body and 
under wing-coverts huffy-white ; under-surface of flight-quills dark hair-brown; 
lower aspect of tail similar but rather darker. Collected at Derby, North¬ 
west Australia, on the 18th of October, 1886. 
Immature male. Top of head, fore-head, and nape dark cinnamon-brown; lores and a 
line behind the eye black; back and scapulars chestnut, intermixed with grey on 
the rump ; upper tail-coverts greyish-white; upper wing-coverts dark brown 
fringed with chestnut; flight-quills blackish-brown margined with chestnut on 
the outer webs ; tail blackish with pale edges to the feathers and dark obsolete 
cross-bars ; sides of face lemon-yellow with a dark spot on the lower portion of 
the ear-coverts ; chin, throat, and sides of neck whitish ; a rust-brown band across 
the breast; abdomen, sides of body, and under tail-coverts glossy cream-white; 
axillaries and under wing-coverts wliite ; under-surface of flight-quills dark brown; 
lower aspect of tail blackish. Collected at Derby, North-west Australia, on the 
24th of May, 1900. 
Immature male. Top of head, sides of crown, nape, and hind-neck uniform rust-brown; 
mantle, back, scapulars, and rump pale chestnut with grey bases to the feathers; 
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