THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Adult male . General colour of the upper-surface earth-brown, including the head, hind- 
neck, sides of neck, back, wings, and tail; the margins of the feathers on the top 
of the head tinged with grey, as are also the sides of the face and fore-neck; 
flight-quills and tail-feathers dark brown in contrast to the back, rump, and upper 
tail-coverts ; outer margins of flight-quills yellow as are also the tail-feathers but 
much more narrowly ; chin and throat chestnut; middle of breast, middle of 
abdomen, under tail-coverts, under wing-coverts, and margins of flight-quills 
below whitish ; sides of body and thighs pale fawn-colour ; remainder of quill¬ 
lining hair-brown ; lower aspect of tail greyish-brown. Bill black, feet bright 
blue-grey, eyes brown. Total length 150 mm. ; culmen 11, wing 74, tail 49, tarsus 
18. Figured. Collected at Inkerman, Burdekin River, Mid Queensland, on the 
19tli of October, 1907, and is the type of G. r. queenslandica. 
Adult female . Similar to the adult male. 
Immature female. General colour of the upper-surface earth-brown, somewhat darker 
on the top of the head, inner webs of flight-quills and tail-feathers ; outer margins 
of flight-quills yellow ; under-surface pale grey, including the throat, sides of 
face, breast, abdomen, under tail-coverts, axillaries, under wing-coverts, and 
inner margins of flight-quills below, remainder of quill-lining similar to the upper- 
surface ; lower aspect of tail similar to its upper-surface. Bill brown, base of 
lower mandible grey, feet and tarsi leaden-blue, eyes grey. Total length 113 mm.; 
culmen 9, wing 67, tail 40, tarsus 17. Figured. Collected at Derby, North-west 
Australia, on the 8th of January, 1886. 
Immature male . General colour of the upper-surface pale earth-brown, including the 
top of the head, sides of the face, nape, hind-neck, sides of the neck, back, upper 
tail-coverts, scapulars and upper wing-coverts ; flight-quills hair-brown margined 
with yellow on the outer webs and with whitish on the inner ones ; tail-feathers 
similar but the yellow on the outer webs less conspicuous ; chin and throat pale 
* grey intermixed with pale chestnut; sides of breast, middle of abdomen and 
under tail-coverts bufiy-white like the axillaries and under wing-coverts ; sides 
of body inclining to fawn colour ; under-surface of flight-quills hair-brown with 
pale margins; lower aspect of tail similar. Collected at Derby, North-west 
Australia, on the 24th of November, 1901. 
Juvenile . General colour of the upper-surface fawn-brown, including the top of the head, 
sides of face, hind-neck, sides of neck, entire back, upper tail-coverts, and upper 
wing-coverts; flight-quills blackish-brown fringed on the outer webs with 
yellow ; tail dark brown; entire under-surface white or bufly-white including 
the throat, breast, abdomen, under tail-coverts, thighs, and under wing-coverts; 
under-surface of flight-quills dark brown; lower aspect of tail similar. Collected 
at Derby, North-west Australia, in 1900. 
The following nests are from Parry's Creek :— 
11th of December, 1910. Three eggs in clutch. Tree white gum. Height from 
ground six feet. Nest was hung from a pendant branch and was built of very fine 
strips of paper-bark, pieces of cocoons, sheep’s wool and cobwebs, which are woven 
into a soft outer nest. The bottom half is lined with veiy fine stiff steins of 
grasses and some rootlets which stiffens the nest. This nest is same diameter 
throughout its length. Dimensions: outside 2J by 2A by BA inches deep; 
inside 1J by 1| by 4 inches deep. 
10th of December, 1910. Three eggs in full clutch. Tree paper-bark. Height 
from ground six feet. Nest was suspended from a pendant branch and is built of 
fine strips of paper-bark, pieces of cocoons and cobwebs, the whole being woven 
together and around the branches from which the nest was hung. Is lined for 
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