THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
moustacial streak and superciliary line white; fore-neck dusky brown; breast 
cream-white with brown shaft-lines ; sides of the body similar, becoming uniform 
white on the abdomen ; under tail-coverts pale fawn-colour ; under wing-coverts 
and inner margins of fliglit-quills below buff, remainder of quill-lining hair-brown; 
lower aspect of tail dark brown. Collected at Carnarmah, West Australia, in 
October, 1906. 
Nearly adult . General colour of the upper-surface dark brown with pale margins to the 
feathers, including the top of the head, back, and upper wing-coverts ; flight- 
quills dark brown margined with citron-yellow on the outer webs and buff on the 
inner ones ; tail-feathers also dark brown slightly fringed with yellowish-green on the 
outer webs and whitish on the inner ones ; base of fore-head and lores dusky grey ; 
moustacial streak and ear-coverts white ; chin, throat, and feathers behind the 
eye dusky grey ; fore-neck dusky brown ; breast, abdomen, and sides of body white 
with dark bases to the feathers ; under tail-coverts white ; thighs and upper 
tail-coverts rust-brown; under wing-coverts and margins of flight-quills below 
buff, remainder of quill-lining hair-brown; lower aspect of tail similar but rather 
paler. Eyes dark; feet and bill black. Collected at Schultz Landing, South 
Australia, on the 1st of January, 1912. 
Nearly adult male. Top of head dusky brown, paler on the fore-head, intermixed with 
black on the crown and pale edgings to the feathers on the nape and sides of the 
crown ; ear-coverts silvery-grey ; sides of neck white ; mantle, back, and scapulars 
blackish with drab-grey margins to the feathers, becoming paler and inclining 
to rust-brown on the lower back and rump ; upper tail-coverts rust-colour; 
upper wing-coverts dark brown with pale edges to the feathers, becoming uniform 
on the bastard-wing and the two outer primaries; flight-quills dark brown, 
margined with citron-yellow on the outer w'ebs and buff on the inner ones, some 
of the innermost secondaries have whitish margins on the outer webs ; tail-feathers 
dark brown with pale edgings ; lores, moustacial streak, chin, and throat whitish- 
grey, more or less intermixed with black ; fore-neck dark brown ; breast, abdomen, 
and sides of body white, more or less streaked with dark brown—inclining to buff 
on the thighs and under tail-coverts ; under wing-coverts and inner margins of 
quills below buff ; axillaries grey; remainder of quill-lining and lower aspect of 
tail dark brown. Eyes dark brown, lids and caruncle deep pink flesh; feet and 
bill black; throat orange. Collected at Overland Corner, South Australia, on 
the 2nd of December, 1913. 
Nestling . Top of head blackish with pale margins to the feathers ; back dark brown 
becoming paler on the rump and inclining to rust-colour on the upper tail-coverts; 
tail blackish with pale edges to the feathers ; upper wing-coverts dark brown, 
slightly paler on the margins ; flight-quills also dark brown margined with citron- 
yellow on the outer webs and buffy-white on the inner ones ; throat and fore-neck 
dusky black ; breast, abdomen, and sides of body wiiite ; thighs, vent, and under 
tail-coverts fawn colour; under wing-coverts and margins of flight-quills below 
pale buff, remainder of quill-lining dark brown like the lower aspect of the tail. 
Bill horn colour ; gape yellow ; eyes deep brown; feet and legs greyish-purple. 
Collected at Borewell, East Murchison, Mid-west Australia, in September, 1909. 
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