THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Adult male. Lores, feathers above the eye, cheeks and ear-coverts deep yellowish-olive ; 
fore-head and crown olive-grey; back of the neck, mantle, scapulars and wing-coverts 
dull olive-grey; upper tail-coverts yellowish-olive; middle tail-feathers olive- 
yellow : outer tail-feathers ash-brown, margined on the outer web with dull olive- 
yollow ; primaries and outermost secondaries ash-brown, with the outer webs for 
the basal two-thirds olive-yellow, and the terminal part greyish-wliite and broadly 
margined on the inner web, towards the base, with greyish-white ; innermost 
secondaries dull olive-grev like the back ; sides of the neck ornamented with a patch 
of silvery-white feathers ; chin, throat and chest grey, washed with lemon-yellow ; 
remainder of the under-surface of the body yellowish-white ; axillaries and under 
wing-coverts pale buff. Eyes brown, feet and legs pale yellow, bill black. Total 
length 15S nun. ; culmen 11, wing 83, tail 72, tarsus 22. Figured. Collected in 
the Flinders Range, N.E. of Port Augusta, South Australia, and is the type of 
P. p. rosince. (Middle figure.) 
Adult male. Feathers of the fore-head, lores, a broad line over the eyes, sides of face and 
ear-coverts pale golden-yellow ; crown of the head washed with olive ; back of the 
neck, mantle, lower back and wing-coverts yollowish-buff ; rump and upper tail- 
coverts olive-yellow ; middle tail-feathers olive-yellow ; outer tail-i'eatiiers ash- 
brown with the outer webs olive-yellow, all the feathers tipped with whitish ; 
primaries and outermost secondaries ash-brown, margined on the outer wob t towards 
the base, with olive-yellow and with white ; innermost secondaries similar to the 
mantle in colour ; a small patch of blackish-brown below the ear-coverts and a tuft 
of silvery-wliile plumes on the sides of the neck ; throat and fore-neck golden-yellow 
with the white bases of the feathers showing through ; remainder of the under¬ 
surface of the body yellowish-wiiite, brightest on the chest and under tail-coverts ; 
under wing-coverts yellow, mixed with pale buff ; axillaries yellow’. Eyes brown, 
feet and tarsus pale fleshy-browm, bill black. Total length 152 mm. ; culmen 11, 
wing 78, tail 87, tarsus 24. Figured. Collected 14 miles N.W. of Mt. Alexander, 
West Kimberley, N.W.A., on the 12th of June, 1011. (Top figure.) 
Immature male. Top of head, cheeks, chin and throat dull yellow ; eye-ring w’hite ; ear- 
coverts lemon-yelknv ; hind-neck, sides of neck, mantle, back, upper tail-coverts, 
and scapulars pale clay-brown ; upper w r ing-coverts and outer w r ebs of flight-quills 
greenish-yellow, inner webs of the last dark brown ; tail also greenish-yellow, 
pale brown on the inner w r ebs ; fore-neck, breast, and sides of breast grey tinged 
with yellow; abdomen, lower flanks, and under tail-coverts whitish-yellow; 
axillaries and under wing-coverts buffy-white ; under-surface of flight-quills hair- 
brown with pale margins ; lower aspect of tail hair-brow f n with a yellowish tinge. 
Collected at Box Hill, Victoria, on the 25th of December, 1900. 
Young. Fore-part of head dull yellow; sides of face and tliroat bright yellow; hinder 
crown, nape, hind-neck, sides of neck, back, upper tail-coverts, and scapulars clav- 
brown ; outer aspect of wings greenish-yellow ; inner w r ebs of flight-quills hair- 
brown margined with buffy-white; tail yellow ; fore-neck and breast pale grey 
tinged with yellow ; abdomen, sides of body, thighs, and under tail-coverts pale 
yellow ; axillaries and under wing-coverts pale buff like the margins of the flight- 
quills below, remainder of quill-lining hair-brown; lower aspect of tail similar 
to its upper-surface but not so bright. Collected at Ebano, West Australia, in 
October, 1904. 
Female (juvenile). Top of head and sides of face, wings and tail yellowish-green; eye¬ 
ring white; back, rump, scapulars, and lesser upper v T ing-coverts pale umber— 
brow r n ; chin and throat paler than the top of the head ; outer w r ebs of flight-quills 
whitish ; fore-neck and breast dull olive, becoming paler and inclining to yellow 
on the abdomen and sides of body ; thighs ochreous-brown; under-surface of 
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