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Crown of tire head, back, and scapularies rusty brown, with a 
narrow stripe of black down the centre; rump deep rusty brown, 
crossed by broad bands of dark brown, the tip of each feather 
buffy white; wings very dark brown ; the inner webs of the pri¬ 
maries with a series of large spots, assuming the form of bars, of 
a deep rusty brown near the shaft, and fading into buffy white 
on the margin ; wing-coverts tipped with rusty red; spurious wing 
with a row of rusty red spots on either side of the shaft; tail dark 
brown, crossed by numerous broad irregular bars of rusty red, 
and tipped with pale buff; ear-coverts and a stripe running down 
from the angle of the lower mandible dark brown ; chin, all the 
under surface, and a broad band which nearly encircles the neck, 
white, with a fine line of dark brown down the centre; thighs 
deep rust-red, each feather with a line of black down the centre 
and tipped with buffy white; cere very light greenish flesh-colour; 
irides wood-brown; space round the eye pale yellow, becoming 
brighter near the eye; base of the upper mandible, the under 
mandible and gape, very light horn-colour; tip of the upper 
mandible black. 
Total length, 16 inches; bill, 1|; wing, 12J ; tail, 7£ ; tarsi, 2J. 
Hab. Western Australia. 
.ZEgothei.es leucogaster. quoad colorem ZE. Nov. Hol- 
landiee consimilis, at grandior, rostro longiore, et abdomine 
albo. 
Head black; crown, lunar-shaped mark at the back of the 
head, and a collar surrounding the neck, black, freckled with grey 
in the centre of each feather; back freckled black and white; 
wings brown, crossed by numerous bands of lighter brown, 
freckled with dark brown; primaries margined externally with 
buff, inter r upted with blotchings of dark brown ; tail dark brown, 
crossed by numerous broad irregular bands of reddish buff, 
freckled with dark brown; ear-coverts straw-white; chin, abdo¬ 
men, and under tail-coverts white; breast, sides of the neck, and 
a narrow collar surrounding the back of the neck, white, crossed 
by numerous narrow freckled bars of black; irides dark brown; 
