THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
with white ; lower back brownish-olive, streaked with black; upper tail-coverts 
dark olive-brown; two central pairs of tail-feathers dark olive-brown margined 
towards the base with greenish-yellow ; outer pairs of the same colour but with a t 
large spot of white on the inner web at the tip ; innermost secondaries dark olive- 
brown, margined on the outer web with golden-yellow ; median secondaries margined 
on the outer web with w'hite; primaries and outer secondaries dull black, widely 
margined on the outer web towards the basal half with golden-yellow and narrowly 
bordered with wlrite on the terminal half ; chin black, bordered on the sides with 
a tuft of white feathers ; feathers of the throat very elongated, w'hite, and forming 
a beard; chest white with a broad mesial stripe of black; sides, flanks and under 
tail-coverts white, broadly^ streaked with black; abdomen white rvith only a few 
streaks of black. Eyes white, feet and bill black. Total length 160 mm.; culmen 
18, wing 83, tail 85, tarsus 23. Figm’ed. Collected at Myponga, South Australia, 
on the 21st of March, 1912, and is the type of M. n. myponga, subsp. nov. 
Advlt male. Feathers at the base of the fore-head white with black bases ; top of the head 
black; lengthened feathers over the eyes w'hite; lores and sides of the face and 
cheeks intense black ; back of the head and neck dull black ; feathers of the upper 
back and mantle black, margined on the sides with white; lower back and rump 
deep olive-brown with black shaft-streaks; upper tail-coverts brownish-black; 
middle pairs of tail-feathers brownish-black, narrowiy' margined on the outer web ‘ 
with golden-yellow ; remainder of the tail brownish-black with a large spot of white 
on the inne r web at the extremity ; wing-coverts and innermost secondaries uniform 
black; primaries and outermost secondaries brownish-black, widely margined 
on the outer web with golden-yellow; upper throat black, with a large spot of 
white on either side; lower throat with the elongated feathers white, fonning a 
beard; remainder of the under-surface white, with broad shaft-streaks of black, 
heaviest on the chest. Eyes white, feet sepia, bill black. Total ler^th 180 mm.; 
culmen 19, wing 82, tail 80, tarsus 23. Figured. Collected at Olinda, Victoria, 
on the 17th of April. 1911, and is the type of M. n, assimilis. 
The sexes are alike. 
Nearly advlt female. Top of head black; base of fore-head, lores, a line over the eye 
and along the sides of the crown yellowish-white; ear-coverts black; cheeks 
yellowish-white ; chin and upper tlmoat black with liair-like tips to the feathers; 
lower throat also black streaked with white ; hind-neck, sides of neck, back, rump, 
and upper tail-coverts dark smoke-brow'n; upper wing-coverts, first outer primary, 
and innermost secondaries hlackish-brown; remainder of flight-quills fringed with 
yellow on the outer w'ebs and pale buff margins on the inner ones ; tail-feathere 
blackish-brown tippmd with white chiefly on the inner wmb of the hateral feathers; , 
breast and sides of body greyish-white streaked with dark brown, becoming almost 
uniform on the abdomen and under tail-coverts; thighs dusky-brown; under 
wing-coverts and inner margins of quills below pale buff, remainder of quill-lining 
dark brown ; lower aspmct of tail similar to its upper-surface. Eyes grey, feet 
fleshy, bill light browm. Collected at Olinda, Victoria, on the 12th of October, 1912. 
Immature male. Fore-part of head, including the lores, sides of face, and throat black, 
streaked with white on the loi’es and throat; cheeks black at the base and tipped 
with white ; a broad line of white on each side of the crown ; nape, hind-neck, sid^ 
of neck, back, and upper taU-coverts smoke-brown with blackish centres to some of 
the feathers on the interecapulary region ; wings blackish-brown fringed with yellow 
and white on the outer webs of the flight-quills and whitish margins to the inner 
ones ; tail dark brown fringed with yellow' on some of the feathers and tipped with 
white on the inner webs ; breast black, broadly streaked with white, the dark 
pattern decreasing and the white increasing on the abdomen and under tail-coverts; 
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