THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Stizoptera bichenovU Oberholser, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci, Philad., 1899, p. 215; Barnard, 
Emu, Vol. XIV., p. 49, 1914 (N.T.) ; Macgilliyray, ib., Vol. XVII., p. 208, 1918 
(N.Q.). 
Stizoptera annulosa Oberholser, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliilad., 1899, p. 215; White, Emu 
Vol. XXL, p. 169, 1922 (Eggs); Campbell, ih., p. 194. 
Munia bichenovii bichenovU Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVHI., p. 429, Jan. 31st, 1912. 
Munia bichenovii pallescens Mathews, ib, : (Bourke) New South Wales. 
Munia bichenovii bandi Mathews, ib. : Alexandra, Northern Territory. 
Munia bichenovii annulosa Mathews, ib. 
Stizoptera bicheJiovii bichenovii Mathews, List Birds Austr., p. 299, 1913. 
Stizoptera bichenovii pallescens Mathews, ib. 
Stizoptera bichenovii bandi Mathews, ib. 
Stizoptera bichenovii annulosa Mathews, ib .; id., South Austr. Orn., Vol. TIL, p. 227, 1918. 
Steganopleura bichenovii Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. VII., p. 434, 1919. 
Steganopleura bichenovii pallescens Mathews, ib. 
Steganopleura bichenovii bandi Mathews, ib. 
Steganopleura bichenovii annulosa Mathews, ib. 
Distribution. New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territor}% North-west Australia. 
AduU male. Fore-head and fore-part of the head black; a broad line over the eye and 
across the throat black; hinder-part of the head greyish-brown, indistinctly 
barred witli ash-grey ; neck, mantle and lower back greyish-white regularly barred 
with greyish-browm, a bar of black across the lower back; rump, upper tail- 
coverts and tail intense black ; innermost secondaries ash-grey, spotted on both 
webs with white ; primaries and outermost secondaries ash-grey, spotted and 
marked on the outer web with wliite; throat white, di\dded from the greyish- 
white chest by a broad collar of black feathers, another black band separates the 
chest from the isabelline-white belly; flanks white; under tail-coverts black; 
imder wing-coverts white; imder-surface of wings ash-grey. Eyes red, feet and 
tarsus leaden-blue, bill bluish-grey. Total length 115 mm.; ci^en 8, wing 52, 
tail 43, tarsus 13. Figured. Collected on Parry’s Creek, East Kimberley, 
North-west Australia, on the 4th of January, 1909 (black rump), [annulosa.) 
Adult female. Similar to the adult male. 
Adult female. Fore-head, a narrow line over the eyes, down the sides of the neck, and 
encircling the throat, black ; crown and back of the neck light brown, each feather 
finely barred and vermiculated with dusky-brown; back of tlie neck and mantle 
gre^dsh-ash, evenly and closely barred with dusky-brown; sides of the lower back 
with a broad band of deep black ; rxunp white; upper tail-coverts deep black; 
taU bronze-black ; wing-ooverts and scapulars brownish-black, densely covered with 
w^hite spots and markings; primaries and secondaries brownish-ash, marked and 
spotted on the outer web with wdiite; lores, feathers surrounding the eye, chin, 
tlu'oat and chest wliite ; a distinct black band across the chest; belly, abdomen 
and sides of the body'’ yellowish-white; vent and under tail-coverts deep black; 
under-surface of wing ash-grey, margined on the inner web with rich bufi. Eyes 
black, feet and bill grey. Total length 100 mm.; culmen 8, wing 52, tail 38, 
tarsus 14. Figured. Collected near Normanton, Gulf of Carpentaria, North 
Queensland, on the 8th of May, 1914 (white rump), [bichenovii.) 
Adult male. Similar to the adult female. 
