THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Mgintha temporalis iregdlasi Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. p. 4 . 31 , Jan. 3 ist 1912 . 
(Selby) Victoria; id.. List Birds Austr., p. 302, 1914; id.. Austral Av. Rec 
Vol. L, p. 63, 1912 (Eggs); Belcher, Birds Geelong, p. 361, 1914. 
MgivXlia temporalis loftyi Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 431, Jan. 31st 1919 • 
Mt. Lofty, South Australia ; id.. List Birds Austr., p. 302, 1913. 
.Mgintha temporalis rmcgillivrayi Mathews, South Australian Ornithologist, Vol. I., pt n 
p. 13, April (1st), 1914 ; Claudie River, North Queensland. 
jEgintM temporalis aslibyi Mathews, Austral Av. Eec., Vol. V., pts. 2 - 3 , p. 40, Peb 21st 
1923 : Blackall Ranges, South Queensland. 
Distribution. Eastern Australia from North Queensland to South Australia. Not 
Tasmania. 
Adult male. Top of the head leaden-grey, becoming lighter on the neck ; mantle and vine- 
coverts golden olive-yellow ; lower back and innennost secondaries less goldm- 
rump and upper tail-coverts deep crinrson ; tail black, with mdistinct gi’eyish bare ': 
primaries and outennost secondaries greydsh-ash margined on the outer web witli 
bright olive; chin and cheeks white, tinged with grey; lower throat, chest 
and sides of body dark grey; belly wliite, flanks greyish-white, under tail-covwts 
black; imder-surface of wings greydsh-esh margined on the inner web with 
buffy-white. Upper mandible and cutting edges of lower crimson, basal half of 
cuhnen brown, centre of lower black, feet and legs straw'. Total length 115 mm. ; 
culmen 8 , wing 50, tail 41, tarsus 13. Figured. Collected on the Claudie Riveri 
North Queensland, on the 17th of January, 1914. 
Advlt female. Similar to the adult male. 
Adult male. Top of the head and back of the neck leaden-grey; sides of the neck, mantle, 
lower back, wing-coverts and secondaries dull olive-green; rmnp and upper tail- 
coverts dull crimson ; tail-feathers ash-grey ; primaries and outer secondaries ash- 
browu, bordered on the outer web wdth olive and basaUy on the inner web with 
buff; lores and feathers over the eye crimson-red ; sides of the face, cheeks, ear- 
coverts, chest and sides of the body deep grey, tlu-oat buffy-white; middle of the 
belly and abdomen light buff; under tail-coverts grey, tinged wth buff; under¬ 
surface of wings greyish-ash, broadly margined on the imier web with wliitish- 
buff. Eyes scarlet, feet light yellow, bill scarlet, culmen base brown, centre of lower 
black. Total length 113 mm. ; culmen 9, wing 54, tail 45, tarsus 17. Figured. 
Collected at Selby, Victoria, on the 5th of June, 1911. 
Adult female. Similar to the adult male. 
Immature. Head ash-brow'ii, very slightly glossed with dark olive; back of the neck, 
mantle, wing-coverts and scapulars dark glossy-green ; rump and upper tail-coverts 
dark crimson-red ; wings ash-brown, margined on the outer web with dark olive; 
tail cuneate and ash-brovm in coloiu’; cheeks, sides of the face and rest of the imder- 
surface smoky-brown, darkest on the flanks ; under-surface of wings and tail 
ash-grey. Bill black, eyes mudd 3 '-brow’n, feet light yeUowish-brown. Collected 
at Middle Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales, on the 9 th of April, 1910. 
Eggs. Five to eight eggs form the clutch, usually six. A clutch of six eggs, taken at 
Longford, near Sale, Victoria, on the 1 st of November, 1910, is of a pure white. 
Swollen ovals in shape. Surface of shell flne, and possess just a slight trace of 
gloss. 15-16 by 11 mm. 
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