THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
devoid of markings, a whitish eyebrow commencing in front of the eye and contmu d 
over the ear-coverts ; cheeks greyish-olive ; wing and secondary coverts brownish 
grey, bordered on both webs with brownish-bufi; secondaries greyish-brown* 
margined on the outer web with greyish-white ; primaries greyish-brown, narrowly 
bordered on the outer web with grey ; tail-feathers similar to the primaries but 
with a spot of rufous-buff on the iimer web at the tip ; under-i ’ 
white, with narrow black shaft-streaks on the throat, and with 
of black on the chest and sides of the body: middle of t_ auuoiaen 
and under tad-coverts white ; under wing-coverts and axdlaries rusty-buff; under¬ 
surface of wing ash-brown, margined on the inner web with greyish-white. Eves 
dark umber, bid dark horn, tarsus gi-ey. Total length 268 mm.; eulmen 31, wins 145 
tail 101 , tarsus 26. Figured. CoUected at Napier Broome Bay, Northwest 
Australia, on the 23rd of July, 1910, and is the type of hlaaumi. 
Advlt male. Feathers of the lores, head, sides of the neck, wing-coverts, mantle, back 
rump and upper tad-coverts olive-green with blackish shafts-streaks to the feathers 
of the mantle ; tail blackish-grey with a large spot of white on the innar web at the 
extremity; primaries and secondaries brownish-ash, margined on the outer web 
with white ; chin and throat smoky-white with indistinct grejnsh shaft-streaks • 
sides of the throat washed with greenish-olive; sides of the chest washed with 
bright olive-green; chest, breast and belly creamy-white, each feather with a 
broad streak of blaek down the middle; under tad-coverts white; under-surface 
of wings greyish-brown basady margined on the inner web with vinous-buff. Eyes 
light red, feet and tarsi leaden-blue, bid fleshy-brown. Total length 276 mm • 
eulmen 29, wing 152, tad 103, tarsus 27. Figured. Collected on Melville Island 
Northern Territory, on the 28th of May, 1912. 
Advlt female. Similar to the adult male. 
Nearly advlt female. Fore-head, crown and back of the head light greyish-brown washed 
with yellow, and with distinct shaft-streaks of brownish-black; an ill-defined 
greenish-grey collar round the hind-neck; mantle and lower back greenish-olive 
with broad blackish-brown shaft-streaks, brighter on the rump; wdng-coverts 
ash-brown, broadly margined with rusty-buff ; secondaries and innermost primaries 
blackish-brown margined on the outer web and at the tip with buff; primaries 
brownish-black, narrowiy margined on the outer web with white and’basally on 
the inner web with rich buff ; tad-feathers brownisli-black, very narrowly margined 
on the outer web with buff and with a large spot cf rusty-buff on the inner web 
at the extremity; an indistinct eyebrow of dull yellow; ear-coverts olive; lores 
dusky; chin, throat, breast, and sides of the body creamy-wliite, suffused ^rith 
yellow and with drop-like markings of blackish-brown on the shafts of each feather; 
nuddle of the abdomen, thighs and under tail-coverts white, the latter margined 
with yeUow ; rmder wing-coverts rust-colour; under-surface of wings ash-brown, 
widely margined on the irmer web towards the base with pinkish-buff. Eyes 
black, feet grey, bdl brownish-black. Collected at Normanton, North Queensland, 
on the 7th of Apid, 1914. 
Immature. Feathers of the head dud golden-olive with wide black shafts-streaks; back 
of the neck and upper mantle ash-grey with blackish shaft-streaks ; mantle, lower 
back, rump and upper tad-coverts gi-eenish-olive, middles of each feather with a 
broad streak of black down the centre ; tail greyish-olive, darker on the outer web 
and with a largo patch of w'hite on the inner web at the extrenrity, and a smaller 
spot on the outer web ; lesser wing-coverts blaclush-brown, widely bordered with 
rufous-buff ; secondaries and greater wing-coverts olive-grey, widely margined 
on the outer web with rufous-buff ; primaries dark brown margined on the inner 
web with wliitish; chin and throat greyish-white with blackish shaft-stripes; 
urtace of the body 
drop-like markings 
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