THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
and widely margined on the inner web with whitish-yellow; tail brownish-black 
widely margined on the inner web and at the tip with golden-buff; feathers of 
the sides of the neck and the throat black with rich buff middles to the feathers • 
chest, belly, abdomen and under tail-coverts creamy-yellow; sides of the body 
and thighs brownish with light shaft-streaks; under-surface of wings brownish- 
ash, widely margined on the inner web with buffy-yellow. Bill black, angle of 
gape yellow, eyes dark brown, feet and legs ^eenish-horn. Total length 257 mm. ■ 
culmen 23, wing 147, tail 88, tarsus 40. Figured. Collected in East Murchison’ 
Mid-west Australia, on November 1st, 1909, and is the type of svbgultata. 
Adult female. Similar to the bird described above, but the general colour of the plumage 
much lighter and with the frill on the neck more pink. Eyes and legs brown, bill 
black. Total length 300 mm. ; culmen 25, wing 143, tail 106, tarsus 40. Figmed. 
Collected at Sedan on the Cloncurry River, North Queensland, on the 25th 
of February, 1910, and is the type of sedani. 
Adult female. Chiefly differs from C. m. subguttata in being darker and in having a small 
bill. Eyes brown, feet slaty-black, bill black. Total length 250 mm.; culmen 20 
wing 144, tail 95, tarsus 42. Figmed. Collected in the Macdonnell Ranges, Central 
Australia, on the 3rd of September, 1913. 
Adult female. Feathers of the head, throat and fore-neck brownish-black with a buSv- 
w’hite centre to each feather, producing a strongly streaked appearance; mantle, 
back, rump and upper tail-coverts blackish-brown, each feather with a large spot 
of buffy-white at the extremity, and with a few darker, newly moulted feathers 
making their appearance; tail deep brownish-olive, margined on the inner iveb 
and tipped with white ; primaries and secondaries deep oUve-brown, margined 
and tipped with pale j'ellowish-wiiite; chest, breast and belly yellowish-white; 
sides of the body and under tail-coverts with faint concentric marMngs of blackish- 
brown, more pronounced on the sides of the upper-breast; imder wing-coverts and 
axillaries bright buff ; under-surface of the wings dark oUve, widely margined on 
the inner w-eb with golden-yellow, shafts also golden-yellow. Bill black, angle 
of gape showing yellow edges, inside of gape yellow, eyes deep brown, legs and 
feet pale horn, tinted yellowish. Total length 275 mm.; culmen 20, wing 146, 
tail 100, tarsus 42. Collected in East ^lurchison. West Australia, on the 18th of 
September, 1909. This bird is probably less than a year old, the nuchal crest not 
being present. 
Eggs. Two eggs form the clutch, very rarely three eggs being met with. A clutch of 
two eggs taken at Cambo Cambo, near MogU Mogil, New South Wales, on the 9th 
of November, 1912, is of a pale greenish-yellow ground-colour, well marked with 
numerous lines of light to dark umber and blackish-browm, and even darker 
markings, some approaching to black. Appearing as if beneath the confused mass 
of line and hair-like lab^minth, peeping out here and there, are lines and small 
markings of pale purplish-slate. These all twist and bend about in all conceivable 
directions, resembling a badly tangled mass of threads of various thicknesses; but 
the bulk of them encircle the central portion of the egg, leaving rather an open space 
at each end. On some eggs the open or unmarked patches at each end are larger 
than is the case with the pair now under notice. Some eggs of this species in the 
Belltrees Collection are exceedingly beautiful, and have quite a liand-painted 
appearance. Ovals in shape. Surface of shell fine and smooth, and rather glossy. 
39 by 26-27 mm. {inaculata). 
Nest. A rather flat and shallow saucer-shaped structure, though at times it is a httle 
deeper, and not quite so shallow. Constructed of thin dead sticks and twigs— 
lined with fine dry twigs — and sometimes dead grass. Nests are rather frail 
structures, and frequently the eggs can be seen through the nest when looked up 
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