622 Messrs. H. C. Robinson and W. S. Laverock on 
others from New South Wales, as the following dimensions 
show :— 
Wing. 
Tail. 
Culm. 
Tars. 
mm. 
mm. 
mm. 
mm. 
Cooktown, Aug., 2 c?.. . 
241-243 
179-182 
60-61 
46-48 
„ „ 2 2. 
230-233 
171-173 
53-5-57 
45-46 
Mt. Bellenden Ker, Dec., 4 $. 
240-249 
184-190 
57-62 
46-53 
» V v $ • • 
228 
178 
54 
45 
N.S. Wales (Liverp. Mus.) . . 
266-270 
211-216 
52-61 
49-51 
18. "f Ptilorhis victoria Gould ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 155. 
A very extensive series from Mount Sapphiri and Bel- 
lenden Ker; about half the number are males in full breeding 
plumage, which seems to have been recently acquired, the 
remainder being either females or males in non-breeding 
plumage resembling the females. In the large series before 
us the character of the markings on the under surface varies 
much, one specimen being entirely uniform fawn beneath, 
while in young birds the black V-shaped bars are very 
marked. 
“ Occurring singly in the lower branches of trees in scrub 
country: very shy but exceedingly plentiful Breeding 
males have the iris brown ; feet and bill black ; and the angle 
of the gape yellowish. Other specimens are similar, but 
have the feet either blackish slate or bluish white. The 
species does not occur above about 2500 feet” [Olive). 
19. Prionodura newtoniana De Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. 
N.S.W. vii. p. 582; Robinson, Bull. Liverp. Mus. ii. p. 116 
(1900). 
We have ( loc . cit.) recorded a specimen from Cooktown, 
which is apparently the extreme northern limit of the species. 
We have also received a large series from Mt. Bellenden 
Ker, shot at an altitude of 4000-5000 feet. According to 
Mr. Olive, it is plentiful above 2000 feet, but he states that 
he has not seen any in the low country. The bower is 
generally built against a tree growing on a slope, and is 
3 feet long by 2 feet thick and about 3 feet in height; 
there are generally four passages meeting at right angles in 
