Order PASSERIFORMES. Family SYLVIDI1DM. 
No. 95. 
NEOSERICORNIS CITRE0GULARIS. 
YELLOW-THROATED SCRUB-WREN. 
(Plate 72.) 
Neosericornis lathami Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. IX., pt. ix., p. 491, pi. 453, male, August 3rd, 
1922. 
Sericornis citreogularis Gould, Synops. Birds Austr., pt. IV., pi. 58, fig. 4, April 1st, 1838: New 
South Wales. 
Adult female. General colour above, including the scapulars, lower back, rump and upper tail- 
coverts dark greenish-olive ; wing-coverts like the back but slightly paler on the outer 
margin ; greater coverts brownish-black, forming a patch ; primary and secondary quills 
dark brownish-ash, the former basally margined on the outer web with golden-olive and 
with w r hitisli towards the tip, secondaries with the outer web dark olive; tail-feathers 
bronzy-olive, brightest on the outer webs ; lores, feathers surrounding the eyes, cheeks 
and ear-coverts dark olive ; a broad yellow' eyebrow continued in a white line to the base 
of the bill; chin and throat bright lemon-yellow’ ; sides of neck and chest greenish-olive; 
breast and abdomen w r hite, strongly w T ashed with lemon-yellow ; sides of body and flanks 
umber-brown ; under tail-coverts white ; under wdng-coverts and axillaries light yellow, 
quills below dark ash. Total length 130 mm. : culrnen 13, wdng 66, tail 50, tarsus 27. 
Blackall Ranges, Queensland. 
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