. Nests and eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania . -coverts and quills blackish-broivn, the latter edged with tvhity-brown at the tips, and crossed in thecentre ivith a broad rich rufous band except a narrow edge on the outer tveb, this band decreasing inextent towards the innermost secondaries which are brown irith a dusky wash near the shaft; tailfeathers brownish black, t/ie central feathers slightly and the outer ones largely tipped with tvhite;crown of the head and centre of the nape black; foreliead, lores and orbital region white; ear-covertspale greyish-brown; cheeks,
. Nests and eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania . -coverts and quills blackish-broivn, the latter edged with tvhity-brown at the tips, and crossed in thecentre ivith a broad rich rufous band except a narrow edge on the outer tveb, this band decreasing inextent towards the innermost secondaries which are brown irith a dusky wash near the shaft; tailfeathers brownish black, t/ie central feathers slightly and the outer ones largely tipped with tvhite;crown of the head and centre of the nape black; foreliead, lores and orbital region white; ear-covertspale greyish-brown; cheeks, throat and all the under surface pure white; flanks greyish-brown ; thighsblackish-brown; tinder tail-coverts white n-itJi a slight brownish wash on the basal portion and anarrow heirled blackish-brown marking towards the tip: bill blackish-broivn, yelloiv at the base; legsand feet yellow. Total length 475 inches, luiug 3-4, tail 1-7, bill 0-5S, tursus 07. • Gould, Handbk. Bds. Austr., Vol. I., p 610, (1S63).t Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus , Vol. VIII., p. 363 (1S83). 56.
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