. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 5. XEROPHILA. 73 5. XEROPHILA. Type. Xerophila, Gould, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 175 X. leucopsis. Bill higher than broad; the uostrils are situated id a semi- operculated groove, round, and are partly hidden by feathers ; first primary longer than half the second ; secondaries equal to four fifths of the whole wing ; tail square; the three anterior toes compara- tively short. No crest. Plumage very Head of Xerophila leucopsis. XeropliUa seems to form a link between the true Parince and those forms which I propose to distinguish as Austro-ParliKe
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 5. XEROPHILA. 73 5. XEROPHILA. Type. Xerophila, Gould, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 175 X. leucopsis. Bill higher than broad; the uostrils are situated id a semi- operculated groove, round, and are partly hidden by feathers ; first primary longer than half the second ; secondaries equal to four fifths of the whole wing ; tail square; the three anterior toes compara- tively short. No crest. Plumage very Head of Xerophila leucopsis. XeropliUa seems to form a link between the true Parince and those forms which I propose to distinguish as Austro-ParliKe. Raiiije. Australia. Keij to the Species. a. Under surface white ; no pectoral band lei(coj)sis, p. 73. b. Under surface white, with a pectoral band of cin- namou-brown pecforalis, p. 74. 1. Xerophila leucopsis. Xerophila leucopsis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 175; id. B. Ausfr. fol. iii. pi. 67 ; id. Handb. B. Austr. p. 382; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. .S. p. 180 (1878). Sphenostoma leucopsis. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 194 (1847); id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 235, no. 3410 (1869). General colour above greyish brown, the brown more pronounced on the hind neck and on the crown of the head ; quills brown ; tail dark brown with white tips; the upper tail-coverts of the same colour as the back, and very long, so as to cover more than half of the tail; loral and uasal regions, sides of head, and the breast duU white, washed with ftilvous or yellowish; some of the feathers of the underparts with faintly darker subterminal cross bars; under tail-coverts and abdomen duU yellowish white ; under wing-coverts reddish brown ; inner web of quills edged witli pinkish isabelline ; bill and feet brown. Total length 4 inches, culmeu 0'45, wing 2-4, tail 1-8, tarsus 0-7. Hah. South Australia, Yictoria, and j^ew South Wales, occurring also, according to Mr. Eamsay, at Port Denison and in New Guinea. a, b. Ad. sk. South Australia. Sir G. Grev [P.]. c, d. Ad. sk. Ifiver Darling (Dr. J. Gould, Esq. [C.].
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