. Companion to Gould's Handbook; or, Synopsis of the birds of Australia. Containing nearly one-third of the whole, or about 220 examples, for the most part from the original drawings . he description of the plumage at the termination of the breeding season, which, when over, gives place to the following , sides of the neck, and throat, reddish white, speckled with brown; crown of the head and nape of the neck, black, glossedwith green, and each feather with a paler margin; back and scapularies, deep brown, margined with pale yellowish brown; breast, mingledyellowish brown and whi
. Companion to Gould's Handbook; or, Synopsis of the birds of Australia. Containing nearly one-third of the whole, or about 220 examples, for the most part from the original drawings . he description of the plumage at the termination of the breeding season, which, when over, gives place to the following , sides of the neck, and throat, reddish white, speckled with brown; crown of the head and nape of the neck, black, glossedwith green, and each feather with a paler margin; back and scapularies, deep brown, margined with pale yellowish brown; breast, mingledyellowish brown and white; abdomen, mingled yellow and orange brown. The above description is by Mr. Gould, whose attention was first directed to this species from a specimen m the possession of,and shot by, the late Mr. Coxen, of Yarrundi. That eminent ornithologist at once perceived the difterence between it and the S. Ehynchotis,and, after careful examination, found it to be identical with the European species. An accident occurring by which the specimen was lost,precluded him from making use of it, and he never met with another. It doubtless is a rare and only occasional visitant to this •^ftS^?***^^
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