H E 3 T I F O M O S JM E L A E 'O G A S T E R . : f . tj
HEMIPOD|;FS MELANOGASTER, Gould.
Black-brcasted Hemipode.
Hemipodius »Wan ju ife r l>j, r fl
Au9W5ta may be said for no ofher'cmftta is inhabited
\M P » & ^ ^ « n j l .< . r l . i n l , lb ... not , t a r mij u , ii^ |n p e th’an§h§|ubjeet of the present Plate.
,1,,,lt,ll< *’ ^ " " “'l O l t j u ^ d iu .dl'Jprgli'd)ility\lic^r^ior,.at present a terra ineognita,
^ jjjfm ilb . a ir 1 .11» III e p i.H ^ d j, form pec ill ulv uiipr.d to n b ib ilti. Mull, kind of country of which it
is supposed to consist.
, $-U t,J lt’ 111 '4 r « 111 this sp.. ICO rtyoiXiytfure^Mmablcftij punier au) a. count of its
o f|f i1e.g.^tein1pprtion of Australia; specimens i $ % own collection,
ap ^m iho4c oh tin Ainlogu,d»Sui,ii is* jud/Km.; s - f ell. Ln ,n ^ u d u ii,'w tr? ilt prucund at Moreton Bay.'
P P W S y 3 ? ™ 1 c ' i 1 l **'*“ * tlut»tb. v \ no. difference ir-.tbclr
AW6 are en ab led * reaorfe^td^ection^we ca jigtiyitb eS l W iasnertein whethefc p e same disparity in the
svtt, Qt Ilf sexes u jiis ^1 t l is S, ecies a i j p thjfoflier l e m b t l of the genus; i^'SbprotebiEty the f em a le
will be found to exceed the male.
C r o w n h e a d , epr-eoi-erts, throat a n c p ^ j^ ^ - tb 'e abdomen b#ej§; over each eye extends a line of
feathers h p u jg each a smaHtwbite spot at the tip iM&Ujsii extends ti^W n ap e , whichi'p^rt is also thickly
spotted*With white on a bl n k^nd'th<^giit yilqyn d^groiSid,’ ti ilher, In c h e s t and flanks
black, having a large C re s o e n t^ ^ d ! im a rk in g |eM ite near thfitijj;’ i&antle a„nd. upper part of the back
chestnut l^rownjcjf 1. leather laying a s,jpi of white and* .“ strip. , .,1 bl «.h .).*< u I. sub, and l£r«fd with
at o p ^ a r t l ^ p ^ ; sboidders^ gxeaten. pnd‘ lesser^wmpWerts ruffaps'^owtf^each feather having a
V g t g p surrounded with a t^hpkrlijfg; primaries d a rk -b r^ g - thighs and u p ^ * jp d mnder tail-coverts
brown, freckled and crossed with black; bill ^ht'toOTO^&tiffdslvcolour.
Ifjjg J£$«te represents the bird of the natural size.’ ’