LOBIVA »E L LUS PERSON ATI'S,
Masked Pewit.
Lolwmellus personal« i l f o i S l ' i fflCTn m j t X n i
Emffessingtoif“^ '
H p i l i s ^ r , Pm-t Essmgton.
fm ' ' H h B % h '' ll- A'iN'lmi Ml ll^ q r t j ie r n parts of Australia as the Wattled Pewit ta in the
*l“ rE ^ » -S tö 'i1' 1 ,l,esame «i*e in the body, but with more ■ B B i B B n r a B I ai™ B H B B M I §1
« Éhe preSCnt bpecies is black- wMIo jn the Wattled Pewit the sides o f the chest and
■ H I Of the.beek'are of the ? a g l^ p . It J g f v e r y c o m m p ^ b f f i M H I p emn8uJa i[lha.
« mostly
^ ^ o e i a t e d m ^ T f a ^ h e s H is i i.h*tr . n ^ Y p o „ s^nquin tlfattering its note, which is not
M SW iiR ï. ‘‘ name givenisbgXIrbpthwhilj on t& wing and on A g r o u n d ; .
in WËÊSSB ÊÊÊÊÊÈ
im m m m m m m Ê Ê m Ê m s a m m m 9 ■ 1 H accommodates
itself to tne<4oncl of msect food it may find there.
The task o f üicutóthm isljjerformed d j^ g thé months' of August and'September • the eggs which are
number, being & ^ V © & ^ ' ö , e tare ground at the edg^ of a flat adiominff a W
marsh 1 t l^ a r e t e H B j d dvhed all ore? w i t f o t o and markings o f blackish brown and'dark
g ^ b r t iw n , particularly ,|t the larger end j ’ they are by one inch and thriesixteenths
broad, somewhat pointed, a t the smaller end.
P ^ S | a g I ,,<ll^ d.aPd occiput j a t - b l a ^ id f s of the face, b a c k V the neck, rump and all the under sur-
Kac, c wblt® | ack ar,d scapularies light brownishJgcejf,- wing-bora-tg grey; primaries deep black;
Secondaries w h ite s t the base op thgig jpper webs, cinnamon-grey ^ ffie i^ p n te r webs, and largely tipped
with black; tail-whLt<|||-the babe, largely tipped ’w®;bjaeki:the'extreme ends o f the feathers being e in n l
Kiimgrey, particularly the two centre o n e^m d e s primrose-yellow; wattles(I e ^ ^ ^ p w % è i j l lemon-yellow
at the base, black at'the tip ; legs and feet carminerred ; tjie Stales'in front blackish green.
The' figores,gre; tfiose;Qf a male and a female of th^vn|tyr,al size.