The male has the crown of the head and all the upper surface sooty grey, except a small white spot across the forehead, a patch of the same colour on the shoulders and the anterior edges of the tertials; primaries and tail-feathers greyish black, except the outer feathers of the latter, which are nearly all white; the second tail-feather on each side is also tinged with white; upper part of the throat sooty grey, the rest of the under surface rich scarlet; under tail-coverts white; irides, bill and feet black.
The female is uniform brown above; wings dark brown; tertials and wing-coverts edged with reddish grey; tail brown; the outer tail-feathers on each side almost wholly white; all the under surface reddish grey; irides, bill and feet black.
The young resembles the female, but has the centre of the feathers lighter, and the corners of the mouth yellow; bill and feet blackish brown.
The Plate represents the male, female and nest of the natural size.
PETROICA BICOLOR: Swains.
J. Gould and H. C. Richter delt. C. Hullmandel Imp.
PETROICA BICOLOR, Swains.
Pied Robin.
Muscicapa cucullata, Lath. Ind. Orn. Supp., p. 51?
Hooded Flycatcher, Lath. Gen. Syn., Supp., vol. ii. p. 223? and Gen. Hist., vol. vi. p. 216?
Petroica bicolor, Swains. III. Zool., 2nd Ser., pl. 43.