General plumage brown; the secondary wing-feathers nearest the body, and the outer webs of the remainder rich rufous brown; upper tail-coverts tinged with rufous; chin and front of the throat rufous, much richer during the breeding-season; all the under surface brownish ash-colour, becoming paler on the vent; upper surface of the tail blackish brown; under surface silvery grey, becoming very dark on the external web of the outer feather; the inner webs of these feathers fine rufous, crossed by numerous bands, which at first appear of a darker tint, but on close inspection prove to be perfectly transparent; the margin of the inner web and tips black; bill and nostrils black; irides blackish brown; bare space round the eye blackish lead-colour; legs and feet black, the scales mealy.
The female differs in wanting the singularly formed tail, and in having the bare space round the eye less extensive and less brilliantly coloured.
The Plate represents the two sexes, about half the natural size.
PSOPHODES CREPITANS: Vig. & Horsf.
J. & E. Gould delt. C. Hullmandel Imp.
PSOPHODES CREPITANS, Vig. & Horsf.
Coach-whip Bird.
Muscicapa crepitans, Lath. Ind. Orn. Supp., p. li.
Coach-whip Flycatcher, Lath. Gen. Syn. Supp., vol. ii. p. 222.
Coach-whip Honey-eater, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. iv. p. 187.
Psophodes crepitans, Vig. & Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 329.