Part 54

Nom. r. open inland scrubs 4.7

Crown, breast scarlet; upper, neck black; white stripe on wing; abdomen, under tail white; f.,* dark-brown upper; forehead tinged reddish; throat, breast faintly tinged red. Insects.

=249 Hooded Robin= (Black and White, Black, Pied), P. bicolor, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A., W.A., N.W.A.

Stat. r. open, forest 6.5

Head, upper, throat black; patch on wing, abdomen, under base tail, outer-tail white; f., brownish-gray instead of black. Insects.

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=250 Short-billed Tree-Tit= (Sombre), Scrub-Tit, Smicrornis brevirostris, E.A., S.A., W.A.

Stat. c. treetops 3.5

Crown brownish-gray; back olive; behind eye reddish-brown; throat, chest whitish; abdomen citron-yellow; tail brown at base, banded blackish, spotted white at tip; short bill brown; f., sim. Insects. Clear whistle.

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=251* White-throated Flyeater=, Native Canary (e), Bush-Warbler, Gerygone albigularis, N.A., E.A., N.W.A. Insects. Musician.

Mig. c. tree-tops 4.3

Upper ashy-brown; throat, face white; chest, abdomen greenish-yellow; tail blackish band, white tip; f., sim.

=252 Southern Flyeater= (Western), White-tailed Bush-Warbler, G. (Pseudogerygone) culicivora, E.A., S.A., C.A., W.A. f. sim. Insects.

v.r. forests, scrubs 4.2

Upper olive-brown; throat, chest light-gray; abdomen white; tail white base; black band, tip spotted white.

=253 Brown Flyeater=, Brown Bush-Warbler, G. fusca, E.A.

Stat. c. forest, scrubs 3.8

Back, sides reddish-brown; forehead, eyebrow, throat, chest gray; tail black band, tip spotted white; f., sim. Insects. Feeble "What is it? What is it?"

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=254* White-shafted Fantail= (-Flycatcher, -Flysnapper), Cranky Fan, Devil-Bird, Land-Wagtail (e), Rhipidura albiscapa, E.A., S.A.

Stat. c. open forest 6

Upper, band across chest sooty-black; under buff; stripe over eye, mark behind eye, throat, bars on wing, shafts of tail feathers (except 2 centre feathers) white; outer-tail, tip white; f., sim. Insects. Musical song.

=255* Rufous Fantail= (-Flycatcher), R. rufifrons, E.A.

Part.-Mig. (winter) open, (summer) gullies, brushes 6.2

Crown, hind-neck brown; forehead, lower-back, base tail rust-red; throat, centre-abdomen white; chest black; flanks, under base tail light fawn; f., smaller. Insects.

=256* Black and White Fantail= (-Flycatcher), Shepherd's Companion, Willie Wagtail, Wagtail (e), Frog (Morning) Bird, R. motacilloides (tricolor), Mol., N.G., A. "Sweet pretty little creature."

Stat. v.c. open forest 7.5