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; i rey ‘imaries » inner webs of the secondaries deep brownish black, the former nar.
the wings delicate grey ; primaries and the inner we : | é “el ie ; : Gantt
rowly and the latter broadly margined with greyish white ; tail grey at the base, passing into deep brownish black

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; i i hi > orey C ; pre inati the two centre feathers, whi ‘e dest]
and largely tipped with white, the grey colour predominating on the two centre feathers, which are destitute of
the white tips; chest grey, into which the black of the throat gradually passes ; lower part of the abdomen, under
surface of the wing and under tail-coverts white ; flanks and thighs grey; bill and feet brownish black.

Total length, 12 inches ; bill, 14; wing, 74; tail, 6; tarsi, 1.

Inhabits Van Diemen’s Land.

101. Graucalus mentalis, Vig. § Horsf. . , Vol) Ur Riese
102. Graucalus hypoleucus, Gould ; : ; MEAL IDL, 7.
103. Graucalus Swainsonii, Gould ; : ; : Voll Mele ae

Genus Preroropocys, Gould.

Generic characters.

Bill small, shorter than the head, nearly cylindrical; tomea curved and pointing downwards ; a well-defined
notch at the extremity of the upper mandible; nostri/s basal, round, and covered with the short feathers of
the forehead ; wings long and pointed, the fourth feather the longest; tail lengthened, the four middle and the
lateral feather on each side shorter than the rest; tarsi long, stout ; toes rather short, the inner toe longer than
the outer one, hind-toe large and lengthened, the toe and nail nearly equalling in length the middle toe and nail.

The general structure of the only known species of this form resembles that of Graucalus and of Campephaga,
but the bill is so small as to be quite out of proportion with the body; its lengthened wings and tarsi adapt it

both for flight and for moving rapidly over the surface of the ground.

104. Pteropodocys Phasianellus, Gould Vol W Pieaa

Inhabits the whole of the interior of Southern Australia from east to west: the extent of its range northward
has not been ascertained. It has many habits in common with the Graucali; but while those birds are destined
for the trees the present bird is adapted for the ground, where it procures and feeds upon insects of various
genera, particularly locusts and grasshoppers. It frequents the open plains in small companies of from three

to six or eight in number, and is very animated in its actions, but at the same time most cautious and shy.

Genus Camprepnaca, Weill.

The members of this genus are spread over India and the Indian Islands, and the fauna of Australia comprises
four species; they are allied to the Graucali, but are much smaller in size, and more active among the branches.
The sexes are generally very dissimilar in colour and markings, while in Graucalus they are alike. The nidifi-

cation and the form of the nests of the two genera are very similar.

105. Campephaga Jardinii, Gould

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WO Wl, Il all.
Vole it Ria
WOE WE 1 3,

106. Campephaga Karu : E
107. Campephaga leucomela, Vig. § Horsf.

108. Campephaga humeralis, Gould .

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Genus PacuycerHaa, Swains.

The Pach Hturalis -ecarded as the tvne ; he ohn i i
wcephala gutturalis may be regarded as the type of this group of birds, which is peculiarly Australian,
and comprises many species, universally distributed over the country.

Their habits differ from those of most other
insectivorous birds, particularly in their quiet mode

of hopping about and traversing the branches of the trees in
caterpillars constitute a ereat portion
msects are not rejected. The more gaily-attired species,

P. pectoralis, resort to the flower

search of insects air larvee - P co
‘ ects and their larvae : of their food; but coleoptera and other
such as P. gutturalis, P. glaucura, P. melanura and

Ing Acacia, Eucalypti and other stately trees, while the more dull-coloured ones