408 A LIST OF THE BIRDS OF THE MUDGEE DISTRICT, 



60. PETRiECA PHOENICEA, Gld. 



Common on the upland flats in winter, but in spring it retires 

 to the wooded hills to breed. Eggs taken in November. All 

 three species are known as " Robins.'' 



61. Melanodryas bicolor, Vig. & Horsf. 



These birds also retire to forests to breed in early spring, coming 

 into the open country on February 7th. Eggs August 10th to 

 October 4:th. We have taken a set of eggs blotched with brown 

 on the usual dull green ground. 



62. EopsALTRiA australis. Lath. 



Eggs October 4th to December 7th. An egg in the possession 

 of one of us is of a very vivid sea-green with red-brown blotches. 

 Local name "Yellow Robin." 



63. Menura superba, Dav. 



This bird is found only in the scrubs on the Dividing Range at 

 Cooyal. They build there on ledges of rock. Eggs in July. 



64. Malurus cyaneus. Lath, 



These birds, like the wagtail and reedbird, sing at night, espe- 

 cially in summer and when the moon shines. One of us has noted 

 one flying persistently in front of a window, as if admiring its 

 image in the surface. Eggs from September 2nd to December 7th, 

 but we have seen young birds in the last week of August. Wades 

 into water for bath. 



65. Hylacola pyrrhopygia, Vig. & Horsf. 



We have shot only one of these birds, at Biraganbil, but on 

 several occasions afterwards we noticed a small flock at the same 

 spot. 



66. Sericornis frontalis, Vig. & Horsf. 



So far as we know, this bird only occurs at Cooyal, and at 

 Mullamuddy. A nearly finished nest was observed at the latter 

 place on October 24th. 



