1 8 !■ RECORDS OF THE AUSTRA T>I AN MUSEUM. 



The rich and melodions notes of this species, wei-e first heard, 

 and a, pair of birds afterwards seen, in a large Eucalyptus grow- 

 ing on a bank of tlie Barwon River, near Brewarrina. Not 

 seen at Coolabah. This familiar species will freely enter the 

 verandahs and out-houses of residences in the country and the 

 suburbs. One of the foster-parents of the Pallid Cuckoo 

 (CuchIus inor^iatiis). 



Graucalds melanops. 

 Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike. 

 Corvus melanops, Lath., Ind. Orn., Suppl., p. xxiv. (1801). 



Oraucalns melanops, Gould, Bds. Austr., fol., ii., pi. 55 (1848) ; 

 id., Handbk. Bds. Austr., i., p. 192 (1865) ; Sharpe, Cat. 

 Bds. Brit. Mus., iv., p. 130 (1881); North, Nests and 

 Eggs Austr. Bds. 2nd, ed., i., pt. ii., p. 103 (1902). 



Not common, although observed both at Coolabah and 

 Brewarrina. Seen about the outer branches of the Eucalypti 

 growing in the hotel grounds at the former place. This 

 species has a curious habit, when settling after flight, of lift- 

 ing the wings and refolding them again. Popularly known in 

 many parts of Australia by the name of "Blue Jay." 



SaULOPROCTA MELALEUCA. 



Black and White Pantail, 



Muscipeta melaleuca, Quoy et Gaim., Voy. de I'Astrol., Zool., 

 i., p. 180 (1830). 



Bhipidiira motasilloides, Gonld. Bds. Austr., fol., ii., pi. 86 

 (1848). 



Sauloprocta mntacilloides, Gould, Handbk. Bds. Austr., i., p. 

 244 (1865). 



Bhipidiira tricolor, Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., iv., p. 339 

 (1879). ' 



Sauloprocta melaleuca, North, Nests and Eggs Austr. Bds., 2nd. 

 ed., i., pt. iii., p. 132 (1903). 



A few pairs of the Black and White Pantail, or more popu- 

 larly known " Will^r-wagtail," were seen both at Coolabah and 

 Brewarrina. They were generally observed feeding upon 

 insects disturbed by cows and horses while grazing, and are 



