136 RRr'ORDS OF THE AT'RTU A T,IAN MTPKT'M 



Melanodryas bicolor. 



Hooded Robiji. 



flnillin(( hicolnr, Vio-. and Horsf., Trans. Linn. Soc, xv., p. 

 233 (1826). 



Petroica hiroJor, Gould, Bds. Austr., fol., iii., pi. 7 (1848). 



Melaiiodnjua CHciilIutn, Gould, Handbk. Bds. Austr., i., p. 283 

 (1865). 



Petrwca bicolor, Sbarpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., iv., p. 173 (1879). 



Melanodn/as bicolor., North, Nests and Eggs Austr. Bds., 2ud. 

 ed., 'i., pt. iii., p. 170 (1903). 



An adult female was the onlj' example seen, while on the 

 way from Brewarriiia to Tarrion Creek. 



Smicrornis brevirostris. 



Short-billed Scrub-Tit. 



Pailopuf! breoirustfit:, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1837, p. 147. 



Smicrontix brcvirostrif!, Gould, Bds. Austr. fol., ii., pi. 103 

 (1848) ; id., Handbk. Bds. Austr., i., p. 273 (1865) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., iv., p. 209 (1879) ; North, 

 Nests and Eggs Austr. Bds., 2ud. ed., i,, pt. iii., p. 189 

 (1903). 



Common at Coolabah, several examples being procured in 

 the Wilii'a scrubs. Not observed at Brewarrina, the class of 

 country and trees not being suitable to its habits, near the 

 town. This is the smallest species of bird inhabiting New 

 South Wales, its range extending to Queensland, Victoria and 

 South and Western Australia. 



ACANTHIZA ALBIVENTBIS. 



Pale-vented Thorn-bill. 



Acantkiza ulbiventrifs, North, Nests and Eggs Austr. Bds., 2nd. 

 ed., i., pt. iv., p. 276 (1904). 



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