138 records of the australian museum. 



Aphelocephala LEDCOPSIS. 



White-faced Squeaker. 



Xerophihi leiicopsis, Goukl, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1840, p. 175 ; Id. 

 Bds. Austr., fol., iii., pi. 67 (1848) ; Id., Handbk. Bds.' 

 Austr., i., p. 382 (1865); Gadow, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., 

 viii., p. 73 (1883). 



Apheloceph al K leucopsis, Oberli., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliilad., 

 1899, p. 214 ; North, Nests and Eggs Anstr. Bds., 2nd. ed. 

 i., pt. iv., p. 291 (1904). 



Common both at Coolabah and Brewarrina and usually met 

 with in small flocks feeding upon the ground. When dis- 

 turbed by too close an approach, it usually- flies into a low 

 dead tree or on a bare branch ; frequently on to the toj) of a 

 three railed fence, and after danger is past i-eturning on to 

 the ground again. It is a dull coloured little bird, unobtrusive 

 in habits, one's attention frequently being attracted to it by its 

 low squeaking notes, iisuallj^ uttered during flight. 



EpHTUIANURA A1;1:!FR0NS. 



White-fronted Nun. 



Arit)itliizii (dhifrcnm, .lard and Selby, 111. Orn., ii., pi. 56. 



Eplithiiiinira nlhifroHX, Gould, Bds. Austr., fol., iii., pi. 64 

 (1848) ; id.', Handbk. Bds. Austr., i., p. 377 (1865) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., viii., p. 666 (1883) ; North, 

 Nests and Eggs Austi-. Bds., 2nd. ed., i., pt. iv., p. 343 

 (1904). 



Only one ])air, seen at Coolabah, in a paddock near the rail- 

 way station. At Brewarrina, I was informed that both 

 Ephthiavura tricolor and E. ((>irifro)i>^ occurred in some seasons, 

 but neither were observed during mj' staj- there. 



POMATOSTOMDS TEMPORALIS. 



Grey-crowned Chatterer. 



rotiiatorliiniin temjjoralis, Vig. and Hoi'sf., Trans. Linn. Soc, 

 XV., p. 330 (1826) ; Gould, Bds. Austr., fol., iv., pi. 20 

 (1848) ; Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., vii., p. 418 (1883). 



