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The stomachs of the specimens I dissected were filled with 

 the larvae of insects and berries. 



The male has immediately above the bill a narrow band of 

 white, from which, down the centre of the head, is a broad 

 stripe of black feathers forming a crest ; sides of the face and 

 head white, divided by a line of black which passes through 

 the eye to the nape ; back, shoulders, and wing-coverts olive ; 

 primaries and secondaries blackish brown, broadly margined 

 with grey ; tail blackish brown, broadly margined with grey, 

 especially on the two centre feathers ; two outer tail-feathers 

 and tips of the remainder white, the white diminishing on 

 each feather as it approaches the centre of the tail ; throat 

 black; all the under surface bright yellow; irides reddish 

 brown ; bill black ; legs and feet bluish grey. 



The sexes may at all times be distinguished from each other 

 by the smaller size of the female, and by the colouring of the 

 throat being green instead of black; by the irides being 

 darker, and the feet bluish lead-colour. 



Sp. 130. FALCUNCULUS LEUCOGASTER, Gould. 



White-bellied Shrike-Tit. 



Falcunculus leucogaster, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, part v. p. 144. 

 Goore-heet-goore-heet, Aborigines of the lowland districts of Western 



Australia. 

 Jil-le-e-lee, Aborigines of the mountain districts of ditto. 

 Djoon-dool-goo-roon, Aborigines of the Murray in ditto. 



Falcunculus leucogaster, Gould, Birds of Australia, foL, vol. ii. 

 pi. 80. 



This species is an inhabitant of the western portions of 

 Australia, where it represents the Falcunculus frontatus of the 

 eastern coast, from which it may be readily distinguished by 

 its white abdomen ; it is very generally dispersed over the 

 colony of Swan River, although, like its near ally, it is not to 

 be met with in great abundance. It is usually seen in pairs 



