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69. C. rectirostris, Jardine and Selby, Whistling Shrike-Thrush. 



Bill blackish ; back brown, contrasting with grey head and rump ; 

 bill very long, 12 in. ; white lorai spot faint ; distinct eyebrow. 

 Hab. : 5. 



70. C. brilllliea, Gld. (includes C. superciliosa, Masters), Brown Shrike- 



Thrush 



Bill blackish ; back ashy-brown, like rest of upper surface ; under 

 tail coverts white. 



Hab. : 1, 2, 8. 



71. C. rilfiventriS, Gld , Buff-bellied Shrike-Thrush. 



Bill blackish ; back ashy-brown, like rest of upper surface ; under 

 tail coverts bright fawn-buff. 



[Female has a distinct rufous eyebrow. — North.] 

 Hab. : 7, S, 9. 



72. C. pallidirostl'iS, Sharpe, Pale-headed Shrike-Thrush. 



Bill light yellowish horn colour ; eyebrow indistinct. 

 British Museum Catalogue, iii., p. 293. 

 Hab. : 1, 2. 



73. C. CervilliveiltriS, North, Fawn-breasted Shrike-Thrush. 



Inland representative of P. rufigaster ; differs in having slenderer 

 bill and much paler upper and lower surfaces. 

 Hab. : 3. 



74. C. boweri, Ramsay, Bower Shrike-Thrush (includes C. sibila, DeVis) 



P.L.S. of N.S.W., vol. i., p. 50; vol. x., p. 244. 

 Nearest to P. rufigaster, Gld. 

 Wing, 4 in. ; tail, 3 5 in. 

 Hab. : Cairns, Q. 

 Genus— PINAROLESTES.— Second primaries equal secondaries in length. 



75. P. parvulUS, Gld. (Collyriocincla parvula), Little Shrike-Thrush. 



Over eye a distinct white eyebrow ; under surface very pale buff ; 

 under tail coverts whitish ; general colour above ashy-brown, the 

 head rather darker. 



Total length, 7 6 in. ; bill, 0'8 in. ; wing, 3'7 in. ; tail, 32 in. ; 

 tarsus, 1 in. 



Hab. : 1, 3. 



76. P. rufigaster, Gld. (Collyriocincla rufigaster and C. parvissima, 



Gld,), Rusty-breasted Shrike-Thrush. 



Adult male, above dull olive-brown ; no distinct eyebrow ; under 

 tail coverts deep fawn colour, like rest of breast. 



Total length, 7 "2 in. ; culmen, 0*8 in. ; wing, 3*5 in. ; tail, 3 in. ; 

 tarsus, 1 in. 



Hab. : 3, 4. 



Group — Cichlomorphae. 



Wing with ten primaries, first more or less markedly reduced in size ; angle 

 of chin shortened and not reaching beyond the line of the anterior 

 margin of the nasal suture ; claw of middle toe oblique ; bill notched, 

 with culmen nearly straight, bent at end in arched curve, acuminate ; 

 nostrils placed nearer to cutting edge of mandible than to the culmen. 



FAMILY— CAMPOPHAGIDJE. 



Birds of soft plumage ; feathers of lower back and rump with stiffened 

 shafts ; bill moderately hooked and notched ; nostrils hidden ; wings 

 in most species lengthened. 



Genus— PTEROPODOCYS.— Tail forked. 



77. P. phasiaiiella, Gld., Ground Cuckoo- Shrike. 



Head grey ; breast barred. 



Total length, 13 in. ; bill, 75 in. ; wing, 7 '5 in. ; tail, 7 in. ; 

 tarsus, 1 5 in. 



Hab. : 3, 6, 7, 9. 



