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AN AUSTRALIAN BIRD BOOK, 



2 250 Short-billed Tree-Tit (Sombre), Scrub-Tit, Smicror- 

 2 nis brevirostris, E.A., S.A., W.A. Stat. c. treetops 3.5 



Crown brownish-gray; back olive; behind eye reddish- 

 brown; throat, chest whitish; abdomen citron-yellow; 

 tail brown at base, banded blackish, spotted white at 

 tip; short bill brown; f., sim. Insects. Clear whistle. 



16 251*White-throated Flyeater, Native Canary (e), Bush- 

 62 Warbler, Gerygone albigularis, N.A., E.A., N.W.A. 



Insects. Musician. Mig. c. tree-tops 4.3 



Upper ashy-brown; throat, face white; chest, abdomen 

 greenish-yellow; tail blackish band, white tip; f., sim. 



252 Southern Flyeater (Western), White-tailed Bush- 



Warbler, G. {Pseudo gerygone) culicivora, E.A., S.A., 

 C.A., W.A. f. sim. Insects. v.r. forests, scrubs 4.2 



Upper olive-brown; throat, chest light-gray; abdomen 

 white; tail white base; black band, tip spotted white. 



253 Brown Flyeater, Brown Bush-Warbler, G. fusca^ E.A. 



Stat. c. forest, scrubs 3.8 



Back, sides reddish-brown; forehead, eyebrow, throat, 



chest gray; tail black band, tip spotted white; f., sim. 



Insects. Feeble "What is it? What is it?" 



10 254* White-shafted Fantail (-Flycatcher, -Flysnapper), 



99 Cranky Fan, Devil-Bird, Land-Wagtail (e), Rhipidura 



albiscapa, E.A., S.A. Stat. c. open forest 6 



Upper, band across chest sooty-black; under buff; stripe 

 over eye, mark behind eye, throat, bars on wing, 

 shafts of tail feathers (except 2 centre feathers) white; 

 outer-tail, tip white; f., sim. Insects. Musical song. 

 255*Rufous Fantail (-Flycatcher), R. rufifrons, E.A. 



Part.-Mig. (winter) open, (summer) gullies, brushes 6.2 



