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AN AUSTRALIAN BIRD BOOK. 



F. 120. CAxMPOPHAGIDAE (10), CUCKOO-SHRIKES, Cater- 

 pillar-eaters, 186 sp.— 104 (103) A., 63(61)0., 

 2(1)P., 19(19)E. 

 1 261 Ground Cuckoo-Shrike, Ground Graucalus, Ground 

 1 (Long-tailed) Jay (e), Pteropodocys phasianella, Q., 



N.S.W., v., C.A., W.A. (interior). 



Stat. v.r. plains 



Head, neck, chest, back delicate-gray; abdomen, rump 



white, many narrow black bars; under base tail white; 



wings, tail black; side tail tipped white; f., sim. 



Insects, larvae. Shrill note. 



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of the Fantail is black. The Grinder is often mentioned in popu- 

 lar books on bird-life, on account of its peculiar scissors-grinding 

 note uttered while hovering in search of insects. 



More than half the species of birds making up the family of 

 Caterpillar-eaters are restricted to the Australian region. 



The common Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike has many names. 

 Leatherhead, Blue Pigeon, and Blue Jay are amongst the most 

 common, and all are wrong. The Leatherhead is a Honey-eater, 

 and is better known as the Friar-Bird. The Cuckoo-Shrike is not a 

 Pigeon, but is a perching bird; nor is it a Jay, which is a Northern 

 Hemisphere bird, a member of the Crow family. 



The Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike is partly migratory, being sta- 

 tionary in the northern parts of its range, but migratory in the 

 south. It occasionally reaches New Zealand. These birds 



