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5 262*Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike, Leatherhead (e), Cherry- 



34 Hawk (e), Lapwing (e), Summer (Blue) Bird, Blue 

 (Gray) Jay (e). Blue (Mountain) Pigeon (e), 

 Australian Shrike (N.Z.), Coraciiia robusta {Grau- 

 calus melanops), Cel., MoL, N.G., A., N.Z. (ace). 



Part.-Mig. v.c. plams, timber 13 

 Delicate gray; forehead, face, throat black; wing-quills 

 black edged gray; tail gray base, black centre, tip 

 white; lifts wings after settling; f., sim. Caterpillars, 

 insects, fruit. Purring note. 

 263 Little Cuckoo-Shrike, Varied Graucalus, Lesser Blue- 

 Jay (e), C. mentalis, E.A. Stat. r. forest 10.5 

 Upper dark slate-gray; wing-quills black; tail black tipped 

 white; about eye black; throat, breast gray (adult), 

 under wing, under base tail white; young many 

 changes of color; head, neck black; f., sim. Cater- 

 pillars, insects, berries. Soft rolling note. 



1 264 Jardine Caterpillar-eater (-Campophaga), Edolisoma 



35 tenuirostre, N. Ter., E.A. Stat. r. trectops 10.6 

 Face black; upper, under, centre-tail deep blue-gray; 



wing-quills, outer-tail black; f., smaller; upper, wings, 

 tail feathers brown, edged lighter; under creamy-buff 

 with many blackish bars; line over eye buff. Insect 

 larvae. "Kree-kree." 



2 265*White-shouldered Caterpillar-eater (-Campophaga), 

 25 Peewee-Lark (e), Lalage tricolor, N.G., A., T. 



Mig. c. thick timber 6.5 

 Crown, hind-neck, upper-back black; shoulders, line on 

 wing white; rest wing black; lower-back gray; tall 

 black outer tipped white; under white; somewhat like 

 248 but throat white; f.,*upper brown; wing marked 

 light lines; under whitish. Insects. Fine musician, 

 canary-like song. 

 F. 121. Pycnonotidae, Bulbuls, 257 sp.— 7(6)A., 148(145)0., 

 6(4)P., 99(99)E. 



undergo many changes of plumage before assuming the adult 

 dress. The Little Cuckoo-Shrike, in particular, has several 

 plumage phases, the throat and neck being black in the young, 

 but gray in the adult. Its Cuckoo-like flight undoubtedly sug- 

 gested part of the name. When young males are unlike the 

 adult males, they usually resemble the female. Here, how- 

 ever, the adults of both sexes are similar. 



The male White-shouldered Caterpillar-eater resembles a 

 Hooded Robin (249). It is supposed to be shy, but at the Tallan- 

 gatta excursion, two pairs were attending to domestic duties In 

 the school ground and surprised all by their fine musical per- 

 formances. The male called "Peter, Peter," or some syllabize it 

 "Pretty Joey," and then broke into a trilling song that fully 

 equalled any canary performance I have heard. This was re- 

 peated frequently during the day. The female seemed to have 



