124 GILliERT, The Oraiu/e-zciiu/cd Trce-Runncr. ["^sfocT" 



Rufous Fantail {R. rufifrons); Spine-tailed Log-runner (Orthonyx tcmmhicki); 

 Black-faced Flycatcher (Monarcha melanopsis) ; Leaden Flycatcher 

 {Myiagra nibccula) ; Great Caterpillar-eater (EdoUisoma tnudrostris); 

 €uckoo Shrike (Graucalits novr-holUmdirp); Australian Ground-Thrush 

 (Oreocincla lunulata) ; Whip- Bird > Psopliodes oUvaceus) ; Thornbill 

 {Acautliiza pusilla); Yellow-tailed Thornbill {Geobasileus clmsorr/ioa) ; 

 Spotted Ground-Bird (Cinclosonid pioictatum) : Yellow-throated Scrub-Wren 

 (Scriconiis lathami): Scrub-Wren [S. frontalis) : Large-billed Scrub-Wren 

 (S. magnirostris) ; Blue-Wren Warbler (Maliiriis cvaneiis) ; Variegated 

 Wren- Warbler (M. lamberti) ; Wood-Swallow {Artamus cyanoptcnts) ; 

 Shrike-Thrush {Colluricincla harmonica); Magpie-Lark (Grallina cyanoleiica); 

 Orange-winged Tree-Runner (Neositta clirvsoptcra} ; Brown Tree-Creeper 

 {Climaderis picumna) ; White-throated Tree-Creeper (C. Irucophaea) ; 

 White-eye (Zosterops lateralis); Mistletoe-Bird {Dica^ion hirundinaceum); 

 Pardalote (Pardalottis striatus); Spotted Pardalote (P. punctatus); Crimson 

 Honey-eater (Myzomcla sanguincolcnta) ; Spinebill (Acanthorlnnchtis 

 tcnuirostris); Striped Honey-eater (Plcctorhynclia lanceolata); White-eared 

 Honey-eater (Mcliphaga leucotis) ; Yellow-faced Honey-eater (M clirvsops) ; 

 Yellow-eared Honey-eater (M. Icivini); Wattle-Bird { Acanthochcera' carttn- 

 culata); Australian Pipit {Antlitts australis); Friar-Bird {Philemon cornicu- 

 latus); Red-browed Finch {^^gintha temporalis); Australian Oriole (Oriolus 

 sagittatus\\ Cat- Bird (Ailura'diis crassirostris); Satin- Bower Bird (Ptilon- 

 orynchtts violacciis) ; Rifle-Bird (Ptiloris paradisea); Australian Raven (Corf«5 

 Coronoidcs) ; Currawong (Strepcra gracnlina); Grey Butcher-Bird (CracZ/cMS 

 iorquatiis) ; Black-backed Magpie {Gymnorhina tibicen). 



The Orange -Winged Tree-Runner {Neositta 

 chrysoptera) 



By P. A. OILI'.ERT. R. A.O.I'.. Lakemba, X.S.W. 



For several year.s, in a certain locality, two ])airs of (3range- 

 winged Tree-runners have been under observation, bringing 

 forth their successive broods. This pjace, which was once a 

 secluded nook clothed with typical Australian brush, scrub, and 

 trees, and frequented by numerous forms of bird life, is however, 

 now shorn of its verdant beauty, to make way for the habitations 

 of man, who.se advance into Nature's solitudes is characterised 

 by a cold disregard for all life, animal or vegetable, unless, i)er- 

 ha])s, it adds to his wants and desires. 



Notwithstanding this rather saddening concomitant of man's 

 urban i)rogress, an ineffaceable mental i)icture was obtained of 

 a bird whose life history is made uj) of the inconceivably minute 

 detail of Nature, the adecjuate j^ortrayal of which baffles the art 

 either of poet or painter. Recourse must be had, therefore, to a 

 more i)edestrian muse, in describing 'this bird and its habits, in 

 such a way as to render intelligible the accomj)anying i)h(^to- 

 graphs. 



The length of this bird is l)etwccn four and li\e inches. The 

 crown of the head is dark brown; while the rest of the dorsal 

 feathering is more or less a duller brown, with darker streaks. 

 The wings are dark brown with a rufous patch of a rich tone 

 about the centre of the outspread wing, which shows up to ad- 



