Vol. XV. 



1915 



1 PtTRNF.Li., Observations ayoiind Ans/esea, Victovia. 



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Graucalus melanops (Coracina novcdhollandice melanops). Black- 

 faced Cuckoo-Shrikc.^Several birds seen while driving through the 

 forest. 



Clnclosoma punctatum (Cinclosottia f>unctatum nes^lectum). Spotted 

 Ground- Bird. -.\ tew birds seen the other side of Scrubby Creek 



Hylacola pyrrhopygia (Hylacola pyrrhopygia belcherii. Chestnut- 

 rumped Ground-Wren. —there is no doubt that Mr. G. M. Mathews 

 is justified in separating this bird from the New South Wales form. 

 We found it on the heathy hills behind Anglcsca. in the dry and 

 scrubby creeks, and also in the burnt country near Point Road- 

 knight' Its actions are very rapid, and when travelling across the 

 open and burnt scrub its motion is a combination of running and 

 flying, the tail being held perpendicularly. The song is nol unlike 



and Eggs of Yellow-breasted Whistk 



thai of a Calamauthus, but in a higher key, and not so sustained. 

 As soon as a bird was secured, it was noticed that it was much 

 smaller than any other members of the genus that we had handled. 

 The striping on the throat and breast was much darker, the abdomen 

 much whiter, the back darker, and the rump much less rufous than 

 in Hylacola pyrrhopygia pyrrhopygia. The head and nape of the latter 

 are of a dark olive shade, but in Hylacola p. belchen these parts assume 

 a greyish hue. The flanks of Hylacola p. pyrrhopygia are of a dingy 

 grey colour, and the bill and feet are rufous. The flanks of Hylacola 

 p. belcheri are rufous-grey, and the bill and feet are almost black ; 

 otherwise, the markings of both birds are identical, but always more 

 conspicuous in Hylacola p. pyrrhopygia. 



