%]^i^'] HOWARDS, ./ South-Coastal Sdbonic. 47 



Myiagra rubecula. Leaden Flycatcher. — One example only, in sassa- 

 fras sci'ub on the banks of a secluded creek. 



Monarcha melanopsis. Black-faced Flycatcher. — Very rare. Saw 

 one example only, in scrub, on the margin of the salt-lake. 



Graucalus nova?-hollandia*. Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike. — Fairly 

 common. In the Bega district this bird often feeds on unripe olives. 



Campephaga tricolor. White-shouldered Caterpillar-eater. — Oc- 



curred in open timber, but much more common further inland. 



Cinclosoma punctatum. Spotted Ground-Bird. — Fairly common 

 about scrubby hills. While burning off scrub and tussock grass on 

 one occasion a pair of this bii-d's nestlings were driven from home. 

 A watchful Laughing Kingfisher (I)acelo gigas) swooped down upon 

 these and swallowed them one after the other, much to the distress of 

 their parents. 



Pycnoptilus floccosus. Pilot Bird. — Seen occasionally in dense 

 scrub. 



Psophodes olivaceus. Coach-whip Bird. — Common. Nested much in 

 burrawangs and clumps of reed grass. 



Oreocincla lunulata. Australian Mountain Thrush. — Occurred in 

 secluded gullies and dense scrubs, usually near water. Very tame and 

 trustful. Nest, an ornate mossy structure shaped like a shallow 

 finger-bowl, found in wild vines. 



Ephthianura albifrons. White-fronted Bush-Chat. — Very common. 

 Nested much in wild sage-brush. 



Acrocephalus australis. Australian Reed-Warbler.^ — Appeared annu- 

 ally in reed-beds, about dams, creeks, and the lake and estuary. 

 Came about October, bred, and departed in late summer. 



Origma rubricata. Rock Warbler. —One pair seen on wooded cliffs 

 abutting on a sea-beach. 



Acanthiza lineata, A. chrysorrhoa and A. reguloides. Striated, 

 Yellow-tailed and Buff-tailed Tit- Warblers. — Common. Golden- 

 headed Fantail-Warbler (Cisticola exilis). — Seen once only. Have 

 found this bird nesting on Monaro in Californian thistles. 



Sericornis frontalis. White-browed Scrub-Wren. — Common; Yellow- 

 throated (S. lathami), less so, but nested regularly in certain secluded 

 mountain gullies. The pendulous nests, I'enovated season after season, 

 sometimes measured nearly 18 inches in length. In one instance some 

 birds (of the Tit- Warbler genus, I think) calmly appropriated a newly- 

 built nest of the Yellow-throated Scrub-Wren and laid three pointed 

 white eggs, spotted with red, in it. The Scrub-Wrens suffered this 

 trespass quietly. I have found the nest of this Scrub-Wren with three 

 fresh eggs so late (or so early) as the middle of May. 



Malurus cyaneus. Superb Warbler. — Very common. It hopped 

 into open rooms for crumbs occasionally. 



Artanius tenebrosus. Wood Swallows. — Common. White-browed 

 (A, superciliosus) and Masked (A. personatus) varieties, occasional 

 visitors, latter rare. First mentioned species sometimes preyed on 

 bees, but not the other two. 



Colluricincla harmonica. Grey Shrike-Thi-ush. — Common and very 

 tame. Often entered open doors in winter to pick up breadcrumbs 

 and scraps. 



Grallina cyanoleuca, Magpie-Lark. — Common, but not nearly so 

 numerous as in Bega district. Pairs nested season after season in 

 trees near the dams, usually with a Black and White Fantail's nest 

 not far from their mud-bowl structures. 



