Strcpcrcs (Crow-Shrikes). — If the measurements quoted for 

 5. arguta are not above the average, then that species has the 

 distinction of being the largest of its genus. The Tasmanian 

 form of 5. fuliginosa, froin the measurements given, shows a 

 wing longer by 1.2 inches than the King Island specimen ; the 

 former may have been confused with 5. arguta, or it may be 

 a grade between one species and the other. 



Collyriocincla rcctirostris (Whistling Shrike-Thrush). — The 

 King Island bird is smaller in the wing and with more slender 

 tarsus than the Tasmanian. The young and the female birds 

 of this species are easily distinguished from those of the mainland 

 form by having a boldly striped breast and a distinct reddish- 

 brown eyebrow. 



Graucalus parvirostris (Small-billed Cuckoo-Shrike). — Near, the 

 sea coast in Victoria, especially during winter, small flocks of 

 Graucali, which compare favourably with the Tasmanian bird, 

 can be seen. This is the first record of this species being found 

 on the mainland. 



Petrceca phoenicca (Flame-breasted Robin). — Great numbers of 

 these birds are recorded in Cape Otway district and also in the 

 Alpine areas of Victoria, but whether they alone are the birds 

 which appear in all the low-lying country during winter is not 

 yet satisfactorily determined. iJoes the species entirely leave 

 Tasmania in the winter months ? (In July, 1904, two specimens 

 in the flesh were forwarded from Hobart by Mr. R. Reid, who 

 states that in that locality the species is as plentiful in winter 

 as in summer.) 



Petrceca rhodinogastra (Pink-breasted Robin). — The Tasmanian 

 specimen has a richer breast and more white on the forehead 

 than the bird shot on the mainland, while the rich pink colour 

 is intensified still more in the King Island form. 



Petrceca vittata (Dusky Robin). — It is remarkable that this 

 species, so common in Tasmania and all the larger islands in 

 Bass Strait — being, in fact, the only land bird recorded from 

 some of them — has not yet been found in Victoria. 



Malurus gouldi (Long-tailed Wren). — It is evident, from a 

 number of skins collected in Victoria, that the Tasmanian form, 

 with its dusky underparts and touches of light blue on the chest, 

 is found on the mainland. Several shades are observable in the 

 mantle blue ; occasionally one is found darker even than the 



