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Sp. 175. EOPSALTRIA AUSTRALIA. 



Yellow-breasted Robin. 



Muscicapa australis, Lath. Ind. Orn. Supp., p. li. 



Southern Motacilla, Motacilla australis, White's Journ., pi. in p. 239. 



Southern Flycatcher, Lath. Gen. Syn. Supp., vol. ii. p. 219. 



Sylvia jiavigastr a. Lath. Ind. Orn. Supp., p. liv ? 



Todus flavigaster. Lath. Ind. Orn., vol. i. p. 168. 



Pachycephala australis, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 242. 



Muscipeta, sp. 15, Muscicapa australis. Less. Traite d'Orn., p. 385. 



Eopsaltria fMvicollis, Swains. Class, of Birds, vol. ii. p. 250. 



australis, G. R. Gray, List of Gen. of Birds, 2nd edit. p. 45. 



flavigastra, G. R. Gray. 



Yelloiv-hreasted Thrush, Lewin, Birds of New Holl., pi. 23. 

 Eopsaltria parvula, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, part v. 1837, p. 144, 



female. 

 Yellow Robin, Colonists of New South Wales. 



Eopsaltria australis, Gould, Birds of Australia, fol., vol. iii. pi. 11. 



This is a very common species in all the brushes of New- 

 South Wales ; I also observed it in most of the gardens in 

 the neighbourhood of Sydney, as well as in those of the 

 settlers in the interior. It is very Robin-like in its actions, 

 particularly in the habit of throwing up its tail, and in the 

 sprightly air with which it moves about. It is by no means 

 shy, and may often be seen crossing the garden walks, 

 perching on some stump or railing, regardless of one's 

 presence, at which time the fine yellow mark on its rump is 

 very conspicuous. Its powers of flight are but feeble, and 

 are seldom employed except to enable it to flit from bush to 

 bush or from tree to tree. Its food consists entirely of 

 insects, which are more frequently taken on the ground than 

 on the trees. 



It breeds in September and October. The nest is a 

 beautiful, compact, round, cup-shaped structure, about three 

 inches in diameter, and an inch and a half deep, composed of 

 narrow strips of bark, wiry fibrous roots, and in some 



