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coast of Australia, where it constitutes a beautiful representa- 

 tive of the Z. coerulescens of the southern and eastern coasts. 

 As might be supposed, the habits, manners, actions, and 

 economy of two species so nearly allied are very similar ; 

 hence the settlers of Swan River were not long in discovering 

 that in this species they had found no friend to their gardens 

 during the season when the fruits are ripening, whatever good 

 it may effect by the destruction of insects at other periods. 



Gilbert informed me that " This bird is particularly fond of 

 figs and grapes, it consequently abounds in all the gardens 

 where those plants are cultivated ; and it is often to be seen 

 as numerous as sparrows in England ; besides feeding upon 

 fruits, I have also observed it taking flies while on the wing 

 after the manner of the true Mycatchers. 



" Its note is a single plaintive one, several times repeated ; 

 and its flight is irregular, and of short duration. 



"The breeding-season commences in August and ends in 

 November ; those nests that came under my observation 

 during the earlier part of the season, invariably contained two 

 eggs; but in October and November I usually found the 

 number to be increased to three, and upon one occasion to 

 four. The nest is small, compact, and formed of dried wiry 

 grasses, bound together with the hairy tendrils of small plants 

 and wool, the inside being lined with very minute fibrous 

 roots ; its breadth is about two inches, and depth one inch ; 

 the eggs are greenish blue without spots or markings, eight 

 lines long by six lines broad." 



Lores black ; crown of the head and all the upper surface 

 olive-green ; primaries and tail-feathers brown, margined with 

 olive-green ; throat and under tail-coverts light greenish 

 yellow ; breast and under surface grey, tinged with brown 

 on the abdomen and flanks ; irides wood-brown ; bill brown, 

 lighter on the under mandible ; legs and feet dark grey. 



Total length 4 J inches ; bill yq ; wing 2^ ; tail If ; tarsi f . 



The specific term cidoronotus having been previously 



