Birds. 131 



Watling's note : " Natural size. The native name of this very 

 common bird in New South Wales is Dar-wang. It is a very 

 lively bird, and by us called the Yellow-eared Flycatcher. The 

 tongue is feathered at the tip for sucking honey, which it is very 

 fond of. It builds its nest on the pensile branch of some trees 

 or low shrubs, as I suppose, to avoid the opossum, flying squirrel, 

 lizards, guana, and birds and mice. The yellow at ears are 

 tufts of feathers longer than those on the other part of 

 the head," 



No. 122. Black-eyed Thrush. 



This figure is the type of the " Yellow-tufted Flycatcher " of 

 Latham (Gen, Syn., Suppl, ii., p. 215, = Musc{capa auricomis, Lath., 

 Ind. Orn., Suppl., p. xlix.). The species, therefore, must bear the 

 name of Ptilotis melanops (vide supra, No. 121). 



Watling's note : " Half the natural size, NatiA^e name 

 Dar-ioanj." 



No. 123. Doubtful Thrush, Lath., Gen. Syn., Suppl. ii., p. 182. 



Turdus dubius, Lath., Ind. Orn., Suppl., p. xl. \ 



Sisura mquieta (Lath.), Sharpe, Cat. B., iv., p. 407. 



This is the type of the " Doubtful Thrush/' which has been 

 correctly referred to S. inquieta by many writers. Watling's 

 note : " The same size as the bird the drawing was taken from." 



No. 124. Lunulated Thrush, Lath., Gen. Syn., Suppl. ii., p. 184. 

 Turdus lunulatus, Lath., Ind. Orn., Suppl., p, xlii. 

 Geocichla lihnulata, Seebohm, Cat. B., v., p. 155. 



The figure is taken from a bird which has apparently lost most 

 of its tail-feathers, so that it is impossible to state whether the 

 characters for the species are as stated by Mr. Seebohm {t.c, 

 p. 149). It is a good figure of an Oreocichla, and is the type of 

 0. lunidata (Lath.). According to Watling's note, it is of the 

 " natural size." 



No. 125. Yellow-bellied Thrush, Lath., Gen. Syn., Suppl. ii., 

 p. 187. 

 Turdus melinus, Lath., Ind. Orn., Suppl,, p. xliv, 

 Sericulus melinus, Sharpe, Cat. B., vi., p. 395. 



" Watling's note : " Natural size. Sexual differences. May." 



The only bird for which this figure could be intended seems 

 to me to be Sphecotlieres flaviventris, Gould, but this species has not 

 a red bill, and does not occur in New South Wales, At any rate, 

 the figure is not exact enough for me to recommend the supersession 

 of Gould's name, 



Watling's figure is, of course, the type of Turdus melinus of 



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