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Native name 3Ierecm<jerec . From a resemblance of the feathers 

 of the tail (when in flight seems too heavy for the body) to those 

 of the Casuary in New South Wales, and denominated the Emu, 

 or Casuary Titmouse." 



No. 186. Soft-tailed Flycatcher, Lath. (Male). 

 No. 187. Orange-rumped Flycatcher, Lath., Gen. Syn., 

 Suppl. ii., p. 225. 

 Muscicapa melanocephala, Lath., Ind. Orn., Suppl., p. Hi. 

 Malunis melanocephalus (Lath.), Sharpe, Cat. B.,iv.,p. 29G. 

 This figure, which is the type of Latham's description of the 

 Orange-rumped Flycatcher, is a young male of Malurus melano- 

 cephalus (Lath.). 



Watling says the figure is the " natural size." 

 No. 188. Orange-backed Flycatcher, Lath. MS. 



= Orange-rumped Flycatcher, Lath., Gen. Syn., 

 Suppl. ii., p. 225. 

 This figure represents the adult male of Malurus melano- 

 cephalus, fig. 187. 



Watling says : " Qu. if not the other sex of the Orange- 

 rumped. See drawing 187. Natural size. Native name (?)." 

 No. 189. Scarlet-breasted Flycatcher, Lath. MS. 



Petraca phoenicea (Gould), Sharpe, Cat. B., iv., p. 166. 

 Watling's note : " Half the natural size. Native name 

 Karreet. This domestic little bird frequents fields and gardens, 

 as does the Robin in England, and it is called the Robin of New 

 South Wales and Norfolk Island, where it is still more numerous 

 than in New South Wales. This is a male ; the female's breast is 

 of a much paler colour, and the back, head and tail, instead of 

 being nearly black, is a brown." 



No. 190. Pied Flycatcher, Lath. MS.; id., Gen. Hist. B., vi., 

 p. 207 (1823). 

 = Petroeca hicolor (Vig. and Horsf.), Sharpe, Cat. B., iv., 

 p. 173. 

 This drawing must have been intended for P. hicolor, though 

 it is not a correct figure. 



Watling's note : " Half the natural size." 



No. 191. Barred-tailed Flycatcher, Lath. MS. ; id., Gen. Hist. 



B., vi., p. 221 (1823). 

 Watling says : " The wings are too small for the body. It is 

 found in the grass and a bird of short flight. Natural size." 

 No. 192. New Holland Lark, Lath. MS. ; id., Gen. Hist. 

 B., vi., p. 307 (1823). 

 lAnthus australis (Vig. a,ad Horsf.), Sharpe, Cat. B.,x.,p. 615. 



