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Nest. — Alaiost identical with that of the preceding 

 species. 



Eggs. — Basal colour after the nature of olive ; a zone of 

 spots of a similar shade (stronger) around the broad end. 

 Three to a sitting. Length, 1 inch ; breadth, 0-8 inch. 



GREY SHRIKE-THRUSH 



(Harmonious Shrike-Thrush), 



Collyriociiicla harmonica. Lath. 



Ko-Ui^' i-d-sing' kla hdr-moni-kd. 

 CoUurion, a thrush ; Jcigklos, a bird ; harmoniciis, musical. 



CoLLURiociNCLA HARMONICA, Gould, "Birds of Australia," fob, 

 vol. ii., pi. 74. 



Geographical Distribution.— Areas 2, 3, 4, 6, 7. 



Key to the Species. — General appearance grey ; bill blackish ; back 

 umber-brown, contrasting with grey head and rump ; bill stout, 

 1 inch long ; white loralspot very distinct ; no distinct eyebrow 

 in adult ; second primary longer than secondaries. 



We have with us Song-Thrushes, Ground-Thrushes, and 

 Shrike-Thrushes, and the most useful of all is the species 

 under review. Of Shrike-Thrushes there are nine species in 

 Australia, two of them being in Victoria. They are mostly 

 tropical. C. rectirostris is found only in Tasmania. 



The Grey Shrike-Thrush stays close to well-watered lands 

 during the summer, and with the autumn its notes are 

 heard close to the towns. The generic name has been quite 

 truly applied, collyriocincla meaning thrush, or possibly a 

 second construction, " a particular kind of bird that has one 

 note distinctly and boldly given." But it has a rich, sweet 

 voice as well, and for that reason it earned in past times the 

 name of harmonica. If, while you are in the bush, you hear 



