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154. P, lcilCOtis» Latham, White eaied Flj'-catcher. 



Crown of head, back of neck, primaries, and six middle tail 

 feathers black ; three lateral tail feathers black, with white tips ; 

 lores, broad mark over eye, ear coverts, sides of neck, scapularies, 

 and upper tail coverts white ; throat white, bounded below with 

 black, the feathers lengthened and protuberant ; chest and abdomen 

 light grey. _ 



Total length, 0"75in. ; bill, OG in. ; wing, •2-7.5 m. ; tail, 2^o m. ; 

 tarsus, 0'6 in. 



Hab. : 2, (4). 



155. I». jilbiveiitris, Gld. 



Dr. Sharpe includes this with P. gouldi but Dr. Bamsay and 

 others consider ic distinct. See P.L.S of N.S.W., '2nd series, vol. 

 i., p. 1,144. 



Hab. : 1, 2. 



Genu.s — MONARCH A. — Nostrils rounded and exposed. 



156. HI. melailOpsiS Vieill., Black-faced Fly-catcher (Carinated Fly- 



catcher). 

 Tail and wings not perceptibly darker than upper surface ; quills 

 dusky-brown edged with grey, like back ; forehead, lores, and 

 throat black ; sides of neck and chest light grey, rest of under 

 surface rufous. 



Total length, fi-75 in. ; bill, 0-75 in. • wing, 3-25 in. ; tail, 3 in. 

 In adult female forehead and throat are entirely grey, with a 

 whitish shade before eye and at angle of mouth. 

 Hab : 2, 4. 



157. M. canescens. Salvad., Pearly Fly-catcher. 



Tad and wings black, in strong contrast to back ; quills black, 

 without grey edging. 

 Hab. : 2. 



FAMILY— TURDID.^^. 



Bill slender but rather wide and depressed ; wing long and flat, with a 

 very small bastard primai'y, not more than half the length of the 

 second, the latter genei-ally longer than the secondaries. Composed 

 of birds generally migratory. 



Sub-family — Sylviin.e. 



Young in first plumage similar to adult. 



Genus — ACROCEPHALUS. — Bastard primary is so minute that in adult 

 birds it does not usually extend as far as primary coverts. In young 

 birds it is usually somewhat larger. Bill is typically large, <lepressed 

 and broad at base, with moderately developed rictal bristles. 



158. A. loilffirostris, Gld. (Calamoherpe. longirostris). Long billed 



Reed-Warbler. 



General colour of upper parts russet brown. Wing, 3 in. to 2'9 in ; 

 tail, 2'9 in. to 2 6 in. ; culmen, 0'8 in. Third primary longest ; second 

 equal to or longer than sixth. 

 Hab. : 8, 9. 



159. A. ailStralis. Gld. (Calamoherpe australis), Reed-Warbler. 



(ieneral colour of upper parts olive-brown. VVing, 3 in. to 2'7 in. ; 

 tail, 28 in. to 2'5 in. ; culmen, 075 in. Second primary between 

 lifth and seventh. 



Hab. : 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. 



