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Australian Museum Collection, have any indication of white eye- 

 brows, but it is apparent in a young male in the Macleay 

 Museum. Dr. Sharpe's C. pallidirost7'is agrees with the female 

 of C. brunnea, but of whicli he has omitted to give a description. 

 Gould also only describes the male, l>ut figures the two sexes in 

 his Birds of Australia. 



[Near Kurrajong Creek this bird was first seen, its well-known 

 note attracking attention to it as it flew from tree to tree along 

 the course of the creek. During February a pair hatched their 

 brood near our camp on the Fitzroy River, and afforded consider- 

 able amusement by the manner in which they fluttered near my 

 dog to divert its attention from the young ones.] 



No. 24. Oreoica cristata (Crested Bell-bird). 



Turdus cristatus, Lewin, Bds. New Holl., pi. 9 (fem.). 



Oreoica gutturcdis, Gould, Bds. Austr., fol. vol. II., pi. 81 

 (1848); Sturt, Exped. Centr. Austr., vol. II., App., p. 23 (1849). 



Oreoica cristata, Gadow, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., vol. VIII., p. 

 174 (1883) ; North, Nests and Eggs Austr. Bds., p. 70, pi. 8., fig. 

 6 (1889) ; Stirling and Zietz, Trans. Roy. Soc. South Austr., vol. 

 XVI., p. 157 (1893) ; North and Keartl. Rep. Horn Sci. Exped. 

 Centr. Austr., part 2, Zool. p. 73 (1896.) 



One adult male. Camp about five miles from the junction of 

 the Fitzroy and Margaret Rivers. With the exception of the 

 extreme northern portions, this species is found all over the 

 Australian Continent. 



[The Oreoica was found scattered from Mullawa to the Fitzroy 

 River. Although they were most plentiful in the vicinity of 

 water, at times they were seen or heard on the sandhills of the 

 desert far from it. Their nests were also frequently noted in 

 the Corkbark and other trees in the valleys where they had 

 probably been built soon after rain, but were all abandoned at 

 the time of our visit. The well-known ventriloquial accomplish- 

 ment of this bird afforded frequent amusement to our party. One 

 perched within a few yards of our camp was watched for nearly 

 an hour, and, as it turned its head, it appeared to throw its voice 

 in different directions.] 



No. 25. Malurus leucopterus (White-winged Superb Warbler). 

 Mahirus leucopterus, Quoy et Gaim., Voy de TUranie, Zool., 

 p. 108, pi. 23, fig. 2 (1824); Gould, Bds. Austr., fol., vol. III., 

 pi. 25 (1848); Sturt, Exped. Centr. Austr., vol. IL, App., p. 25 

 (1849) ;Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., vol. IV., p. 290 (1879); 

 North, Nests and Eggs Austr. Bds., p. 116 (1889) ; North and 

 Keartl., Rep. Horn Sci. Exped. Cent. Austr., part II. , Zool., p 

 79 (1896). 



