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No. 27. Smicrornis flavescexs (Yellow-tinted Scrub Tit). 



Smicrornis Jlavescens, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1842, p. 134 ; 

 id., Bds. Austr., fol., vol. TI., pi. 104 (1848) ; Masters, Proc! 

 Linn. Soc, N.S.W., vol. II., p. 272 (1877); Sharpe, Cat. Bds. 

 Brit. Mus., vol. IV., p. 210 (1879); Ramsay, Proc. Linn., 

 N.S.W., vol. L, p. 1,889 (1886); North and Kearth, Rep. Horn 

 Sci. Exped. Cer.tr. Austr., part II., ZooL, p. 84 (1896). 



Four adult males and one female. Camp about five miles 

 from the junction of the Fitzroy and Margaret Rivers. Similar 

 to examples from Northern and Central Australia. 



[This beautiful little songster was frequently noted near the 

 junction of the Fitzroy and Margaret Rivers, where it might be 

 seen fluttering and hopping amongst the foliage of the Eucalypt 

 trees or saplings. The sexes are alike in plumage and size]. 



No. 28. P(ECiLODRYAS CERViNivENTRis ( G rcy-brcasted Robin), 



Petroica? cerviniventris, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc, p. 221 ; id.^ 

 Bds. Austr., fol., suppl., pi. 15 (1869). 



PoeGilodryas cerviniventris, Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., vol. 

 IV., p. 212 (1879) ; Ramsay, Proc Linn. Soc, N.S.VV., vol. IL, 

 2nd series, p. 167 (1887). 



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

 the Fitzroy and Margaret Rivers. 



[This bird was only seen in the dense mangrove scrub on the 

 margin of the Fitzroy River, where its loud note betrayed it& 

 presence. On the first January I saw a pair of young ones, 

 which had apparently just left the nest, being fed by their 

 parents. Although several were shot they became so quickly 

 decomposed by the heat that I was unable to obtain more than 

 one skin. The sexes are alike in plumage]. 



No. 29. MiRAFRA HORSFiELDi (Horsficld's Bush-Lark). 



Mirafra horsfieldi, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1847, p. 1 ; id.j 

 Bds. Austr., fol., vol. III., pi. 77 (1848) ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. 

 Soc N.S.VV., vol. L, 2nd series, p. 1,098(1886); North, Nests 

 and Eggs Austr. Bds., p. 159 (1889); Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. 

 Mus., vol. XIIL, p. 604 (1890). 



One female. Camp about five miles from the junction of the 

 Fitzroy and Margaret Rivers. Slightly smaller than examples 

 obtained in New South Wales, and approaching in colour the 

 South Australian bird, separated by Dr. Sharpe under the name 

 of M. secimda. 



Four eggs taken in February, 1897, from a nest built under 

 a tuft of grass, are of a pale-yellowish-grey ground colour, 

 thickly covered with numerous yellowish-brown freckles and 

 faint underlying dots of slaty-grey. Length, (A) 0*8 x 0*57 inch, 



