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the edge of a dense scrub on a stump of a tree that had been cut ott 

 near the ground, and from which suckers had sprung. The nest 

 rested on the stump, and was concealed by the suckers, and was only 

 found by the bird flushing. Adverting to the nest found with young, 

 we went the following day to photograph the family, but some " evil 

 beast " had anticipated us — the nest was empty. 



In its quest of food this bird resembles all the Pachycephala tribe ; 

 it is often found in the company of other small birds during feeding- 

 time. 



Eopsaltria magnirostris. Large-billed Shrike-Robin .- 

 EopsaUri'a australis magiiivosiris. 



As the Little Shrike-Robin {Pcecilodryas nana) appeared to love 

 the recesses of the scrub, so the Large-billed Yellow Robin loved the 

 more open forest parts, lowland or table-land, where its figures, with 

 bright yellow breast and lower back, were often seen.* Many of its 

 characteristic nests (ornamented outwardly with long shields of 

 bark and lined with dead leaves) were found. One in particular was 

 fairly high-placed in a Castmtina. 



This is no doubt the variety seen by Broadbent, which he records 

 as E. ausfralis, and which he states " is more beautiful than the 

 Melbourne bird " He also met it on Bellenden Ker up to 4,000 feet. 



Falcunculus frontatus. Yellow-bellied Shrike-Tit. 



Falcitnculiis jrontatus herbertoni. 



We did not observe this bird till we arrived on the Kirrama table- 

 land, where its plaintive whistle was occasionally heard. But a part 

 of its call-note was unlike that of its more southern form. In com- 

 paring skins, the birds had less wing (•§■ inch), and more intensely 

 coloured yellow than the southern Shrike-Tit. These differences 

 would probably warrant ]\Iathew's sub-specific title herbertoni. 



Oreoica cristata. Crested Bell-Bird. 

 Oreoica cristata cristata. 



When on the table-land of Kirrama it was a pleasant surprise to 

 hear and to see these familiar inland birds. 



Rhipidura albiscapa. White-shafted Fantail. 

 Rhipiditra flabellijera Jrerei. 



This familiar form of Fantail was another puzzle to vis, because 

 the coastal bird seemed to differ from the bird of the ranges. Yet 

 there could not, ornithologically, be two forms (or sub-species) of 

 the same species in the one locality not many miles apart. The 

 coastal bird appeared to be a typical albiscapa, while its repre- 

 sentative in the ranges was darker. Specimens of each kind were 

 procured for reference. 



Rhipidura intermedia. AlUed Fantail. 



Howeavis rufifroiis intermedia. 



The Rufous Fantail was occasionally seen and heard in secluded 

 situations in the scrub and hills alike. 



Rhipidura isura. Northern Fantail. 

 Setosura setosa siiperciliosa. 



The Northern Fantail is found across the northern part of the 

 continent. When the late Dr. E. P. Ramsay collected the Rocking- 

 ham Bay bird he called it siiperciliosa. But in his subsequent 



* See coloured figures of similar birds, Emu, vol. ix., pi. iii. 



