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Nesting had commenced a month before our arrival, and continued 

 till we left at the end of January. A few pairs were noted by Mr. 

 M'Lennan on the Archer River. 



Gerygone albogularis (Gerygone olivacea flavigaster). White-throated 

 Fly-eater. — Mr. M'Lennan notes fi'om the Archer River : — " A few 

 scattered pairs in the lorest." 



Gerygone personata {Pseiidogerygone pevsonata pevsonata). — The 

 Black-throated Fly-eater is usually found in the scrub, hunting about 

 amongst the leaves and branchlets for insects. The nest, though 

 pendent, is pear-shaped and compact, quite unlike the elongate 

 structure of G. magnirostns. One pair was seen building high up 

 in the underscrub. A nest examined on the i8th January was 

 hanging about 12 feet up in a small bushy tree ; it contained one egg 

 of the Fly-eater and one of the Rufous-throated Bronze-Cuckoo (C. 

 russaia). A few pairs were noted by Mr. M'Lennan on the Archer 

 River. 



Poecilodryas superciliosa {P. superciliosa superciliosa). — The White- 

 browed Shrike-Robin was found usually at the edge of the scrub, 

 where the vegetation was thinned out, or else in small isolated, scrubby 

 patches in open country. We found the first nest at the edge of a 

 patch of scrub below our camp ; it was placed at about 3 feet from 

 the ground on some dead hanging vines, and was a very frail cup- 

 shaped structure composed of aerial rootlets and fibres, and contained 

 two eggs. A deserted nest not far from this was 8 feet up in a small 

 shrub, and was made of fine fibres and decorated on the outside with 

 occasional patches of lichen. Several old nests were found in patches 

 of tea-tree in open heathy and lightly-timbered country near the 

 sandalwood landing. A few pairs were also noted here. Each pair 

 seems to have its own locality. The pair whose nest we found on the 

 31st December nested again a few yards away from the site of the 

 first nest, and had a pair of hard-set eggs by the 21st January. On 

 the 27 th a pair was noted with fully-grown young. 



On the Archer River Mr. M'Lennan noted a few pairs along the 

 river, and found a nest containing two eggs on the nth July. 



Poecilodryas pulverulentus (Qiioyornis leticitrus leucurus). — We heard 

 the While-tailed Shrike-Robin calling from the mangroves at the 

 mouth of the Claudie. It should be known as the " Mangrove Robin," 

 as it is the only Robin constantly found in the mangroves. 



Poecilodryas albigularis (Tregellasia leiicops albigiilaris). — The White- 

 throated Shrike-Robin, though rare at Cape York, is quite common 

 in the scrubs along the Claudie. It is usually found low down in 

 the scrub, and has the habit of clinging to the side of a tree-stem, 

 after the manner of the Yellow-breasted Shrike-Robin of southern 

 parts. One became quite used to us at our top camp, and would 

 visit us at meal times, perching on tent peg or rope. The first nest 

 noted was in the sciub over the river from our main camp. Mr. 

 M'Lennan found it before our arrival, but the birds deserted it, 

 leaving one egg. The next was in scrub down the ri\ er ; this was 

 only 3 feet from the ground, in a slender shrub. It was a compactly- 

 built, cup-shaped structure, and then contained one egg ; another 

 was laid on the following day, the 27th December. Another nest 

 in course of construction on the 20th December contained two eggs 

 on the 2nd January. Another nest on the 18th January contained 



