SOME USEFUL AUSTRALIAN BIRDS. 



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SECTION II. 



Birds of the Forests and Brushes. 



The birds grouped under this section are those met with in the coastal 

 forests (which are chiefly of eucalyptus, acacia, and casuarina, with other 

 more shrubby trees as undergrowth), though we must also include the 

 Hawkesbury sandstone and similar areas on the mountain ranges. The 

 brushes, which are confined to the coastal districts and the Dividing Range, 

 vary considerably from the fern-tree gullies of Gippsland, the cedar brushes 

 of New South Wales, the tropical jungles or " rain forests " of Queensland, 

 to the tropical forests of Cairns (which are almost equal in luxuriance of 

 growth to those of Brazil). Some of the birds named hereunder sometimes 

 stray into gardens and cultivated areas in search of food ; but they do not 

 make their homes there or become semi-domesticated like those of the first 

 section. Others are to be found in the area covered by our third section. 



The following are the birds dealt with under Section II : 



Coach- whip Bird (Psophodes 



crepitans). 



Brush-turkey (Talegallus lathami). 

 Lyre-bird (Menura superba). 

 Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus 



funereus). 



Dollar-bird (Eurystomus australis). 

 More-pork (Podargus strigoides). 



Delicate Owl (btrix delicatula). 



Boobook Owl (Ninox boobook). 

 Australian Bee-eater (Merops 



ornatus}. 

 White-throated Nightjar 



(Eurostopus albigularis). 

 Harmonious Thrush (Collyriocincla 

 harmonica). 

 Yellow-breasted Thickhead 



(Pachycephala gutturalis). 

 Crested Shrike-tit (Falcunculus 



frontatus). 



Short-billed Tree-tit (Smicornis 



brevirostris). 

 Mountain Thrush (Creocincla 



lunulata). 

 Spotted Ground-bird (Cinclosoma 



punctatum). 

 Spotted Diamond-bird (Pardalotus 



punctatus). 



Mistletoe-bird (Dicceum 



hirnndinaceum). 



Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike or 



Blue Jay (Coracina robusta). 



White-shouldered Caterpillar-eater 



(Lalage tricolor'). 

 Hooded Robin (Petrceca bicolor). 

 Yellow-breasted Robin (Eopsaltria 

 australis). 

 Pheasant-coucal (Centropus 



phasianus). 

 Orange-backed Wren (Malurus 



melanocephalus). 



