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choly (eine TFe/< von Melancholic). One can easily imagine the spell cast 

 by this woful, distinctly marked ditty struck up in the stillness of night. 

 See " Gartenlaube," 1867, pp. 558-9. 



" For beauty and striking contrasts of plumage, the birds of Australia 

 are unrivalled, and the idea that they have no note or song is without 

 foundation. In the Australian Bush, what is more pleasant than to listen 

 in the early morning to the flute-like notes of the piping Crow-shrike 

 ( Gymnorhina tibicen), and the rich and varied natural notes of the Lyre- 

 bird (Menura superba), far excelling those of the Song-thrush, and having 

 immense powers of mimicry and ventriloquism. This power of ventrilo- 

 quism is also possessed by the Atrichias, and the Oreoica, while the cheer- 

 ful notes of the Robins, Fly-catchers, and many others of the smaller birds 

 testify to the fact that our birds have both a pleasing note and varied 

 song." 



Guide to the Contents of the Australian Museum (Sydney, 1890), p. 55. 



