Bi7'ds of Melville Island. 125 



136. CoUuricincla brunnea brunnea. Brown Shrike- 

 Thrush. 



Culluricincla brunnea Gould^ Proc. Zool. Soc. for 1840, 

 1841, p. 164 : Port Essington. 



These are plentiful in the forest-country, and usually 

 feed on the ground. They are residents. 



1-37. Conigravea parvula omissa. Melville-Island Shrike- 

 Thrush. 



CoUuricincla j)arvula omissa Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. 

 vol. ii. 1913, p. 68 : Melville Island. 



This species is numerous in the dense growths along the 

 creeks or in the mangroves. The note is a loud whistle, 

 rather like that of C. brunnea. It is also common in the 

 swamps and small jungles on the north side. 



138. Grallina cyanoleuca neglecta. Little Magpie-Lark. 

 Grallina cyanoleuca neglecta Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. 



1912, p. 372 : Parry's Creek, North-west Australia. 

 Not rare. 



139. Melloria quoyi spaldingi. Allied Butcher-Bird. 

 Cracticus spaldingi Masters, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 



vol. ii. 1877, p. 271 : Port Darwin, Northern Territory. 



Usually these birds are found where the mangroves are 

 tall and dense, but occasionally they are seen on the out- 

 skirts of the belts of this growth. They keep to the same 

 locality, and can be heard, if not seen, day after day near the 

 same spot. They are noisy birds witli strange loud notes, 

 and are rather difficult to see. The natives say they 

 never leave the mangroves. They breed on the Island in 

 January. 



140. Cracticus nigrogularis picatus. Pied Butcher-Bird, 

 Cracticus picatus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1848, p. 40 : 



Port Essington. 



This species frequents the forest-country in small parties, 

 and is usually to be found on some ridges about Apsley 

 Straits. It is not very numerous and is rather wild. 



