CO A CHWHIP-BIRD 



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coachwhi Bird Among other members of the widely spread family of babblers 



(Timeliidce) the species locally known as the coachwhip-bird 



{Pnophocles crepitans) is worthy of special mention on account of its resounding 



LYRE-BIRD. 



note. In describing this, a local naturalist observes that nothing startles the new- 

 comer to Australia when travelling in the bush more than the loud whip-like crack 

 which is heard from time to time in the most solitary parts of the forest. Nor is 

 his astonishment lessened when he discovers that this sound is produced by a small 

 bird scarcely exceeding 9 inches in length, with a greenish black plumage, showing 



