112 MATHEWS— Birds of North and North-West Australia 



No. 113— $ . Length, 4.1 inches (8/6/86). 

 Irides, light red; bill, dark brown; feet, dark grey. 

 No. 115— 5 . Length, 4 inches (8/6/86). 

 Bill, dark brown, lighter at the base of the lower man- 

 dible. 



No. 275— $ . Length, 4 inches (5/9/86). 



176. Poecilodryas superciliosa belcheri. Western Buff- 

 sided Bobin. 



Pachycephalia superciliosa belcheri (Mathews), Austral. ,Av. 

 Bee. Vol. L, p. 40, 1912. Napier Broome Bay, North-west 

 Australia. 



No. 221— $ . Length, 6.1 inches (27/8/86). 



No. 267— $ . Length, 6.1 inches (3/9/86). 



No. 305—5. (11/9/06). 



No. 330— Length, ' 6.9 (16/9/86). 



No. 332— Length 7 inches (16/9/86). 



Irides, brown; feet and legs, brown. 



No. 337— $ . Length, 6.4 inches 17/9/86). 



Irides^ greyish brown; bill, black; feet and legs, brown. 



No. 465 — imm. Length, 4.7 inches (28/10/86). 



Irides, pale slaty brown; the pupil with a bluish and dull 

 tint; eyelid, brown; somewhat lighter than the feathers of the 

 head; bill, brown; the cutting edges and gape yellowish 

 white; legs and feet light brown, with a purplish tint on the 

 tarsus; claws, white. 



No. 467—5. Length, 6.8 (28/10/86). 



No. 468—5. Length, 6.5 (28/10/86). 



Irides, brown; bill, feet, and legs, black. 



The song of this bird is most beautiful and varied. In 

 itself also it is a lovely bird when alive. The skins give no 

 idea of its real beauty, when seen sitting under the shade of 

 a tree giving forth its beautiful song, with the dark green as 

 a background. It is very robin-like in its movements, and 

 when singing frequently jerks up its head after the manner 

 of that bird. It moves along the branches in a very taking 

 manner, and when singing lets its wings fall below the tail; 

 the colours show out very brightly. 



The two adults and young were obtained in a very shady 

 spot. On the male being wounded and falling to the ground, 

 the female went down to him, and both were secured, a pair 

 not having been seen together before. The young one could 

 fly, and also had to be shot. 



