EOPSALTRIA LEUCOGASTER. 



(White-hellied Hohin.) 



Lores, black ; a faint stripe of greyish white above the eye ; crown and upper surface, dark grey ; tail, slate grey, the lateral feathers much 

 tipped with white on the inner webs ; primaries, brownish black, with a large patch of white at the base of the inner webs ; irides, dark 

 brown ; bill, black ; feet, brownish black. 



Length, 6^ inches ; wing, 3 ; tail, 2f ; bill, f ; tarsus, |. 



Though stated by Grilbert to be found only in the hilly portions of "Western Australia, never being observed between the 

 mountain range and the coast, Mr. Masters, who visited that colony in 1866, says he only met with it in the dense tea-tree flats and swamps 

 near King George's Sound, and never more than a few hundred yards from salt water. During a three weeks' trip through the hilly country 

 he never saw one. Further investigation will perhaps explain the apparent discrepancy between these observations, as it may eventually be 

 found to frequent one or other of those situations at particular seasons of the year. It is very shy, and seeks seclusion on the slightest alarm. 



