Birds of BeUtnden-Ker. 381 
to 5000 feetj while below 3000 feet it is never seen except as 
a straggler. It is a grand mocker, imitating all the birds iu 
the scrubs. It makes a great bower 8 feet high. I have 
never found the nest or eggs, which appear to be still 
unknown. 
22. Sericornis citreogularis Gould (op. cit. p. 243). 
Found at 3000 feet, and common on the mountains in the 
Brisbane scrubs. It makes a long hanging nest of moss at 
the end of a branch. 
23. Sericornis magnirostris (Gould) (op. cit. p. 24-7). 
Found at 5200 feet on Bellenden-Ker and in the Brisbane 
scrubs. 
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24. Sericornis gutturalis T)e Vis (op. cit. p. 252). 
This ground-bird was originally discovered by the writer 
on Bellenden-Ker at 5200 feet. It occurs also in the 
Herberton scrubs at 4500 feet. 
25. Orthonyx spaldingi Ramsay (op. cit. p. 252). 
On Bellenden-Ker at 5200 feet, in Herberton scrubs, and 
over all the range from Townsville to Cooktown ; it occurs 
on both sides of the range as far as the scrub extends, but is 
not found at Cape York or at Brisbane. The district just 
south of the Herbert Biver, and thence to Bloomfield, is its 
main resort. This is a ground-bird and makes a nest like a 
Lyre-bird, laying one almost round white Q^g. 
26. PsoPHODES CREPITANS (Lath.) (op. cit. p. 265). 
Common on the top of Bellenden-Ker (5000 feet). The 
examples procured were much snnaller than those fro.n 
Gippsland, where they are very large ; but the South- 
Queensland form has the same call-note, makes the same 
nest, and has the same habits as the other. 
27. Cracticus quoyi (Less.) (op. cit. p. 299). 
This species ascends the mountains up to 3000 feet, and is 
found in the mangrove-swamps at the mouths of the creeks 
and rivers all along the coast from the Herbert River to 
Cape York. 
