FANTAILS 



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The Buff-sided Eobin, P. cerviniventris. — North-west Australia. Brown 

 above, darker on the head; neck and breast grey; flanks and under 

 tail-coverts tawny buff. 



The White-browed Robin, P. superoiliosa. — North and North-east Australia. 

 Brown above; chest and breast ashy white; flanks and under tail- 

 coverts white, or flanks brownish-white. 



The Ashy Robin, P. pulverulenta (cinerea). — North-east Australia, New 

 Guinea, Aru. — Bluish-grej' above; under surfaces white; sides of 

 breast and flanks washed with grey. 



The Grey-headed Robin, P. cinereiceps. — North-west Australia. Crown of 

 head and upper surface pale ashy -grey, underside as in P. pulverulenta; 

 tail black, with a white band on the basal half (except the two central 

 reetrices) ; upper tail-coverts black; under tail-coverts white. 



A form from Cape York has been named P. albigularis. It has not only 

 the chin, but nearly the whole throat for about 1 cm. white, and the 

 pilenm is slightly more blackish. 



Abdomen yellow ; above j^ellowish or olive-green ; region of 

 eye and lores white. 



The White-faced Robin, P albifacies. — North-east Australia. Forehead 

 blackish; throat bright yellow. 



The Large-headed Eobin, P. capita. — Eichmond and Clarence Elvers, New 

 South Wales. Xo black forehead; chin and upper throat greyish- 

 white; rest of under surfaces bright yellow. 



The nest is a deep cup-shaped structure, composed of the dead 

 leaves of the lawyer- vine {Calamus australis), held together with 

 a few wiry grass stems, the exterior being covered with mosses 

 and a few pieces of lichen. Eggs, two in number for a sitting, 

 of a dull greenish-white colour, indistinctly marked with 

 yellowish and reddish-brown, particularly towards the larger 

 end; .8 x .6 inch. It is interesting to fitnd this member of a 

 Northern type established among the palms and other vegetation 

 which has migrated from the North. Both "brushes" and bird 

 are now isolated from their kin. 



Genus Ehipidura. Fan-tails. 



A well-established genus, comprising some 50 species, and 

 extending from India and Ceylon through ilalaysia and 

 Australia to New Zealand and Oceania. Owing to its long 



