Birds. I 1 1 



Native name Mereangeree. From a resemblance <»f the feathers 



of the tail (when in flight Beems too heavy for the body) to those 

 of the Casuary in New South Wales, and denominated the Emu, 

 or Casuary Titmouse." 



No. 186. Soft-tailed Flycatcher, Lath. (Male). 

 No. 1< S 7. Orange-rumped Flycatcher, Lath., (Jen. Syn., 

 Sup])], ii., ]>. 225. 

 Mu&cicapa melanocephala, Lath., Ind. Orn., Suppl., p. lii. 

 Malurus melanocephalus (Lath.), Sliarpe, Cat. B.,iv.,p. 296. 

 This figure, which is the type <>f Latham's description of the 

 Orange-rumped Flycatcher, is a young male of Malurus melano- 

 cephalus (Lath.). 



Watling says the figure is the "natural size." 

 Xo. 188. Orange-backed Flycatcher, Lath. .MS. 



= Orange-rumped Flycatcher, Lath., Gen. Syn., 

 Suppl. ii., p. 225. 

 This figure represents the adult male of Mil urn* melano- 

 ceplialus, fig. 187. 



Watling says : " Qu. if not the other sex of the Orange- 

 rumped. See drawing 187. Natural size. Native name (?)." 

 No. 189. Scarlet-breasted Flycatcher, Lath. MS. 



Petrceca phcenicea (Gould), Sharpe, Cat. B., iv., p. 16G. 

 Watling's note : " Half the natural size. Native name 

 Kan-ret. This domestic little bird frequents fields and gardens, 

 as does the Robin in England, and it is called the Robin of New 

 South Wales and Norfolk Island, where it is still more numerous 

 than in New South Wales. This is a male ; the female's breast is 

 of a much paler colour, and the back, head and tail, instead of 

 being nearly black, is a brown." 



No. 190. Pied Flycatcher, Lath. MS.; id., Gen. Hist. B., vi., 

 p. 207 (1823). 

 = Petrceea bicolor (Vig. and Horsf.), Sharpe, Cat. B., iv., 



p. 17;). 



This drawing must have been intended for P. hirolor, though 

 it is not a correct figure. 



Watling's note : " Half the natural size." 



No. 191. Barred-tailed Flycatcher, Lath. .MS. ; i<l. : Gen. Hist. 



B., vi, p. 221 (1823). 

 Watling says : " The wings are too small for the body. 1 1 is 

 found in the grass and a bird of short flight. Natural size." 

 No. 192. New Holland Lark, Lath. MS.; /,/., Gen. Hist. 

 B., vi., p. 307 (182:i ). 

 1Anthu8au8trali8(Yig.a,nd Horsf .), Sharpe, Cat. B.,x.,p.615. 



