POMATOSTOMUS SUPERCILIOSUS. 



WHITE- E YEBRi )WED POMA TORHINUS. 



Till 1 1* 1 , range of this species extends over the interior of the whole of the southern portion of 

 I Australia, where it is seen in small troops of from six to ten. 



h usually seeks for food on the ground underneath Banksias and other small trees, but 

 wln n disturbed immediately betakes itself to the trees, uttering a shrill whistle, followed l>v a chattering 

 noise. When running among the branches, it keeps the tail spread <>ut and raised above the level 



of the hails. 



Gould says: •• This is. without doubt, the most restless, noisy and querulous hird I ever 

 observed. When a troop are engaged in ascending the branches, which they usually do in line, they 

 have a singular habit of suddenly assembling in a cluster, spreading out their tails and wings, and 

 puffing «>ut their plumage till they resemble a great ball of feathers." 



It breeds from September till the end of January. The nest is constructed in the shape of 

 a dome, the entrance in the side being hidden from view by the sticks on the upper part projecting 

 over it. The eggs, generally four in number, are eleven and a half lines long by eight lines broad. 

 In colour they .Me the same as those of Tnnj>oralis. 



Lores, space round the eye, ear-coverts and crown of the head, brownish-black; a broad line 

 of white commences at the base of the upper mandible, passes over the eye, and continues to the 

 occiput ; upper surface, abdomen, Hanks and under tail-coverts, olive-brown, passing into darker brown 

 on the wings; tail, dark brown, tipped with white; chin, throat and chest, white; irides, straw-colour: 

 hill and feet, blackish-brown. 



Habitats: Interior of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia. 



