PLATE XXIV. 



GENUS PSOPHODES (Vig. and Horsf.) 



OF this form, two species exist, one inhabiting the eastern, and the other the western portion of 

 Australia 



PSOPHODES NIGPtOGULAPJS (Gould). 



BLACK-THROATED PSOPHODES. 



THAT energetic and persevering ornithologist, Gilbert, has, in this bird, added another to the long list 

 of discoveries which science owes to him. He found it near the coast of Western Australia, 

 frequenting sand-hills covered with a species of Leptospermurn (tea-tree). 



It feeds entirely on insects, obtained among the fallen leaves and sticks which strew the ground. 



Of its mode of nidification nothing is positively known. 



The upper surface is dark olive-brown ; primaries, brown, the remainder of the wings, olive ; 

 tail-feathers, olive, margined with black, and tipped with white ; throat and chest, black ; a stripe of 

 white runs from the angle of the lower mandible ; under surface, ash-grey, tinged on the flanks with 

 brown ; irides, dark brown ; bill, legs, and feet, dark horn colour. 



Total length, 6^ inches; bill, f inch; wing, 3^ inches; tail, 4^ inches; tarsi, 1^ inch. 



Habitat : Western Australia. 



PSOPHODES CREPITANS (Vig. and Horsf.J 

 COACH-WHIP BIRD. 



HIS is one of the inhabitants of the dense brushes of New South Wales, which are the home of so 

 many peculiar forms of bird life. 



It is very shy in disposition, and generally remains among the thick foliage of the trees, or 

 among climbing plants, clinging to them in various graceful attitudes. It obtains its food of insects 

 by scratching among the dead leaves on the ground, and turning over small stones. 



Its note is very remarkable, resembling nothing so much as the cracking of a whip, and is 

 continually poured forth during the day, especially in springtime, when it becomes very animated 

 and lively. 



