PLATE XXVIII. 



EOPSALTRIA LEUCOG ASTER (Gould). 



WHITE-BELLIED ROBIN. 



THE present species inhabits the hills and high parts of Western Australia. No specimens have 

 been obtained on the plains. 



Unlike most of the Robins, it is very shy and secluded in its habits, but in other respects 

 resembles its congeners. 



Its food consists entirely of insects, obtained on the ground or among bushes and small trees. 



The crown of the head, upper surface, wings, and tail are dark slate-grey, the tail-feathers 

 tipped with white ; under surface, white ; irides, dark brown ; bill, legs, and feet, black. 



Habitat : Western Australia. 



GENUS DRYMODES (Gould). 



OF the two species known of this genus, one inhabits the northern part of Australia, and the 

 other the southern. 



DRYMODES SUPERCILIARIS (Gould). 



EA STERN SCR UB - ROBIN. 



rPHIS species inhabits the north-eastern portion of Australia, being most plentiful in the vicinity of 

 J- Cape York. It is found in thick, scrubby country, and remains almost entirely on the ground. 



It breeds in October and November, constructing- a nest of small twigs lined with fine fibres 

 and various grasses. The eggs, two in number, are in length one inch and in breadth seven-tenths 

 of an inch. In colour they are stone-grey, blotched and spotted with umber-brown. The sexes are 

 alike in colouring. 



Lores, white ; beneath each eye is a mark of black ; crown of the head, upper surface, and 

 tail, reddish-brown ; the two outer tail-feathers tipped with white ; wings, black, with the base of the 

 primaries and secondaries, and the tips of coverts, white ; throat and chest, buffy-white ; rest of abdomen, 

 buff; irides, umber-brown ; bill, black ; legs and feet, yellowish-brown. 



Total length, 8-j; inches ; bill, f inch ; wing, 3| inches ; tail, 4 inches ; tarsi, If inches. 



Habitat : North-east coast. 



