The male lias the upper surface, wrings, and tail deep blue; primaries, slate colour; abdomen 

 .ind under fcail-ooverts, greyish- white ; Irides, reddish-brown; bill, legs, and feet, blackish-brown. 



The female differs considerably from the male, having the wings and tail brown, and the 

 throat and breast, rich rufous. In other respects it is the same. 



Habitat: Northwestern portion of Australia. 



MTRIAGA X IT IDA (Gould). 

 SHINING FL YCATCHEI! 



DURING the period between September and February, the Shining Flycatcher appears in Tasmania, 

 and at the expiration of that time departs once more to the warmer regions which lie to the 

 north of Australia. 



In habits it resembles its congeners, like them showing great activity in pursuing and 

 capturing insects. Its note is a loud, shrill whistle. 



I hiring its stay in •Tasmania it rears two, if not three, broods, constructing a nest of bark, 

 moss, and fibrous roots, bound together with cobwebs, and warmly lined with fur and the down of 

 flowers. The structure is placed on one of the branches of a high tree. Three eggs are laid, nine 

 lines long and seven lines broad. In colour they are greenish-white ; with markings of brown and grey . 

 distributed irregularly over the surface. 



The male has the upper surface, tail, breast, and wing feathers, except the primaries and 

 secondaries, deep blue ; primaries and secondaries, brown ; abdomen, white ; irides, reddish-brown ; bill, 

 legs, and feet, brownish-black. 



The female differs in having the upper surface of a duller hue, and the throat and breast 

 reddish-brown. 



1 labitat : Tasmania. 



