[nnnediately al>ove the lull is a narrow line of white, from which, down the centre of the head, 

 is a broad stripe of black ('fathers forming a crest ; sides of the face and head, white, divided by a hand 

 of black, which passes through the eve : back and wines, olive ; primaries, blaekish-brown ; centre 

 tail-leathers, »Tey, rest yellowish-olive ; throat and chest, black; centre of abdomen, bright yellow; vent, 

 and under bail-COVerts, white: irides, brown; bill, black; legs and feet, grey. 



The female is smaller than the male and has the throat green instead of black. 



I [abitat : Western Australia. 



GENUS CAMPEPHAGA (Vieillot). 



jITEMBERS "I' tlii- group are found in Africa, the Indian Islands, and Australia. 



CAMPEPHAGA HUM ER ALTS (^uld). 



1 \ r HITE-SHO U IDE RED CA MP E PR A GA . 



nnHIS is one of the summer visitants to Australia, being found, during the months from September 

 1 till February, in all the southern colonies, and sometimes, but rarely, on the north coast. 



It displays great animation among the trees in the recesses of the forests, but carefully avoids 

 the haunts of man. 



It obtains the insects which constitute its food, either among the branches of trees, or by 

 pursuing them in the air. While flying it continually utters a cheerful and musical note, not unlike that 

 of the canary. 



The breeding season extends over the months of September and October, a small and shallow 

 nest being constructed of fine roots and grasses, and sometimes also moss and cobwebs. The favourite 

 situation is the fork of a dead limb of an apple-tree or eucalyptus. The eggs vary in number and 

 colouring, either two or three being laid, and the colour being sometimes light green blotched with brown, 

 and at other times greenish-grey, with blotches of brownish-red covering almost the whole surface. 

 They are nine and a half lines long and seven and a half lines broad. There is a considerable difference 

 in the colouring of the sexes. 



The male has the head and back, black ; rump, ear-coverts, under surface and basal portion of 

 the wing-feathers, white ; wings and tail, brown, the latter tipped with white ; irides, yellow ; bill, black ; 

 legs and feet, brown. 



The female has the upper surface, wings, and tail, brown ; throat and under surface, buffy-white ; 

 the breast speckled with brown ; irides, dark brown. 



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



