PLATE I. 



GRAUCALUS SWAINSONII (Gould). 



SWAINSON'S GEAUCALUS. 



THIS species, named by Gould after the naturalist who first described it, is an inhabitant of 

 Queensland, and the northern part of New South Wales. 



Unlike the other members of the genus, it does not feed on insects, or at any rate to a very 

 small extent, berries and Moreton Bay figs forming almost its sole food. 



It breeds from October to December. 



There is no difference in the plumage of the sexes. The lores are black ; the head, upper- 

 surface, wing-coverts, throat, and breast, grey ; primaries and secondaries, black, margined with grey ; 

 tail, grey, tipped largely with black ; abdomen, grey, crossed by short narrow bars of black ; irides, 

 reddish-brown ; bill, black ; legs and feet, grey. 



Habitats : Queensland, and New South Wales. 



GENUS PTEROPODOCYS (Gould). 



THE principal difference between this genus and the Graucali is that the only known member of 

 it is terrestrial in habits, instead of arboreal. 



PTEROPODOCYS PHASIANELLA (Gould). 



GROUND GEAUCALUS. 



THIS bird is found in most parts of the interior of Australia, frequenting principally plains and 

 thinly timbered forest country. It is always seen on the ground, in small flocks, from two to 

 eight in number. 



Except when disturbed it uses its powers of flight very little, but can run along the ground 

 very fast. 



Its food consists of insects, and sometimes seeds or berries. 



The sexes are alike in outward appearance. The head, neck, chest, and back, are grey, tinged 

 with purple ; wings, blackish-brown ; bill, black, with the base and tips white ; abdomen, very light 

 buff; crossed near the chest and on the flanks with narrow bars of brown; irides, reddish-brown; bill, 

 black ; legs and feet, grey. 



Habitat : Interior of Australia. 



