298 BIRDS OF THE DISTRICT OF GEELONG 
for burnt country where the charred trunks are yet 
standing. 
Local names for the species are Wood-martin, 
Cherry-bird, Bluey, and Summer-bird ; the last 
three names being used for the other Wood-swallows 
as well. This species is dull brown in colour, with a 
slightly darker chin. 
HARMONIOUS THRUSH 
Colluricincla harmonica victorice 
Rather larger than the English Thrush and with 
longer tail, the Harmonious Thrush is a familiar bird 
to dwellers in the bush, and from time to time accords 
even to us who dwell in the towns an opportunity to 
admire its dove-grey plumage, if not its song ; for 
although not a migrant in any extended sense, this 
Thrush may occasionally be seen during the winter 
months on the Eastern Park. At that time of the 
year its note is single and flute-like ; in September, 
when the call of spring is in the blood of bird and 
man, a really sweet series of notes is developed, five 
or six, rich and melodious. 
It is my continuous regret in writing this book 
that no means exist to enable me to indicate in more 
than the vaguest fashion the beautiful woodland 
phrases that one hears from fifty different bird-throats 
in the last four months of the year. I do not extol 
the Australian birds as song-birds — in the English 
