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The Emu. 
[This species is usually to be seen feeding amongst the leaves 
of box saplings. On the Lower Livuringa station it is plentiful.] 
33. Pteropodocys phasianella (Gould), Ground Cuckoo- 
Shrike. 
PteryPodocys phasianella^ Gould, Birds Aust., fol., vol. ii., p. 59 (1848) ; 
Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. iv., p. 22(1879). 
Three specimens, two males and one female, all of which 
appear to have taken part in incubation. 
a. Adult male, 8/4/00. Primaries and coverts nutty-brown ; 
secondaries slaty-blue, two being tipped with white ; middle 
quills of tail tipped white. 
b. Adult male, 5/2/00. Primaries, their coverts, secondaries 
and coverts slaty-blue ; no white tips to wings or tail. 
c. Adult female 8/4/00. Wings as with a. 
[Very shy. In July I saw several fly high from the timber of 
the hills at Livuringa station a considerable distance over the 
plain, and return direct to the place they left in the hills.] 
Why? 
34. Graucalus MELANOPS (Latham), Black-faced Cuckoo- 
Shrike. 
Grauralus uielanops^ Gould, Birds Aust., fol., vol. ii., pi. 55 (1848) ; 
Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. iv., pp. 30, 469 (1879). 
One male skin, dated 20/3/01, shows the throat in moult. 
The grey feathers have nearly all fallen, while a fe\v of the 
blacks are still bursting. 
[Eggs were collected on 26/11/99 and 31/12 00.] 
35. Oriolus affinis (Gould), Northern Oriole. 
Oriolus affinis^ Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. iii., p. 188 (1887). 
Three skins, two adult males and one immature female. 
a. Adult male, 23/10/01. Upper surface yellowish-green ; 
centre of feathers dark brown. 
b. Adult male, 14/10/01. Similar to a. 
c. Immature female, 14/ 10/01. The upper surface is grey 
with brown markings, a flush only of green appearing on the 
upper tail coverts, rump, and crown ; wing coverts broadly 
edged with pale rufous-brown ; under wing coverts bright 
rufous, but broader than in adult. [Irides reddish-brown ; bill, 
culmen brown, balance fleshy-grey ; feet and legs leaden grey.] 
36. Collyriocincla pallidirostris (Sharpe), Pale-headed 
Shrike-Thrush. 
Collyriocincla pallinirosiris, Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. iii., 
p. 293 (1877). 
Juvenile male, 9/4/00. 
This specimen I mark as a young male. It shows a distinct 
pale rufous eyebrow, and a fawn-white spot before the eye. The 
circlet of feathers around the eye is pale rufous like the eye- 
