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11 244*Scarlet-breasted Robin, Petroica leggei, S.Q., N.S.W., 
17 v., S.A., W.A., T. 
Mig. c. (winter) open, (summer) forest gullies 5.2 
Head, throat, upper black; cap white; white bands on 
wing; breast scarlet; lower-abdomen dull-white; outer- 
tail white; bill, feet black; f.,* upper, under brown; 
breast tinged red; white marks on wing. Insects. 
Jacky Winter, is less formal than Brown Flycatcher — a name 
which is already in use for another bird. 
The Robin Redbreast of Britain is regarded with affection by 
all English children. That feeling has been transferred to the 
externally slightly similar "Robin Redbreasts" of this country, 
though they are not at all related to the British Robins.' Red- 
breast is really the name of the English bird, and Robin is per- 
haps a term of endearment added to the name Redbreast. While 
the British bird has a rufous breast, the Australian birds have 
a scarlet breast, and are much handsomer birds. The British 
Robin is now placed in the Thrush family. 
Once given to members of this family, the name Robin has been 
adopted for related birds that have no red — e.g., the black 
and white Hooded Robin, and the Tasmanian Dusky Robin. The 
Shrike Robins belong to the Shrike family, so they need not 
be mentioned here. The Scrub Robin of the inland dry scrubs 
belongs to the same family as the Coach whip Bird and the Babbler. 
The Fantails and some, at least, of the Flycatchers proper are 
