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245*Flame-breasted Robin, P, phoenicea, S.Q., N.S.W., 
v., S.A., T., Bass St. Is. 
Mig. c. (winter) open, (summer) mt.-gulUes 5.3 
Crown, upper sooty-gray; small white forehead; white on 
wing; outer-tail white; chin sooty-gray; under scarlet; 
under base tail white; f.,* under brown; outer^ail 
white; under reddish-gray. Insects. 
246 Pink-breasted Robin, P. rhodinog aster, V., S.A., T., 
Bass St. Is. Stat. v.r. deep forest, gullies 5.2 
Head, neck, back sooty-black; white spot on forehead; 
breast, abdomen rose-pink; under base tail white; f., 
upper brown; buff marks on wing; under gray; under 
base tail white. Insects. "Tick-tick-tick;" like snap- 
ping dead twig. 
247 Rose-breasted Robin, P. rosea, E.A. 
Insects. Stat. r. dense brushes, gullies 4.5 
Crown, throat, upper dark slate-gray; narrow white fore- 
head; chest rich rose-red; under base tail white; outer- 
tail white; f., forehead buff; upper grayish-brown. 
248* Red-capped Robin, Redhead (e), P. goodenovii, S.Q., 
N.S.W., v., S.A., C.A., W.A. 
Nom. r. open inland scrubs 4.7 
Crown, breast scarlet; upper, neck black; white stripe on 
wing; abdomen, under tail white; f.,* dark-brown 
upper; forehead tinged reddish; throat, breast faintly 
tinged red. Insects. 
249 Hooded Robin (Black and White, Black, Pied), P. 
bicolor, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A., W.A., N.W.A. 
Stat. r. open, forest 6.5 
Head, upper, throat black; patch on wing, abdomen, 
under base tail, outer- tail white; f., brownish-gray in- 
stead of black. Insects. 
known to all. Who does not know and admire the plucky, 
though fussy Black and White Fantail (Willie Wagtail), as it 
drives a cat or a dog away from the vicinity of its nest, or as it 
waits impatiently about the mouth of a grazing cow or horse, or 
as it expresses its opinion of itself in the melodious "sweet, pretty 
creature," heard even late on moonlight nights? The friendly 
White-shafted Fantail is almost as well known, as it flits about a 
camp or catches flies near some water-course. 
At the Summer School, a Fantail spent some time each day 
in the dining-tent. The beautiful Rufous Fantail is just as tame, 
but is not quite so common. The nests of the White-shafted and 
Rufous Fantails are things of beauty. The long wine-glass stem 
is said by some to serve to drain the water away down from the 
nest, or as a means of carrying the eye down from the nest itself, 
so that it is seldom seen, or as a balance, so that the nest is not 
tilted too far in windy weather. 
The Scissors Grinder, or Restless Flycatcher, is very much like 
a Black and White Fantail, but the throat is white, while that 
