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Alf AUSTBIXIAN BIRD BOOK. 
P. 120. CAMPOPHAGIDAE (10), CUCKOO-SHRIKES, Cater- 
pillar-eaters, 186 sp.— 104 (103) A., 63(61)0., 
2(1)P., 19(19)E. 
1 261 Ground Cuckoo-Shrike, Ground Graucalus, Ground 
1 (Long-tailed) Jay (e), Pteropodocys phasianella, Q., 
N.S.W., v., C.A., W.A. (interior). 
Stat. v.r. plains 13 
Head, neck, chest, back delicate-gray; abdomen, rump 
white, many narrow black bars; under base tail white; 
wings, tail black; side tail tipped white; f., sim. 
Insects, larvae. Shrill note. 
of the Pantail is black. The Grinder is often mentioned in popu- 
lar books on bird-life, on account of its peculiar scissors-grinding 
note uttered while hovering in search of insects. 
More than half the species of birds making up the family of 
Caterpillar-eaters are restricted to the Australian region. 
The common Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike has many names. 
Leatherhead, Blue Pigeon, and Blue Jay are amongst the most 
common, and all are wrong. The Leatherhead is a Honey-eater, 
and is better known as the Priar-Bird. The Cuckoo-Shrike is not a 
Pigeon, but is a perching bird; nor is it a Jay, which is a Northern 
Hemisphere bird, a member of the Crow family. 
The Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike is partly migratory, being sta- 
tionary in the northern parts of its range, but migratory in the 
south. It occasionally reaches New Zealand. These birds 
