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AN AUSTRALIAN BIRD BOOK. 
325 Olive Whistler, Olivaceous Thickhead, P. oUvacea, 
N.S.W., v., T., Bass St. Is. Stat. r. humid scruds 8 
Olive brown; head dark-gray; throat whitish marked 
brown; faint gray band across chest; under reddish- 
brown; f., no band on chest. Insects. "Liquid, 
whistling note." 
6 326* Yellow-breasted Shrike-Robin, Yellow Robin (e), 
8 Wild Canary (e), Eopsaltria australis. N.S.W., V. 
Stat. c. tim'ber 5.3 
Dark-gray; upper base tail olive-yellow; throat grayish- 
white; under bright yellow. Tame, perches on side of 
sapling; f., sim. Insects. Piping note often repeated. 
the diflaculty of skinning these birds, they were given the 
name Pachycephala. It is unfortunate that the literal transla- 
tion — thick head — was the name used by bird people for these 
beautiful singers. It is now proposed to change the name to 
Whistler. Strange to say, we have not heard a good local name 
for these attractive and often gorgeous birds. 
To complete this interesting sub-family, we have the Yellow- 
breasted Shrike-Robin — a confiding favorite, found in most dark 
scrubs. Its single, often-repeated, piping note is responsible for 
its name, Eopsaltria, "Psalm of the Dawn." This delightful 
forest-dweller frequently perches sideways on a sapling. Six kinds 
are known from Australia, and two more from adjacent islands. 
In Family 135 — Titmice or Tits — Australia has but five repre- 
