BIRDS OF THE BRUSHES AND BIG SCRUBS 
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6. Frill-necked Flycatcher Arses lorealis De Vis 
Idr-e-a-lis — L., lorealis, lored. 
Distribution. — Northern Queensland (Cape York). 
Notes. — Also called White-lored Flycatcher. Usually in pairs, fre* 
quenting the dense scrubs. Similar in habits to the Pied Flycatcher. 
Nest. — Similar to that of the Pied Flycatcher. 
Eggs. — Two, whitish, spotted with dull and purplish-red markings 
Breeding-season : November to January. 
7. Black-faced Flycatcher Monarc ha melanopsis Vieillot 
Mon-arch' -a — Gk, monarchos, ruler: mel-an-op'-sis — Gk, melas ( mela - 
nos), black; Gk, opsis, appearance. 
Distribution. — Eastern Australia, from Cape York to eastern Vic- 
toria; also occurs in Timor and New Guinea. 
Notes. — Also called Carinated Flycatcher. A migrant, arriving in 
New South Wales in the spring, departing during February or March; in- 
habits brushes and dense scrubs. It is very active, searching for food 
among the leaves and branches, or in the air. Call-note, a loud whistle, 
“Why-yew, witch-yew.” Food : insects of various kinds. 
Nest. — Goblet-shaped, composed of green moss and lined with fine 
rootlets. Usually built in a thin forked horizontal or upright forked branch 
of a leafy tree, up to 30 feet from the ground. 
Eggs. — Two or three, white, covered, sometimes more at the larger 
end, with reddish and lavender spots. Breeding-season: November to 
January. 
8- Pearly Flycatcher Monarc ha canescens Salvadori 
can-es'-cens — L., canescens, becoming hoary. 
Distribution. — Cape York Peninsula (northern Queensland). 
Notes. — Usually in pairs, frequenting open forest as well as big 
scrubs. Similar in habits to the Black-faced Flycatcher. 
Nest. — Goblet-shaped, composed of fine strips and flakes of paper 
bark, bound together with cobwebs ; lined with vegetable hair. 
Eggs. — Three, white, dotted all over with small reddish-brown irre- 
gular-shaped spots with a few underlying markings of pale purple, form- 
ing a zone at the larger end. Breeding-season: January. 
9. Spectacled Flycatcher Monarc ha trivirgata Temminck 
trl-vw-ga -ta — Gk, tri, three ; L., virgatus, striped. 
Distribution. — Eastern Australia, from Cape York to north-eastern 
New South Wales; also occurs in Timor, the Molucca Islands, and New 
Guinea. 
Notes. — Also called Black-fronted Flycatcher. Usually in pairs; is a 
migrant, arriving in New South Wales late in September and departing 
