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another, uttering, at the same time, their unvary- 
ing clicking note, which has given them their 
provincial name. When the young are newly 
hatched, or rearing, this anxiety is very marked ; 
but at other times, a few short and not unpleasing 
notes are uttered, while on its perch, or when 
fluttering over the bushes, or tall herbaceous plants. 
They have also the same manner of flitting before 
a person, dog, or any disliked intruder, with the 
last described species ; but when having con- 
veyed them to a safe distance, they return, by one 
or two lengthened flights, to their usual haunt. 
The crown, cheeks, and vent, are brownish- 
black, each feather broadly margined with ochre 
yellow ; from the nostrils, over each eye, and 
above the auricular feathers, runs a white streak ; 
and on the sides of the neck, and on the scapulars 
there are white patches, the latter contrasting with 
the pure black which covers the shoulders. The 
wings and tail are brownish-black, the feathers 
of the former edged with ochraceous, and the 
feathers of the latter, except the two in] the 
centre, being white at the base, that mark which 
runs through many of the members of this sub- 
family ; the shaft of the feather runs along each, 
conspicuously black. The chin is white, but the 
throat, breast, and flanks, are pale orange-brown, 
shading into white on the belly, vent, and under 
tail coverts. The female has more of the ochra- 
ceous tint on the upper parts ; the shoulders are 
blackish-brown, and want the white patch ; and 
the tail does not exhibit the white band so dis- 
