ERYTHAOIN/E. 
m ° st ^old and active manner. They possess a peculiar and plaintive song, resembling that of the robin ; and, like this 
er bird, they sometimes frequent the abodes of man during the winter. The nest is composed of dry grasses, strips 
° hark, mosses, and lichen, all bound firmly together with cobwebs and vegetable fibres, and lined interiorly with 
hers, wool, or hair. It is usually placed in a hollow of a decayed tree, or a cavity in the bark, and sometimes in a 
rt of the branches a few feet from the ground. The eggs are three or four in number. 
g 1 . multicolor (Gmel.) Swains. Lath. Gen. Syn. vi. pi. 100., 
e " ains - Zool. 111. n. s. pi. 36., Lewin, B. of N. Holl. pi. 17. — Mus- 
a Pa erythrogastra Lath. Gould, B. of Austr. pi. ; Petroica Boo- 
bat >g L m . ? 
P. phoenicea Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1836. p. 105., Gould, Syn. of 
* tr - B. pi. f. (head), B. of Austr. pi. 
■ P- modesfa Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1837. p. 147. 
' Pulchella Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1839. p. 142. 
f. o ' P ' Goodm °vu (Vig. & Horsf.) Jard. & Selhy, 111. Orn. pi. 8. 
' ^ Gould, Syn. Austr. B. pi. f. (head), B. of Austr. pi. 
bi cuc ullata (Lath.) Lamb. Icon. ined. iii. 14. — Petroica 
C " or Swains. Zool. 111. n. s. pi. 43., Gould, B. of Austr. pi. 
’ ^ -fasca Gould, B. of Austr. pi. 
c ola er ythrogmter (Lath.) Lamb. Icon. ined. iii. pi. 30. — Saxi- 
j 1 1 °dinigastra Drop. ; Muscicapa Lathami Vigors, Zool. Journ. 
Go ;! ^ ar( h & Selby, 111. Orn. pL 8. ; Type of Erythrodryas 
( 1842). 
Gen' c eoccino 9 aster (Lath.) Lamb. Icon. ined. iii. t 31., Lath. 
• s yn- Suppl. ii. pi. 134. 
10. ? P. rnfiventris (Vieill.) N. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. xxvii. p. 12. 
11. ? P. rufieollis (Vieill.) N. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. xxvii. p. 13. 
12. P. rosea Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1839. p. 141., B. of Austr. pi. 
13. P . macrocephala (Gmel.) G. R. Gray. — Turdus minutus 
Forst. Desc. Anim. p. 83., Icon. ined. 149-, Lath. Gen. Syn. pi. 
55 . ; Pacliycephala ? australis Steph. ; Miro Forsterorum G. It. 
Gray. 
14. P. Dieffenbachii G. R. Gray, Voy. Ereb. & Terr. Zool. Birds, 
pi. 6. f. 1. 
15. P. toitoi (Garn.) G. R. Gray, Voy. de la Coqu. Zool. i. 590., 
Ois. t. 15. f. 3. 
16. P. albifrons (Gmel.) G. It. Gray, Voy. Ereb. & Terr. Birds, 
pi. 6. f. 2. — Turdus ochrotarsus Forst. Desc. Anim. p. 82., Icon, 
ined. 148. 
17. ? P. australis (Sparrm.) G. R. Gray, Mus. Carls, t. 69. — 
Muscicapa longipes Garn. Voy. de la Coqu. Ois. t. 19. f. 1. ; Myio- 
thera novas zealandise Less. ; Type of Miro Less. (1831). 
Drymodes Gould,* 
J) 'ii 
moderate, strong, with the oilmen curved to the tip, which is slightly emarginated ; the sides 
dua % compressed ; the lateral margins slightly curved, and the gonys long and ascending ; the 
ri s basal and lateral, placed in a membranous groove, with the opening longitudinal. Wings rather 
y, c n r °unded, with the fifth and sixth quills equal and longest. Tail long, broad, and rounded. 
1T1Uc h longer than the middle toe, and covered in front with an entire scale. Toes moderate, the 
c | * oe ra ther longer than the inner, and united at the base ; the hind toe moderate and slender ; the 
VVs ln °derate, curved, and acute. 
The 
s peci e , ^'T >e ob b Tia genus is only found in South Australia. Mr. Gould informs us that it is a quiet and inactive 
g r( , at ’ 1 sorting much to the ground, over which, and among the underwood and low stunted bushes, it passes with 
u ens e Ca>,C ’ ^ a PP ears rar ely to take wing, but to depend for security upon its dexterity in hopping away under the 
lo w b L| U J''' erW00 ^ h' 16 most scrubby parts ; lie has occasionally observed it to mount to the most elevated part of a 
oq a , . ’ j. r 
Vl gj it elevates its tail considerably. 
and there pour forth a sharp monotonous whistling note. When on the ground, and sometimes when perched 
D. brunneopygus Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1840. p. 170., B. of Austr. pi. 
Established by Mr. Gould in 1840 {Proc. Zool. Soe. 1840, p. 170.). 
