FLYEATER. 
soon attracts attention by its remarkably loud and pleasing song, and the 
species does not appear to leave the district during winter.” 
Campbell, writing of the form Ps. jacksoni, gave Jackson’s field notes, 
from which I quote : “ My attention was attracted to the sweet and char- 
acteristic song of a Pseudogerygone, the song being different from that rendered by 
any other species of the genus with which I am acquainted. The birds were 
not plentiful, but very local ; and I usually heard one during my daily tramp, 
and now and again at early morning one would visit the wilga tree at the head 
of my tent, and there pour forth its sweet but feeble song. From what I saw 
of the birds, they appeared to be partial to the suckers of the coolibar and bibble 
box trees, but the wilga trees were also great favourites with them. The birds 
preferred the open forest, where the trees were well scattered, and the height 
of their breeding-season (October) was the period when they most frequently 
twittered their sweet notes. By December these songs grew remarkably less, 
and in January the birds became silent, or were rarely heard. Consequently, 
owing to their small size and dull colour, they were difficult to locate. Most 
of their time is spent feeding on small insects, etc., on the leaves and bark 
of bushy trees. The bird has a habit of moving its tail and the ends of its 
wings up and down rapidly on alighting on a branch, then folding its wings 
on its back.” 
Campbell noted : “ These birds are distinctly darker on the upper-surface 
than typical P. culicivora , taken in Victoria and Riverina, from which they may 
be further distinguished by the reddish tinged (cinnamon-brown) fore-head and 
crown. This colour might have been taken for youthful plumage had not 
the birds above described been parents. Again the eyes are 6 ruby-red 5 
(Jackson), as against ‘ reddish-yellow ’ (Gould) of P. culicivora P 
Mr. J. P. Rogers wrote : “ This species is usually found in the mangroves, 
but I have seen them a few miles up creeks, but do not think they stayed there 
all the time. Here (Derby, N.W.A.) these birds are rare, but P. tenebrosa is 
fairly numerous.” 
Mr. Tom Carter’s notes read : “ The Western Flyeater (G. culicivora) is 
another quiet, unobtrusive little bird, fairly common through the south-west 
and observed by me at Kellerberin. They utter a very sweet faint quavering 
note, which may be described in words as ‘ Sle-eep-ba-bee.’ A very similar song 
is ascribed to the Spotted Pardalote, so plentiful in the karri forests of the 
extreme south-west.” 
From Cobbora, New South Wales, Mr. Thomas P. Austin has written me : 
“ This is a fairly common species here during the spring and summer months, 
departing early in February. It frequents the sapling country and scrubs, 
where it threads its way from tree to tree gathering its food, and it always calls 
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