YELLOW-BREASTED SHRIKE ROBIN. 
Eopsaltria chrysorrhos * Gould, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. IV., Vol. IV., p. 109, Aug. 1st, 
1869 : eastern parts of New South Wales ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N S W., 
Vol. II., p. 184, 1878 ; id., Tab. List Austr. Birds, p. 7, 1888 ; Campbell, Nests and 
Eggs Austr. Birds, Vol. I., p. 313, 1901 ; North, Austr. Mus. Spec. Cat. No. 1, Vol. I., 
p. 185, 1903 ; Mathews, Hand! Birds Austral., p. 86, 1908 ; Witmer Stone, Austral 
Av. Rec., Vol. I., p. 158, 1913. 
Eopsaltria magnirostris Gould, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. IV., Vol. IV., p. 109, Aug. 1st, 
1869 (ex Ramsay MS.): Rockingham Bay, North Queensland; Ramsay, Proc. 
Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. II., p. 183, 1878 ; id., Tab. List Austr. Birds, p. 7, 1888 ; 
Hall, Key Birds Austr., p. 32, 1899 ; Mathews, Hand! Birds Austral., p. 87, 1908 ; 
Witmer Stone, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., p. 158, 1913; Campbell and Barnard, 
Emu, Vol. XVII., p. 23, 1917. 
Eopsaltria jacksoni Le Souef, Emu, Vol. IX., p. 70, pi. nx, Oct. 1st, 1909 : Herberton 
Range, North Queensland ; Mathews, ib., p. 246, 1910. 
Eopsaltria australis chrysorous Sassi, Journ. fur Orn., 1910, p. 185 ; Mathews, List Birds 
Austr., p. 183, 1913. 
Eopsaltria australis magnirostris Sassi, Journ. fur Om., 1910, p. 185 ; Mathews, List Birds 
Austr., p. 183, 1913. 
Pachycephala australis australis Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 316, Jan. 31st, 1912. 
Pachycephala australis viridior Mathews, ib. : (Selby) Victoria. 
Pachycephala australis chrysorrhos Mathews, ib. 
Pachycephala australis magnirostris Mathews, ib., p. 317. 
Eopsaltria coomooboolaroo Campbell, Emu, Vol. XII., p. 191, Jan. 1st, 1913 : Coomoo- 
boolaroo, Queensland. 
Eopsaltria australis australis Mathews, List Birds Austr., p. 182, 1913. 
Eopsaltria australis viridior Mathews, ib., p. 183 ; Belcher, Birds Geelong, p. 236, 1914. 
Eopsaltria australis coomooboolaroo Mathews, ib. 
Eopsaltria australis austina Mathews, Emu, Vol. XIV., p. 60, July 1st, 1914 : Cobbora, 
New South Wales. 
Distribution. Eastern Australia, from the Rockingham Bay district to Victoria. 
Adult male. Crown of head, hinder-face, hind-neck, sides of neck, upper back, and upper 
wing-coverts dark lead-grey; greater upper wing-coverts, bastard- wing, \ primary- 
coverts, and inner portions of the flight-quills blackish-brown, outer edges of the 
primary-quiUs whitish, as are also the margins of the inner webs ; lower back, rump, 
and upper tail-coverts citron-yellow ; tail-feathers blackish-brown edged with white 
at the tip and fringed with citron-yellow ; feathers in front of the eye blackish 
and bristly ; the supraloral feathers whitish at the base ; rictal bristles directed 
backwards ; throat white with black hair-like tips to the feathers ; fore-neck, 
middle of breast and middle of abdomen bright yellow becoming citron-yellow on 
the sides of the body ; under tail-coverts lemon-yellow ; axillaries and under wing- 
coverts dusky-black margined, or tipped with whitish ; under-surface of quills 
blackish-brown paler on the inner edges ; lower aspect of tail dark brown narrowly 
edged with white at the tips of the feathers. Bill horn ; eyes hazel ; feet slaty. 
* Spelt variously chrysorrhoa, chrysorous, etc. 
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