THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
this species feeds exclusively on the wild figs, in company with members of 
the following genera, Ptilonorhynchus, both species, Sericulus , Scythrops and 
Garpophaga, with all of which it seems to be quite familiar, but does not appear 
to mix with the other species of its own genus, all of which are strictly 
insectivorous. A female shot on the 24th of November contained a fully 
developed egg.’ Judging from the specimens I have examined, I believe 
that the sexes are alike in plumage.” 
Broadbent simply noted it from the Cardwell district without comment. 
Campbell and Barnard added little more in their account : “ As a general 
rule, northern scrub species are smaller in size or are brighter in plumage than 
southern birds of the same kind. So it is with the Barred Cuckoo-Shrike, 
which, in the Murray district, is clearer (brighter) in appearance and has the 
under-surface more distinctly barred. For the northern form Mathews 
recently applied the name austini. These birds were not observed till we 
reached the Murray River, when they were noticed passing in small flocks 
from the north, evidently going farther south, though some of them remained 
during our visit. If there be a difference between the skins secured and the 
southern form, then the southern bird is either a stationary species or 
migrates farther south in the spring, while the northern bird takes its place 
in the centre. Mathews omits the range of this bird to New South Wales.” 
The restricted range of this species in Australia, viz., Queensland and 
northern New South Wales, has obscured our knowledge of its life-history, as 
shown in the few notes available. As admitted by Campbell, the southern 
birds from New South Wales are easily separable by their less distinct 
barring on the under -surface, and when I received such I named the race and 
added that locality. So that two Australian races are recognisable : 
Paragraucalus lineatus lineatus (Swainson). 
Queensland. 
Paragraucalus lineatus austini Mathews. 
New South Wales. 
The extra-limital forms in this case seem to be subspecific only. 
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