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6. Frill-neckcd Flycatcher Arses lorcalis De Vis 
lor-e-a-lis— L., lorealis, lored. 
distribution. Northern Queensland (Cape York). 
notes. Also called White-lored Flycatcher. Usually in pairs, fre¬ 
quenting the dense scrubs. Similar in habits to the Pied Flycatcher. 
nest. Similar to that of the Pied Flycatcher. 
f.ggs. Two, whitish, spotted with dull and purplish-red markings 
Breeding-season: November to January. 
7. Black-faced Flycatcher Monarcha melanopsis Vieillot 
Mon-arch'-a-Gk f monarchos, ruler: mel'-an-op'-sis-G k, melas ( mela - 
nos), black; Gk, opsis, appearance. 
distribution. Eastern Australia, from Cape York to eastern Vic¬ 
toria; also occurs in Timor and New Guinea. 
notes. Also called Carinated Flycatcher. A migrant, arriving in 
New South Wales in the spring, departing during February or March; 
inhabits brushes and dense scrubs, it is very active, searching for food 
among the leaves and branches, or in the air. Call-note, a louc 1 
whistle, “Why-yew, witch-yew”. Food: insects of various kinds. 
nest. Goblet-shaped, composed of green moss and lined with fine 
rootlets. Usually built in a thin forked horizontal or upright forked 
branch of a leafy tree, up to 30 feet from the ground. 
eggs. Two or three, white, covered, sometimes more at the larger 
end, with reddish and lavender spots. Breeding-season: November to 
January. 
8. Pearly Flycatcher Monarcha cancscens Salvador! 
can-es'-ccns- L., canescens, becoming hoary. 
distribution. Cape York Peninsula (northern Queensland). 
notes. Usually in pairs, frequenting open forest as well as big 
scrubs. Similar in habits to the Black-faced Flycatcher. 
nest. Goblet-shaped, composed of fine strips and flakes of papei 
bark, bound together with cobwebs; lined with vegetable hair. 
fggs. Three, white, dotted all over with small reddish-brown irre¬ 
gular-shaped spots with a few underlying markings of pale purple, 
forming a zone at the larger end. Breeding-season: January. 
9. Spectacled Flycatcher Monarcha trivirgata 1 cmminck 
tri-vir-ga'-ta—Gk, tri, three; L., virgatus, striped. 
distribution. Eastern Australia, from Cape York to north-eastern 
New South Wales; also occurs in Timor, the Molucca Islands, and 
New Guinea. 
notes. Also called Black-fronted Flycatcher Usually in pai«; « a 
migrant, arriving in New South Wales late in September and depart¬ 
ing during February or March. Inhabits the brushes and dense scrubs. 
Similar in habits to the Black-faced Flycatcher. 
