PLATE IX 
BIRDS OF THE OPEN FOREST 
1. Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novce-hollandicz Gmelin 
Cor-a-cV-na— Gk, coracinos, raven-like: novce-hollandice— of New 
Holland. 
distribution. Australia generally, and Tasmania; accidental to 
New Zealand; also occurs in the Celebes, Timor, Molucca Islands, 
and New Guinea. 
notes. Also called Blue Jay, Summer-bird, Blue Pigeon, Lapwing, 
Cherry-hawk, Leatherhead, and Jay. Usually in pairs or small flocks, 
inhabiting open forest-lands chiefly. It is partly nomadic, being ob¬ 
served less in the winter than in the summer. Its flight is undulating 
and powerful; it is seldom seen upon the ground. The call is a strange 
rattle of flute-like notes often uttered while in flight. Food: large 
insects and their larvae, procured among the leaves of the trees; also 
berries. 
nest. A small, nearly flat structure, composed of fine twigs, grass, 
bark-fibre, plant-stems or leaves, and fibrous rootlets, bound together 
with cobwebs. Some nests are decorated on the outside with small 
pieces of bark. Usually built in the angle of a forked horizontal 
branch of a tree. 
eggs. Usually three, olive-green to pale olive-brown, spotted, chiefly 
on the larger end, with different shades of umber and chestnut-brown, 
and underlying spots of dull grey. Breeding-season: August to 
January (New South Wales); February, March, and July (Queensland). 
2. White-breasted Cuckoo-shrike Coracina hypoleuca Gould 
hy-po-lcud-a— Gk, hypo , under; Gk, leucos , white. 
distribution. Northern tropical Australia; also occurs in the 
Aru Islands, New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands. 
notes. Usually in pairs or small flocks, inhabiting open forest 
country. It is very similar in habits and economy to the Black-faced 
Cuckoo-shrike. 
nest. A small, nearly flat structure, composed of grass and fine 
twigs, bound together with cobwebs. Usually built in the angle of a 
forked horizontal branch of a tree. 
eggs. Usually two, bluish-green, blotched with different shades of 
brown, and underlying markings of purplish-grey. Breeding-season: 
October to January. 
