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eccs. Usually three, light or rich bluish-green, heavily blotched with 
reddish or chestnut-brown markings, which sometimes obscure the 
ground colour. Breeding-season: September to January. 
3. Varied Triller Lalage leucomela Vigors and Horsfield—3A. Female 
leuc-o-mel'-a— Gk, leucos, white; Gk, rnelas (tnelanos), black. 
distribution. Tropical Australia and the coastal districts ol 
eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales. 
notes. Also called the Pied Caterpillar-eater and White-eyebrowed 
Caterpillar-eater. Mostly stationary, but in New South Wales it is a 
migrant; arrives during October and departs in February or March. 
Seen mostly in pairs; much shyer in habits than the Wliite-winged 
Triller, its song is similar, but much softer, some of the notes 
resembling those of the Cicada-bird. Food: insects and their larvae; also 
certain native fruits and berries. 
nest. A small, shallow, saucer-shaped structure, composed of plant- 
stalks, rootlets, and grasses, woven together with cobwebs; usually built 
at the junction of a thin forked horizontal branch, and near the 
end of it. 
f.gg. Pale to bright apple-green, uniformly blotched and spotted 
with markings of reddish or chestnut-brown, sometimes forming a 
zone at the larger end. Breeding-season: in eastern Australia from 
October to January or February. 
4. Cicada-bird (Jardine Caterpillar-eater) Edoliisoma tenuirostre 
Jardine—4A. Female 
E-dol'-i-i-som'-a— Gk, edolios, a kind of bird; Gk, soma, body: tcn-u-i- 
ros'-tre—L., tenuis, slender; L., rostrum, bill. 
distribution. Northern and eastern Australia, chiefly coastal and 
contiguous districts. 
notes. “Cicada-bird" is an appropriate name; its call-notes resemble 
the buzzing sound of a large cicada, like “Kree-kree”, uttered con¬ 
tinuously. Mostly seen in pairs; arrives in New South Wales towards 
the end of September and departs during February. Food: insects; 
fond of cicadas, procured among the leaves and branches of trees. 
nest. A small, open, shallow structure, composed of lichen, pieces 
of thin bark, plant-stems, and leaves, woven together with cobwebs; 
lined with finer materials, and decorated on the outside with lichen. 
An average nest measures 3J by 2 inches. Usually built into the angle 
of a forked horizontal branch of a tree, up to 70 feet or more from the 
ground. 
egg. Varying from pale bluish to greenish-grey, spotted and 
blotched with umber, slaty-brown, and underlying markings of 
lavender. Breeding-season: October to January. 
5. Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula Latham-5A. Female 
My-i-ag-ra— Gk, myiagra, flycatcher: ru-be'-cu-la— L„ rubeculus, reddish 
distribution. North-western Australia, Northern Territory, and 
