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HORN EXPEDITION—AVES. 
App. p. 26 (1849); Sharpe, licit. Mus. Cat. Bds., Vol. VII., p. 668 (1883); 
North, Nests and Eggs Austr. Bds., p. 144 (1889); Stirling and Zietz, Trans. 
Boy. Soc. South Austr, Vol. XVI., p. 158 (1893). 
Two adult males and one female. Crown Point. 
[On our return journey, near Crown Point, a number of these gay little birds 
Avere seen among the mulga scrub and saltbush. Unlike E. tricolor^ bright- 
plumaged birds were the rule and not the exception. Two old nests were found in 
the saltbush. They were open, cup-shaped, and built of tine grass and spider’s 
Aveb.] 
No. 49. Ephtiiianuua tricolor, Gould. Scarlet-fronted Ephthiariura. 
Ephthianura tricolor., Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1840, p. 159; id., Bds. Austr., 
fob, Vol. III., pi. 66 (1848); Sturt, Exped. Centr. Austr., Vol. II., App. p. 26 
(1849); Sharpe, Brit. Mus. Cat. Bds., Vol. VII., p. 667 (1883); North, Nests 
and Eggs Austr. Bds., p. 143, pi. xiii., tig. 12 (1889); Stirling and Zietz, Trans. 
Hoy. Soc. South Austr., Vol. XVI., p. 158 (1893). 
One young male, one semi-adult male, one nearly-adult male, Hermannburg. 
[Whether, as some authorities assert, these birds change their plumage twice 
a year or not, it is certain that adult males in full dress are very scarce. At 
Hermannburg several flocks were seen in the scrub, but only one really bright bird 
Avas present; and, although several scores Avere seen on the Hugh River, only tAvo 
mature specimens could be obtained, all the others being either females or im¬ 
mature birds. Being strictly insectivorous they are someAvhat inditterent to the 
presence of Avater, and only seem to approach it because food is more plentiful in 
its vicinity.] 
No. 50. CiNCLORAAiPiius CRURALis, Vigors and Horsfield. Australian Skylark. 
Megaliirus cruralis, Vig. and Horsf., Trans. Linn. vSoc., Vol. XV., p. 228 
(1826). 
Cincloraniphus cruralis, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1837, p. 150; id., Bds. Austr., 
fob, Vol. III., pb 74 (1848); Sharpe, Brit. Mus. Cat. Bd.s., Vol. VII., p. 498 
(1883); Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. I., 2nd series, p. 1098 (1886); 
North, Nests and Eggs Austr. Bds., p. 152 (1889). 
Cincloraniphus cantillans, Gould, Bds. Austr., fob, Vol. III., pb 75 (1848); 
Sturt, Exped. Centr. Austr., p. 31 (1849). 
