BIRDS OF THE BRUSHES AND BIG SCRUBS 
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6. Frill-necked Flycatcher Arses lorealis 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. 
Eggs. —Two, whitish, spotted with dull and purplish-red markings. 
Breeding-season: November to January. 
7. Black-faced Flycatcher Monarcha melanopsis Vieillot 
Mon-arcJv-a —Gk, monarchos, ruler: mel'-an-op'-sis —Gk, 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; in¬ 
habits brushes and dense scrubs. It is very active, searching for food 
among the leaves and branches, or in the air. Call-note, a loud 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 canescens Salvadori 
can-es-cens —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 paper 
bark, bound together with cobwebs; lined with vegetable hair. 
Eggs .—Three, white, dotted all over with small reddish-brown irre¬ 
gular-shaped spots with a few underlying markings of pale purple, form¬ 
ing a zone at the larger end. Breeding-season: January. 
9. Spectacled Flycatcher Monarcha trivirgata Temminck 
trl-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 pairs • is a 
migrant, arriving in New South Wales late in September and departing 
