Crown, upper sooty-gray; small white forehead; white on wing; outer-tail white; chin sooty-gray; under scarlet; under base tail white; f.,* under brown; outer-tail white; under reddish-gray. Insects.
=246 Pink-breasted Robin=, _P. rhodinogaster_, V., S.A., T., Bass St. Is.
Stat. v.r. _deep forest_, _gullies_ 5.2
Head, neck, back sooty-black; white spot on forehead; breast, abdomen rose-pink; under base tail white; f., upper brown; buff marks on wing; under gray; under base tail white.
Insects. "Tick-tick-tick;" like snapping dead twig.
=247 Rose-breasted Robin=, _P. rosea_, E.A. Insects.
Stat. r. _dense brushes_, _gullies_ 4.5
Crown, throat, upper dark slate-gray; narrow white forehead; chest rich rose-red; under base tail white; outer-tail white; f., forehead buff; upper grayish-brown.
=248* Red-capped Robin=, Redhead (e), _P. goodenovii_, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A., C.A., W.A.
Nom. r. _open inland scrubs_ 4.7
Crown, breast scarlet; upper, neck black; white stripe on wing; abdomen, under tail white; f.,* dark-brown upper; forehead tinged reddish; throat, breast faintly tinged red.
Insects.
=249 Hooded Robin= (Black and White, Black, Pied), _P.
bicolor_, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A., W.A., N.W.A.
Stat. r. _open_, _forest_ 6.5
Head, upper, throat black; patch on wing, abdomen, under base tail, outer-tail white; f., brownish-gray instead of black.
Insects.
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=250 Short-billed Tree-Tit= (Sombre), Scrub-Tit, _Smicrornis brevirostris_, E.A., S.A., W.A.
Stat. c. _treetops_ 3.5
Crown brownish-gray; back olive; behind eye reddish-brown; throat, chest whitish; abdomen citron-yellow; tail brown at base, banded blackish, spotted white at tip; short bill brown; f., sim. Insects. Clear whistle.
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=251* White-throated Flyeater=, Native Canary (e), Bush-Warbler, _Gerygone albigularis_, N.A., E.A., N.W.A.
Insects. Musician.
Mig. c. _tree-tops_ 4.3
Upper ashy-brown; throat, face white; chest, abdomen greenish-yellow; tail blackish band, white tip; f., sim.
=252 Southern Flyeater= (Western), White-tailed Bush-Warbler, _G. (Pseudogerygone) culicivora_, E.A., S.A., C.A., W.A. f.
sim. Insects.
v.r. _forests_, _scrubs_ 4.2
Upper olive-brown; throat, chest light-gray; abdomen white; tail white base; black band, tip spotted white.
=253 Brown Flyeater=, Brown Bush-Warbler, _G. fusca_, E.A.
Stat. c. _forest_, _scrubs_ 3.8
Back, sides reddish-brown; forehead, eyebrow, throat, chest gray; tail black band, tip spotted white; f., sim. Insects.
Feeble "What is it? What is it?"
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=254* White-shafted Fantail= (-Flycatcher, -Flysnapper), Cranky Fan, Devil-Bird, Land-Wagtail (e), _Rhipidura albiscapa_, E.A., S.A.
Stat. c. _open forest_ 6
Upper, band across chest sooty-black; under buff; stripe over eye, mark behind eye, throat, bars on wing, shafts of tail feathers (except 2 centre feathers) white; outer-tail, tip white; f., sim. Insects. Musical song.
=255* Rufous Fantail= (-Flycatcher), _R. rufifrons_, E.A.
Part.-Mig. (winter) _open_, (summer) _gullies_, _brushes_ 6.2
Crown, hind-neck brown; forehead, lower-back, base tail rust-red; throat, centre-abdomen white; chest black; flanks, under base tail light fawn; f., smaller. Insects.
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=256* Black and White Fantail= (-Flycatcher), Shepherd's Companion, Willie Wagtail, Wagtail (e), Frog (Morning) Bird, _R. motacilloides (tricolor)_, Mol., N.G., A. "Sweet pretty little creature."
Stat. v.c. _open forest_ 7.5
Upper, throat, breast black; eyebrow, rest under white; long fan-tail; f., sim. Insects. Often sings at night.
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=257 Leaden Flycatcher= (-Flysnapper), Frog-Bird, _Myiagra rubecula_, N.G., A., T.
Mig. r. _coast scrubs_, _gullies_ 6.5
Upper, wings, tail, breast leaden-gray glossed with green; abdomen, under base tail white; f., throat, breast rust-red.
Insects. Squeaking note.
=258 Satin Flycatcher= (Shining), Satin Sparrow (e), _M.