=242* Australian Brown Flycatcher=, Jacky Winter, Postboy, Post-sitter, White-tail, Stump-Bird, Spinks, Peter-Peter, _Microeca fascinans_, E.A., S.A. Stat. c. _open_, _forest_ 5.2 Upper pale-brown; side tail white; under lighter; chin, abdomen white; swings tail sideways; f., sim. Insects. Songster. =243 Allied Flycatcher= (Lesser Brown), _M. assimilis_, N.A., V. (acc), W.A. Insects. Stat. c. _open_, _forest_ 4.6 Like 242, but smaller; outer tail feathers brown at base. [Page 122] [Illustration: [244] [245] [246] [247] [248] [249]] 11 17 =244* Scarlet-breasted Robin=, _Petroica leggei_, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A., W.A., T. Mig. c. (winter) _open_, (summer) _forest gullies_ 5.2 Head, throat, upper black; cap white; white bands on wing; breast scarlet; lower-abdomen dull-white; outer-tail white; bill, feet black; f.,* upper, under brown; breast tinged red; white marks on wing. Insects. [Page 123] =245* Flame-breasted Robin=, _P. phoenicea_, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A., T., Bass St. Is. Mig. c. (winter) _open_, (summer) _mt.-gullies_ 5.3 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. [Page 124] [Illustration: [250] [251] [252] [253] [254]] 2 2 =250 Short-billed Tree-Tit= (Sombre), Scrub-Tit, _Smicrornis brevirostris_, E.A., S.A., W.A. Stat. c. _treetops_ 3.5
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