. An Australian bird book : a pocket book for field use. Birds -- Australia Identification. 122 AN AUSTRALIAN BIRD 11 244*Scarlet-breasted Robin, Petroica Xeggei, , , 17 v., , , T. Mig. c. (winter) open, (summer) forest gullies Head, throat, upper black; cap white; white bands an 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. Tacky Winter, is less formal than Brown Flycatcher—a name which is already in use for another bird. The Robin Redbreast of Britain
. An Australian bird book : a pocket book for field use. Birds -- Australia Identification. 122 AN AUSTRALIAN BIRD 11 244*Scarlet-breasted Robin, Petroica Xeggei, , , 17 v., , , T. Mig. c. (winter) open, (summer) forest gullies Head, throat, upper black; cap white; white bands an 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. Tacky Winter, is less formal than Brown Flycatcher—a name which is already in use for another bird. The Robin Redbreast of Britain is regarded with affection by all English children. That feeling hns been transferred to the externally slightly similar "Robin Redbrensts" of this country, though they are not at all related to the British Robins. Red- breast is really the name of the English bird, and Robin is per- haps a term of endearment added to the name Redbreast. While the British bird has a rufous breast, the Australian birds have a scarlet breast, and are much handsomer birds. The British Robin is now placed in the Thrush family. Once given to members of this family, the name Robin has been adopted for related birds that have no red—, the black and white Hooded Robin, and the Tasmanian Dusky Robin. The Shrike Robins belong to the Shrike family, so they need not be mentioned here. The Scrub Robin of the inland dry scrubs belongs to the same family as the Coachwhip Bird and the Babbler. The Fantails and some, at least, of the Flycatchers proper are. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Leach, John Albert, 1870-1929; Horn Scientific Expedition (1894). Melbourne : Whitcombe & Tombs
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