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. The birds of Australia. Birds. FANTAILS 281 C. The Grey Fan-tails.—Length 7 inches; head blackish; rest of upper surfaces and sides ashy-grey; tail blackish with broad white tip to the outermost feather; throat white, a broad band of ashy-grey across the fore-neck and chest; centre of body light bufif; white under the tail. The Northern Fantall, B. setosa {isura, gularis).—North Australia, New Guinea and Bismarcli Archipelago, Front life. C. P. Eivane. White-shafted Fantail feeding young: Rhipidura alhiscapa. D. The Black and White Fantails.—Length nearly 8 inches. Above black with
. The birds of Australia. Birds. FANTAILS 281 C. The Grey Fan-tails.—Length 7 inches; head blackish; rest of upper surfaces and sides ashy-grey; tail blackish with broad white tip to the outermost feather; throat white, a broad band of ashy-grey across the fore-neck and chest; centre of body light bufif; white under the tail. The Northern Fantall, B. setosa {isura, gularis).—North Australia, New Guinea and Bismarcli Archipelago, Front life. C. P. Eivane. White-shafted Fantail feeding young: Rhipidura alhiscapa. D. The Black and White Fantails.—Length nearly 8 inches. Above black with brown on the wings; tail black; throat, neck, thighs, and sides of face and breast black; remainder of under surface white. The Black and White Fantail, M. tricolor.—All Australia, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomons, Moluccas. The White-shafted Fantail is one of the small birds most frequently noticed when one is travelling in the bush, since from its inquisitiveness and social disposition it will come near and round you in the camp or on the track. "While in the air it. 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 Lucas, Arthur Henry Shakspere; Le Soue?f, W. H. Dudley. Melbourne, London [etc. ] Whitcombe and Tombs Limited
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