. A handbook of the birds of Tasmania and its dependencies . NEST OF PINK-BREASTED ROBIN. Photo, by H. C. NEST OF DUSKY ROBIN, Showing egg of Pallid Cuckoo (on right).Photo, by H. c. Thompson. BIRDS OF TASMANIA. 25 Goulds Birds of Australia (foL, vol. iii., pi. 6), the female isdepicted with a reddish breast, and in the letter-press accompany-ing the plate it is described as having a reddish under phase of plumage in the female is quite unknown to me. *PINK-BEEASTED ROBIN {Petrccca rhodinogastra, Drapier). Male.—Whole of the upper surface slaty-white; white spot onforeh
. A handbook of the birds of Tasmania and its dependencies . NEST OF PINK-BREASTED ROBIN. Photo, by H. C. NEST OF DUSKY ROBIN, Showing egg of Pallid Cuckoo (on right).Photo, by H. c. Thompson. BIRDS OF TASMANIA. 25 Goulds Birds of Australia (foL, vol. iii., pi. 6), the female isdepicted with a reddish breast, and in the letter-press accompany-ing the plate it is described as having a reddish under phase of plumage in the female is quite unknown to me. *PINK-BEEASTED ROBIN {Petrccca rhodinogastra, Drapier). Male.—Whole of the upper surface slaty-white; white spot onforehead small; sides of the head and throat slaty-black; chest andabdomen rose-pink; under tail coverts white; bill black; legs andfeet blackish-brown. Dimensions in mm. :—Length, 130; bill, 10;wing, 63; tail, 51; tarsus, 18. Female.—Upper surface oHve-brown; white spot on foreheadsmall; under surface pale brown, except centre of abdomen, whichis buffy-white. Nest.—Cup-shaped; constructed of fine moss, on to which arestuck pieces of lichen and spiders web; inside lining either thehair-hke substance from the
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