. An Australian bird book : a pocket book for field use. Birds -- Australia Identification. 152 AX AUSTRALIAN BIRD 325 Olive Whistler, Olivaceous Thickhead, P. oUvacea, , v., T., Bass St. Is. Stat. r. humid scrubs 8 Olive brown; head dark-gray; throat whitish marked brown; faint gray band across chest; under reddish- brown; f., no band on chest. Insects. "Liquid, whistling ; 6 326*Yellow-breasted Shrike-Robin, Yellow Robin (e), 8 Wild Canary (e), Eopsaltria austraUs. , V. Stat. c. timher Dark-gray; upper base tail olive-yellow; throat grayish- white; under
. An Australian bird book : a pocket book for field use. Birds -- Australia Identification. 152 AX AUSTRALIAN BIRD 325 Olive Whistler, Olivaceous Thickhead, P. oUvacea, , v., T., Bass St. Is. Stat. r. humid scrubs 8 Olive brown; head dark-gray; throat whitish marked brown; faint gray band across chest; under reddish- brown; f., no band on chest. Insects. "Liquid, whistling ; 6 326*Yellow-breasted Shrike-Robin, Yellow Robin (e), 8 Wild Canary (e), Eopsaltria austraUs. , V. Stat. c. timher Dark-gray; upper base tail olive-yellow; throat grayish- white; under bright yellow. Tame, perches on side of sapling; f., sim. Insects. Piping note often repeated. the difficulty of skinning these birds, they were given the name Pachycephala. It is unfortunate that the literal transla- tion—thick head—was the name used by bird people for these beautiful singers. It is now proposed to change the name to Whistler. Strange to say, we have not heard a good local name for these attractive and often gorgeous birds. To complete this interesting sub-family, we have the Yellow- breasted Shrike-Robin—a confiding favorite, found in most dark scrubs. Its single, often-repeated, piping note is responsible for its name, Eopsaltria, "Psalm of the ; This delightful forest-dweller frequently perches sideways on a sapling. Six kinds are known from Australia, and two more from adjacent islands. In Family 135—Titmice or Tits—Australia has but five repre-. 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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