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=273* Gray-crowned Babbler=, Chatterer (e), Cackler, Barker, Pine (Cat (e), Dog) Bird, Codlin-Moth-eater, Hopper, Jumper (e), Yahoo, Happy Family, Happy Jack, Twelve Apostles (e), Apostle-Bird (e), _Pomatorhinus frivolus (temporalis)_, E.A., S.A.

Stat. flocks, c. _open timber_ 11

Dark brown; crown light-gray; brow white; throat, breast white; tail tipped white; bill long black, curved; runs; f., sim. Insects. Many peculiar notes, noisy.

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=274 White-browed Babbler=, Go-aways, Stick-Birds, _P.

superciliosus_, A. inland (exc. N. Ter., N.Q.).

Stat. flocks, c. _open timber_ 8

Like 273, but smaller; crown dark-brown; f., sim. Insects.

"Most noisy bird I ever observed." (G.) Many notes.

=275 Chestnut-crowned Babbler=, _P. ruficeps_, N.S.W., V., S.A. (interior). Insects. Noisy.

Stat. c. _timber_ 8.5

Like 273, 274, but crown, hind-neck chestnut; f., sim.

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=276* White-browed Field-Wren=, White-lored Reed-Lark, Rush Warbler (e), Stink-Bird, _Calamanthus albiloris_, N.S.W., V., S.A.

Stat. c. _gra.s.s_, _heath_ 5

Greenish-brown streaked black; face, brow white; throat whitish streaked black; erect tail; shy; f., sim. Insects.

Pretty song on bush-top.

=277 Field-Wren=, Field Reed-Lark, _C. campestris_, V., S.A., N.W.A.

Stat. v.r. _open plains_ 4.6

Upper ashy-brown streaked dark-brown; upper base tail rufous-brown; side tail tipped white, banded black; forehead rufous streaked dark-brown; eyebrow white; under whitish streaked dark-brown; f., sim. Insects.

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=278* Brown Song-Lark= (Black-breasted), Australian Skylark, Harvest-Bird, Singing-Lark, Corn-Crake (e), _Cincloramphus cruralis_, A. exc. C.A.

Mig. c. _crops_ 9

Dark-brown, upper feathers edged lighter; abdomen blackish; f., much smaller; paler; eyebrow, under whitish. Insects.

"Fine songster, ranks with the Skylark;" sings flying like Skylark.

=279* Rufous Song-Lark= (Rufous-tinted), Rufous-rumped Singing-Lark, Skylark, _C. rufescens_, A.

Mig. c. _gra.s.s_, _crops_ 7.5

Upper brown, feathers edged lighter; upper base tail rufous; brow, throat whitish; under brownish-gray; side face darker; f., smaller; face not dark. Insects. "Amongst the richest and sweetest of Australian bird songs." Sings flying like Skylark.

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[Ill.u.s.tration: [279^A] [280] [280^A] [281] [282] [283]]

F. 123. _Troglodytidae_, Wrens, 255 sp.--2(1)A., 18(17)O., 10(10)P., 43(32)Nc., 194(183)Nl.

F. 124. _Cinclidae_, Dippers, Water-Ouzels, 19 sp.--5(2)O., 11(8)P., 1(0)Nc., 6(5)Nl.

F. 125. _Mimidae_, Mocking-Birds, Thrashers, 71 sp.--17(10)Nc., 61(54)Nl.

F. 126. t.u.r.dIDAE (8), THRUSHES (Blackbird (Br.), Nightingale, Robin (Br.), Wheatear, Bluebird (Am.), Redstart, Hedge-Sparrow), 588 sp.--48(44)A., 167(117)O., 124(53)P., 192(163)E., 29(14)Nc., 132(118)Nl.

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=279^A Blackbird=, _t.u.r.dus merula_, Eur., N. Afr., Egypt, Syria, Persia, Azores, A. (introduced).

Stat. c. _timber_ 10

Black; bill yellow; f., dark-brown; breast reddish-brown marked darker. Insects, snails, fruit. Songster.

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=280* Australian Mountain Thrush= (Ground), King Thrush, _t.u.r.dus (Oreocichla) lunulata_, N.S.W., V., S.A.

Stat. c. _coastal scrubs_, _mt. gullies_ 10.5

Upper brown marked with black half-moons; under white stained buff on breast, flanks, marked with black half-moons; f., sim.

Snails, insects, worms.

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=280^A Song Thrush=, _T. musicus_, Eur., W. Asia, India, A. (introduced).

Stat. c. _gardens_ 9

Upper brown; breast yellowish spotted brown; throat, abdomen white; f., sim. Snails, insects, worms. Famous singer.

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=281* White-fronted Chat=, Banded Tintac, Tang, Ringlet (e), Clipper, Nun, Dottrel (e), Jenny-Wren (e), Ballyhead, Gar, Ringneck (e), _Epthianura albifrons_, Ba.s.s St. Is., T., A.

exc. N. Ter. Insects. Dull metallic "tang."

Mig. v.c. _gra.s.s_ 4.5