i ■J\9 ) 

 1211. Scythrops novaehoUandiae Lath. 



Scylhropx noraehollawliae Latham, IniJ. Ont. i. p. 141 (1790). 



<? ad., Fitzroy l>iver, Derby, 1. xii. 10(11 (No. R. aiiii). Mr. Tnnney says 

 " Only found flni'ing rainy season." 



130. Centropus phasianus (Lath.). 



CiiculiiK plici.iiiinus Latham, Intl. Oni. ii. Snjipl. p. 150 (1801). 



1 "?," NiTllagine River, 17. iv. 1001 (No. R. 102). 



1 "?," Shaw River, N.W. Anstralia, 27. viii. 1001 (No. R. 223). 



1 "<?," 150 miles from ^Vynclham, 25. v. 1902 (No. R. 493). 



1 "?," McKinley River, Northern Territory, 26. ix. 1903 (No. 795). 



4 "? ?," 1 iinsexed, Sonth Alligator River, October 1902 (Nos. 796 to 800). 



5 c? ? immat.. Brock's Creek, Northern Territory, Jnly and Augnst I0(I2 

 (Nos. R. 576 to R. 580). 



1 c? ad., ] ? ad., 1 immat., Enreka, Northern Territory, Febrnavy 1903 (Nos. 

 1124 to 1126). "Iris red, legs bhiish." 



131. Pitta iris Gould. 

 Pnta his Gould, P.Z.S. 1842. p. 17 (Coburg Peninsula). 



7 (? ad., 4 ? 9, (Sonth) Alligator River, 30. September, 5 to 28. October 1003 

 (Nos. 717 to 727). 



" Iris and legs brown, bill black. Canght in the jnngle ; more plentiful in 

 the jungles near the coast, scarcer up the river." 



132. Microeca flavigaster Gould. 



Micrnecu //(crirjaster Gould, P.Z.S. 1842. p. 132 (Port Essington). 



2 c?c?, South Alligator River, 15. x., 13. xi. 1902 (Nos. 741, 745). 

 ?, Alligator River, 29. ix. 1903 (No. 1584). 



133. Microeca fascinans assimilis Gould. 



.l/;tTo«o assimilis Gould, P.Z.S. 1840. p. 172 (Gulf of Carpentaria). 



Micrwca pallida De Vis, Proc. Hoy. Snc. Qneenslaiul, i. p. 159 (1884 : Norman River, Kimberley 

 district). 



I do not understand why North accepts the name pallicia for this form, or 

 wliy Campbell recognises both ax.vmilis and pallida, both names evidently 

 applying to the smaller and paler subspecies oi fascinans. 



?, Derby, 8. iii. 1902 (No. 1609). Tail and body-plnmage in moult. 



?, Soda Springs, Kimberley, 24. iv. 1002 (No. R. 422). "Iris brown, bill 

 and feet blackish." The base of the under mandible is pale. The tail and wings 

 are beautiful, just being through the moult. - The uppersiile is in monlt, some 

 of the feathers still showing the wliite tips which we tind in the young bird. 



? ad., The Brook, 15 miles from Ord Station, 19. v.. 1002 (No. R. 423). 



