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" 5," ]int alxlomrn pale and tlierciore a male, shot in the granite ranges 

 near the head of tlie South Alligator Kiver, 2(i. v. 11)1)3 (No. 1304). " Uuns very 

 fast and hides under rocks." 



Although I have not been able to coiu])are tlie type specimen, 1 believe this fine 

 bird to be ,1. housri. The head, neck, and n]iperback are black, each featiier with a 

 shaft-line in the shape of a row of successive sagittate white markings, middle of back 

 and rump chestnut with buff shaft-lines, upper tail-coverts blackish brown, with buff 

 shaft lines and chestnut edges. Kemiges brownish black with narrow dark brown 

 outer edges, tail brownish black. Throat and foreneck white, sides of same black 

 with broad white sliaft-stripes. Abdomen in tlie inah' cinnamon-rufous, in the 

 female deep chestnut, under tail-coverts blackisli with bulf shaft-stripes and bnif 

 or chestnut edges. Wing (sexes eifually large) T4 to 77, tail about lU'i to 114, 

 bill I'i'f) to 15"0, and arms 28 to 3ij mm. 



157. Amytornis striatus Gould (?). 



Dasi/vrnis xiriiitiis Gould, P.Z.S. 1839. p. 143 ("Liverpool Plains, N. S. Wales"). 



A badly damaged " ? " obtained at Marble Bar, 5. v. 1901, closely resembles 

 specimens called A. striatus and collected near Point Cloates, W. Australia, by 

 Mr. Tom Carter; but the bill is very much larger, measuring 15 mm. ! The 

 dimensions also are generally a little larger, but not much. It would be 

 interesting to know if such differences in size e.xist in this species, or whether 

 there are ditfereut races ? 



158. Eremiornis carteri North. 



Eremioriiis carteri North, Victorian Naturalist xvii. p. 78 (IDUO : N.W. Cape, N.W. Australia). 



The young is above more olive and uniform, lacking the rufous forehead 

 and rufous tinge on the lower back and rump. 



3 cJcJ, Marble Bar, April and May 1901 (Nos. R. 112, 114, 116). 



1 ?, Condon Road, lo. v. 1901 (No. R. 5). 



3 (?<?, 1 ?, Nullagine, N.W. Australia, April 1901 (Nos. R. 113, 115, 

 117, 161). 



2 (J ?, Fitzroy River (200 miles up), April 1902 (Nos. R. 428, 432). 

 1 ?, Negri River, W. Australia, 23. v. 10o2 (No. R. 429). 



1 ?, Hardraan Range, E. Kimberley, 17. v. 19o2 (No. R. 430). 



2 (? ? , Mt. Huxley, Hall's Creek Road, 10. iv. 1902 (Nos. R. 431, 433). " Iris 

 brown (dark brown), feet leaden grey (dark brown), bill, ui)j)er mandible black, under 

 grey." " Found in the spiuifex country from Onslow to East Kimberley and from 

 Ashburton River to Hall's Creek Road." 



These specimens agree perfectly with 4 from Point Cloates and Derby, 

 collected by Mr. Tom Charter. 



159. Megalurus galactotes (Temm.). 



Mahinit ijiilacl.itcs Temminck, PL Cnl. i\r,. fig. 1 (1823 : Australia— which part unknown). 



<^ ?, South Alligator River, 15. x. 1902 (Nos. 742, 743). 



6 cJcJ, Eureka, January and February 1903 (Nos. 998 to lool, 1120, 1121). 

 " Found in long grass on most of the watercourses." 



