1100 LIST OF WESTERN AUSTRALIAN BIRDS. 



93. Platalea regia, Gould. 



94. Ardea pacifica, Lath. 



95. Dendrocygna vagans, Eyton. 

 Evidently dispersed over the whole of Australia. 



96. Sterna anglica, Mont. 



(Gelochelidon macrotarsa, Gould). 



This species is nowhere plentiful in Australia, except during the 

 breeding season in the interior of N. S. Wales. 



97. Sterna frontalis, Gray. 

 (Sterna melanorhyncha, Gould). 



Found all over the coast line of Australia. 



This brings the species known from the Derby district, including 

 a radius of about 100 miles inland, up to 97 species. 



On the arrival of further collections daily expected, I hope to 

 be able to add a more complete list of the birds from these districts 

 in a future paper, with more particulars as to the exact localities 

 from which they were obtained. 



Malurus cruentatus Boweri. 



(?) Malurus cruentatus, juv. Gould. 



Among an interesting series of red-backed wrens I find the 

 skin of a young individual which has a few crimson feathers on 

 the shoulder, back, and rump; the remainder and upper tail-coverts 

 and flanks are light fawn colour ; wings and tail-feathers brown 

 margined with fawn ; throat and abdomen white, the sides and 

 adjacent flank feathers and thighs tinged with cinnabar-red, under 

 tail-coverts light fawn colour ; bill brown ; an ashy spot in front of 

 the eye ; two or three of the outer tail-feathers tipped with light 

 fawn colour or light brown. This may, hereafter, be proved to 

 belong to a distinct species, and, if so, should bear the name of 

 its discoverer, Mr. Boyer-Bower, Malurus cruentatus Bovjeri. 



