^°'" '^gTs"'] Campbell, Some Additions to H. L. White Collection. ri 



secondaries may be more brownish. The intensity of the black 

 portions of the plumage varies in individuals, and so does the 

 length of the bill. 



Dr. E. Hartert, who is a keen discerner of sub-species, remarks 

 {Nov. Zool., xii., p. 229), touching birds from Nullagine and the 

 Coongan : — " These specimens belong to the larger C. n. nigro- 

 gularis, the distribution of which is peculiar, as it seems to occur 

 in New South Wales and throughout Western Australia, and is 

 only replaced by the smaller C. n. picatus in the Northern Territory 

 and in the northern portions of Queensland." 



Apart from these two tolerably clear types, Mathews's numerous 

 " subs " for this species are confusing and conflicting to a student. 

 In addition to the smaller northern form, picatus, he debits us 

 with two others — tormenti and territori — both practically from the 

 type region of the first-mentioned — North Australia. 



Gymnorhina longirostris. Long-billed Magpie. 



Mr. Whitlock collected a male and two females on the Coongan, 

 which are interesting because from, or near, the type locality 

 (Ashburton River and Nullagine). 



Dr. Hartert states they differ from G. t. tibicen in their " larger 

 size." Probably he intended to refer to the bill onlv, because in 

 the other dimensions the western birds are smaller, and correspond 

 with Mathews's G. t. terrce-regince, one specimen of which in the 

 " H. L. White Collection " is marked " Identified by G. M. M." 

 Both longirostris and terrce-regince incline to the light-coloured 

 tibia, although one of the males of the Coongan birds has the 

 tibia black, as also has a male from the Northern Territory. The 

 Coongan specimens appear more weather-worn than the Northern 

 Territory birds, otherwise they resemble each other. 



Geopelia tranquilla (placWa). Ground-Dove. 



One male, from the Coongan. This appears a tangible sub- 

 species of Mathews {G. p. clelandi), and corresponds with his 

 plate xxxii. (back fig.), " Birds of Australia," vol. i. 



Turnix velox. Little Quail. 



Pair from Coongan. There is no difference in coloration or 

 measurements from specimens collected in New South Wales 

 or Victoria. Moreover, Hartert states he has examined T. velox 

 collected at Nullagine {Nov. Zool., xii., p. 195), the Coongan region. 

 Mathews figures velox for the North- West, but has since intro- 

 duced his "pallid" form — vinotincta. 



Halcyon obscurus. Northern Red-backed Kingfisher. 



Male and female, from Coongan. Representatives of a good 

 sub-species (of pyrrhopygia) as indicated on the R.A.O.U. " Check- 

 list," p. 57. In this species the $ usually appears more dingy in 

 coloration than the 0*. 



Merops ornatus. AustraUan Bee-eater. 



Two males collected at the Coongan River. One, in perfect 

 plumage, perhaps more golden about the head than is usually the 



