^"'"i^Jq^^^'I White, The Leder-wmged Kile. I^O 



&c., to Winton, so as to catch the yearly teams travelling to the 

 station nearest to our objective. Some of the goods, purchased 

 in Sydney, went by sea to Townsville, thence per rail to Winton. 

 Communications beyond Winton being very uncertain, we decided 

 that the party should travel per car, so as to have a vehicle 

 always available. This decision was carried out in spite of 

 warnings that the far end of the road was impassable for a heavily- 

 loaded motor-car. Mr. Bettington provided a new 30 h.p. 

 six-cylinder Buick, in which Jackson and an expert driver left 

 Belltrees on the 8th June, reaching their destination on the 26th, 

 travelling the 1,400-mile journey by easy stages without as much 

 as a tyre puncture. Readers of The Emu may decide for them- 

 selves whether good luck or good management enabled the party 

 to cover 1,400 miles without the slightest mishap, the greater 

 part of the last 250 miles over tracks hitherto untravelled by a 

 motor ; to fix camp at its destination at a clump of timber in 

 which the birds were nesting, and to secure eggs upon the very 

 day of arrival. 



Messrs. Bettington and son joined the camp later, having 

 travelled via Townsville to Winton, thence per car. 



The collecting trip was a success, skins, eggs, and much valuable 

 data being obtained. I shall leave it to Mr. Jackson to supply 

 particulars of his observations and experiences. All the skins 

 obtained will join the " H. L. White Collection " in the National 

 Museum, while the R.A.O.U. oological collection receives typical 

 clutches of eggs. 



Note. — In searching for a name for the beautifiil little Wren 

 discovered by Jackson and party (see Emu, ante, p. 121) I could 

 think of nothing more appropriate than " diamantina," as I am an 

 advocate for naming sub-species after their locality rather than 

 after some relation or friend of my own. I selected diamantina. 

 The river bearing that name was discovered by M'Kinlay in 1862, 

 and was called after the wife of Sir George Ferguson Bowen, 

 Governor of Queensland, 1859- 1868. Lady Bowen was the Countess 

 Diamantina Roma, daughter of Count Candiano Roma, President 

 of the Ionian Senate, a nobleman of an ancient Venetian family, 

 who possessed large estates on the Island of Zante. 



Acanthizas. — In my note on a northern form of A. nana 

 mentioned in The Emu, ante, p. 122, I omitted to state that I 

 received the specimens from our Queensland member, Mr. H. G. 

 Barnard. Now he has been good enough to send me another 

 specimen, this time A. albiventris (North) — ^an extension of 

 locality, as I think this species has hitherto only been recorded 

 for " interior of New South Wales." While on the subject of 

 Acanthizas, I may state that my collector, Mr. F. L. Whitlock, 

 has sent me from Sliarks Bay, W..'\., specimens of two interesting 

 kinds — A. morgani {iredalei) and A. whiilocki. The former, I 

 think, links up with A. winiamida, recently described by Mr. F. 

 E. Wilson, from the Mallee, Victoria (see Emu, xvi., p. 169). — 

 H. L. White. 



