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hasalis — i.e.. white ground, spotted all over with reddish-brown." 

 " By their fruits ye shall knov^^ them " is an eternal truism. 



The whole family of the beautiful little Bronze-Cuckoos is an 

 interestingly complex problem. The difficulty is to get the eggs 

 of all species properly identified. 



Centropus (phasianus) macrourus, Gould. Northern Coucal. 



Polopliiliis phasiaiiiiius macrourus. 



One c3- In brownish (immature) plumage. Length 6i6, wing 

 240, culmen 36, tarsus 55 mm. Compared with those from 

 North-West {melanurns, Gould) tliere is no difference in this 

 specimen. 



Pitta iris, Gould. Rainbow Pitta. 

 Piilchripitta i. iris. 



One (^. This species was one of Gilbert's original beauties. 

 This male, compared with one from Parry Harbour, North-West 

 Australia, has more of an olive wash in the golden-green coloration 

 of the upper surface, and is larger, notably in biU and legs. Wing, 

 no mm. as against 100 mm. for North- West bird. Mr. G. F. 

 Hill, M'ho has observed this species both in the North-West and 

 in the Territory, states it nests in the open forest in the first 

 locality and in the scrub along water-courses in the other. 



Microeca flavigaster, Gould. Yellow-breasted Flycatcher. 

 Kernpia flavigaster. 



One (J. This specimen is not so bright as Borroloola (Mac- 

 arthur River) birds, which, however, do not differ essentially 

 from those of North Queensland [terrce-regincB, Mathews). It would 

 be akin to " straining at the gnat and swallowing the camel " to 

 separate these on sub-specific lines ; all have whitish throats when 

 in fuh plumage. Gould's fine plate (No. 94, " Birds of Australia," 

 vol. ii.) represents a typical bird. 



Smicrornis flavescens, Gould. Yellow-tinted Tree-Tit. 

 Smicrornis hrevirostris flavescens. 



Two S3, I ?• " The least of the Australian birds," as Gould 

 states, and identical with Macarthur River (N.T). specimens, and 

 the same as those from Napier Broome Bay (North-West Aus- 

 tralia), which latter Mathews has separated as rogersi. Those 

 obtained on the Kirrama table-land, Cardwell {Emu, xvii., p. 20) 

 are similar to Territory type-specimens, but, if anything, are a 

 trifle smaller. Gould's plate (No. 104, " Birds of Australia," 

 vol. ii.) is a perfect representation of the species. 



Murchison and Coongan River (North-West x\ustralia proper) 

 examples are similar to each other, and appear to come between 

 flavescens and hrevirostris. As shown in the R.A.O.U. " Check- 

 list," possibly flavescens and hrevirostris are separate species. 



Gerygone magnirostris, Gould. Large-billed Fly-eater. 

 Ethelornis ni. magnirostris. 



Two ^cJ, I ?• Gilbert shot his historic pair on (ireenhill Island, 



