Io2 Campbell, Birds from Gouldimi-Gilberi Type-locality. [,s, "}"„. 



near Port Essiugton. There is no difference in these type- 

 locaUty birds and Mathews's cairnsensis of North Queensland. The 

 latter are certainly not " much paler grey coloration above and 

 paler below." However, that description is applicable to his 

 North- Western race — whitlocki {A. A. R., iii., p. 24). 



Gerygone laevigaster, Gould. Buff-breasted Fly-eater. 

 Wilso}iavis I. lo'vigaster. 



One S, 3 ??• Although the foregoing species is also " buff- 

 breasted " — indeed, more so than this — lavigaster from the Roper 

 River can be easily separated b}^ its white brow and white under 

 the eye. It is identical with North-West Australian (Napier 

 Broome Bay) examples — hroomei (Mathews). 



It may be here suggested that if North's pallida be not a 

 separate species, it may be a sub-species of lavigasler, instead of 

 fiisca (see also remarks, Emu, xvii., p. 20). 



Gerygone chloronota, Gould. Green-backed Fly-eater. 

 Wilsouavis c. chloronota. 



One cJ. This Gilbertian species is difficult to observe in the 

 mangrove trees, which it loves. This example does not appear 

 to differ from a <S from North-West Australia, which Mathews has 

 differentiated as darwinii. Wings of both examples, 54 mm. 



Pachycephala falcata, Gould. Northern Whistler. 

 Leic'inornis rufiventris falcaliis. 



Two So, I $ immature. Average dimensions in mm. : — ^Length 

 159, wing 86, culmen 15, tarsus 20. Smaller and paler (pale 

 cinnamon) on the breast than the southern race. But colour may 

 be regulated by season — drought, &c. — because a pair (o and $) 

 taken on the Macarthur River (N.T.) two years previously to the 

 King River specimens is singularly rich-coloured — more so than 

 any southern rufiventris in the " H. L. White Collection." 



Pachycephala simplex, Gould. Brown Whistler. 

 Muscitrea s. simplex. 



Two SS, I ?• This plain species has a uniform olive-brown 

 upper surface, slightly mottled (striated) throat, light buffy chest, 

 and whitish abdomen. Gilbert states it is shy and retiring. 

 Length 147-148, wing 75, culmen 15-16, tarsus 20 mm. 



Rhipidura dryas, Gould. Wood-Fantail. 

 Hoxveavis rufifrons dryas. 



One (J. A fine skin. Less rufous on the back, which colour 

 just touches the base of and does not extend along the tail, as in 

 the southern rufifrons. It is similar to North-Western birds — 

 parryi (Mathews). 



There is little difference between skins collected in North 

 Queensland (Cardwell) and Victoria. Probably the true rufifrons 

 migrates between these two climes, yet Mathews calls the Victorian 

 migrant inexfedata. 



