Vol. XVIII. 

 1919 



1 Campbell, Additions to " H. L. White Collection."- 259 



Neither Carter nor Whitlock observed any kind of Acanthiza 

 on Dirk Hartog Island. 



Acanthiza morgan! (tenuirostris), Mathews. Short-billed Tit- 

 Warbler. 

 A. iredalei iredalei. 



One o, 4 ??, Shark Bay. Whitlock's industry has supplied 

 material of another farthest-west Acanthiza — morgani — -which 

 Western and Southern species seems to stretch across the continent 

 and joins with F. E. Wilson's winiamida, obtained in the Mallee 

 district of Victoria {Emu, xvi., p. 169) — a darker-coloured race. 



Both A. whitlocki and A. morgani were secured on the Peron 

 Peninsula. Mr. Whitlock is of opinion that many species of birds 

 found on the peninsula move to and from the south according to 

 the season. 



Sericornis maculata, Gould. Spotted Scrub-Wren. 



Three So, 3 ??. i unsexcd, Dirk Hartog; i d*, i ?, the Peron 

 (mainland). The western Scrub- Wren seems to have a wide 

 range, but has not been recorded further north than the Shark 

 Bay district, where naturally it is lighter-coloured than typical 

 birds from the south-west forest country. There appears no 

 difference in specimens from either Dirk Hartog Island, Bernier 

 Island (next but one northward to Dirk Hartog), and the main- 

 land. 



Ogilvie-Grant, in Bull. B.O.C., xxiii., p. 72, named the Bernier 

 bird halstoni, which was figured in The Ibis, 1909, pi. 9, fig. i, 

 while Carter separates the Hartog bird, naming it after the locality 

 — harfogi {Bull. B.O.C., xxxvii., p. 6). It appears that Grant's 

 name, halstoni, and description will amply serve to distinguish 

 the Sericornis in Shark Bay region, including the islands there- 

 abouts. 



Malurus cyanotus, Gould. White-winged Wren-Warbler. 

 Hallornis leuconotus exsul. 



Three S<S (one immature), Peron Peninsula, Shark Bay. These 

 additions bring the material available of this species from various 

 parts of Australia up to thirty-three specimens. For previous 

 remarks see Emu, xvii., p. 167. 



In Mr. Carter's excellent article in The Ibis (page 593) he draws 

 attention to Gould's plates of M. lamberti and M. leucopterus 

 {i.e., cyanotus), the females of which have been transposed. I 

 think what Mr. Carter desires to emphasize is that the female of 

 lamberti does not sufficiently show the reddish-brown lores and 

 mark round the eye, which distinguishing features are absent in 

 cyanotus and in the true leucopterus. Gould's letterpress, how- 

 ever, correctly describes the birds. 



Malurus assimilis, North. Purple-backed Wren- Warbler. 



Leggeornis lamberti Occident alls. 



Five (J (J, 2 $?, Dirk Hartog and mainland (Peron Peninsula). 



