264 Campbell, Additions to " H. L. White Collection." [,sf A^rii 



and Northern species were taken on Barrow Island, which 

 locaHties are nearly 400 miles (statute) apart in a direct line. 

 The two species would appear to meet between the Gascoyne and 

 Ashburton Rivers. At Point Cloates * Mr. Carter observed gonldi 

 occasionally, but in the dense cover of the Gascoyne it was 

 abundant, while halstoni was a common winter visitor to the 

 coastal hill thickets. Mr. Carter is of opinion that the yellow 

 species bred in the mangroves in the region of the North-West 

 Cape, while Mr. Whitlock obtained an immature female specimen 

 at Cossack ; date, io/g/i8. 



Ptilotis sonora, Gould. Singing Honey-eater. 



Dorotliina v. virescens. 



Four (J(j*, 2 ??, variously from Barrow Island, Dirk Hartog 

 Island, and the mainland, all of which specimens are visually 

 inseparable. Ogilvie-Grant treated the Bernier Island bird as 

 typical sonora. See also previous remarks in Emit, ante, p. 5. 



Mr. Carter's field observations are [Ihis, 1917, p. 609) : — " The 

 large size and bold markings of the birds on Dirk Hartog Island 

 attracted my attention at the homestead immediately on arrival. 

 Specimens from Dirk Hartog and the Peron average one inch 

 longer in total measurement than birds from Carnarvon or Point 

 Cloates districts. They are also much darker in the general 

 colour of the mantle and under parts, and the black, yellow, and 

 white stripes behind the eyes are larger and brighter in colour. 

 Their habits and notes are the same as those from other localities. 

 All the scrub of the island swarmed with recently-fledged young 

 and their parents in October, and their noisy presence distracted 

 attention when searching for Grass-Wrens " {Aniytornis). 



Glyciphila ocularis, Gould. Brown Honey-eater. 

 Stigmatops indistinda perplex a. 



One ? taken on Dirk Hartog. Mr. Carter did not meet with 

 the species there. For further remarks on range, &c., see Etmi, 

 xviii., p. 5. 



Acanthogenys rufogularis, Gould. Spiny-cheeked Honey-eater. 

 A. r. flavacanthus. 



One ? from Barrow Island — a good northern range. The 

 collector's label bears the word " stray." Western birds are 

 slightly smaller (wing 107 mm.) than typical or Eastern ones 

 (wing 113 mm.) 



Anthus australis, Vigors and Horsfield. Pipit (Ground-Lark). 

 A itslranthus australis. 



On account of the variable colour of its plumage, the Anthus 

 is always puzzling. Whitlock collected three specimens (i S, 

 2 ??) each from both Dirk Hartog and Barrow Islands. Carter 

 believed there was sub-specific difference in the former birds, and 

 named them hartogi {Ibis, igiy, p. 610) ; but a pair from Kow 



* Carter, " Birds Occurring in the Region of N.W. Cape," £f/iu, in., p. 91. 



