1^4 Campbell, Biyds of Kangaroo Island. [isf'"jan 



Length. Bill. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. 

 L. halinatiirina, male ... ... 5.7 .75 2.8 2.5 .8 



„ female ... 5.3 .72 2.62 2.2 .8 



Meliornis NOVyE-HOLLANDL*: (? variety) (New Holland Honey-eater). 

 — This showy bird was plentiful in all the scrubby country, and could often 

 be seen perched on the flower-stalk of some grass-tree extracting nectar 

 from the upright column. Comparing it with specimens from Victoria 

 showed it to be little different in plumage, excepting that the chest 

 striations were jet black, like the head. But from its longer and stronger bill 

 it brings the Western Australian M. loui^irostris very close to its eastern 

 congener. The bill of the former measures .78 to .8 in., of the latter .7 to 

 .72 in., and of Kangaroo Island specimens .75 to .78 in. 



ACANTHOCH/ERA c.\RUNCULATA (Red Wattle-Bird).— One specimen 

 examined has a bill 1.2 in. long, wing 6.4 in., both of which are larger than 

 the mainland form, while it is without the prominent silky-white patch under 

 the eye, 



ACANTHOCH.ERA MELLIVORA (Brush Wattle-Bird). — This was observed 

 nesting about the quiet central lagoons only. 



Pardalotus ornatus (Striated Pardalote). — On the scrub-covered 

 moorlands a few very stunted gum-trees were found, some of them not more 

 than 6 feet in height. They were covered with grotesque galls and insect 

 ridden. In nearly every patch one of these little birds could be disturbed. 

 It differs somewhat from Victorian specimens in markings. Those from the 

 north-east of the State are much richer than those from the north-west. 

 They have the lower back and rump rufous instead of olive, and, further, 

 have the tips of all the primaries white. The Kangaroo Island specimens 

 have one character of each. They are olive-coloured in the mantle, like the 

 birds from north-west Victoria, but have all the tips of the primaries white, 

 like the north-eastern forms. 



Pardalotus xanthopygiu.s (Yellow-rumped Pardalote).-— One bird was 

 seen inland. 



HiRUNDO NEOXENA (Swallow). 



Petrochelidon nigricans (Tree-Martin). 

 Anthus australis (Pipit). 



Artamus sordidus (Wood-Swallow). —This bird was found through 

 most parts of the island. Seeing it is supposed to be migratory, it should 

 not differ much from specimens from other parts ; but it does differ in being 

 of a darker tone, and in having very little white on the tail tip. 



ZoN/EGiNTHUS BELLUS (Fire-tailed Finch). — Of all species noted this 

 was, perhaps, the one least expected. Several pairs were seen, both among 

 the white gums flanking the inland lagoons and among the sugar gums on 

 the river flat near its mouth. In company with /Egmtha toiiporalis it 

 was nesting in the under-scrub. A specimen procured, in comparison with 

 one from Victoria, shows the upper surface not olive, but grey, like the 

 under surface. The length of wing is 2.3 in. (longer than the other speci- 

 men referred to by . 15 in.) 



/Egintha temporalis (Red-browed Finch).— These were found, too, in 

 the thick brakes of bracken fern on the river flats. 



Halcyon sanctus (Sacred Kingfisher). 



Cacomantis flabelliformis (Fan-tailed Cuckoo). 



Chalcococcyx basalis (Narrow-billed Bronze-Cuckoo). 



Trichoglossus nov.b-hollandi^ (Blue-bellied Lorikeet). — Among 

 the blossoms of the " blue gums " (locally so called) on the river flats 

 hundreds of these birds were feeding. The flowering eucalypts could 



